77 Lubricants Motor Oil SL/CF 10W-40

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Semi-synthetic 10W-40 rated API SL and API CF for petrol and diesel cars and vans without a particulate filter.

Classification
Product line 77 Lubricants Motor Oil SL/CF 2 oils
SAE viscosity 10W-40What SAE means
Base oil semi-synthetic
Intended use passenger cars
API class What API means
Typical properties
Viscosity at 40 °C 89.3 mm²/s
Viscosity at 100 °C 14.2 mm²/s
Viscosity index 164
HTHS viscosity 3.9 mPa·s
Pour point -39 °C
Flash point >201 °C
Base number (TBN) 8.4 mg KOH/g
Sulphated ash 1.05 %
Density 854 kg/m³

Description

77 Lubricants Motor Oil SL/CF 10W-40 is a semi-synthetic engine oil for cars and vans with petrol and diesel engines, naturally aspirated or turbocharged. It is blended from re-refined mineral and synthetic base oils.

The oil is rated API SL and API CF; the data sheet lists no manufacturer approvals.

Typical figures: kinematic viscosity 14.2 mm²/s at 100 °C, viscosity index 164, HTHS viscosity 3.9 mPa·s, pour point -39 °C, sulphated ash 1.05 %.

It is not intended for diesel engines fitted with a particulate filter.

Application

Cars and vans with petrol and diesel engines, turbocharged or not, that have no particulate filter.

Worth knowing

The sulphated ash of 1.05 % here is lower than in Motor Oil SL 10W-40 (1.1 %) and Motor Oil Synthetic 10W-40 (1.3 %), but the difference does not help diesels with a particulate filter: the data sheet excludes them outright. The mention of turbocharging in the data sheet does not settle the question of class either. There are only two codes here, API SL and API CF, with no carmaker number at all, and the article on the API SL class explains which engine ages API assigns the first of them to.

The other names in the range are easy to confuse as well. Motor Oil SL 10W-40, despite the letters SL, lists API SN and ACEA A3/B3 and declares compliance with MB 229.1, VW 501.01 and VW 505.00; it has neither API SL nor API CF. API SP, ACEA A3/B4 and the MB 229.3 approval belong to Motor Oil Synthetic 10W-40. So these three names share a viscosity grade but not a set of codes, and the close figures of 14.2, 13.9 and 13.8 mm²/s at 100 °C do not make the choice any easier: what decides it is the code specified for the particular engine.

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