AGIP Novecento 15W-50
Multigrade 15W-50 engine oil rated API SN for the engines of classic cars.
| Classification | |
|---|---|
| Product line | Eni Novecento 12 oils |
| SAE viscosity | 15W-50What SAE means |
| Intended use | passenger cars |
| API class | What API means |
| Typical properties | |
| Viscosity at 40 °C | 145 mm²/s |
| Viscosity at 100 °C | 18.8 mm²/s |
| Viscosity index | 147 |
| CCS viscosity at -20 °C | 6800 mPa·s |
| Pour point | -27 °C |
| Flash point | 205 °C |
| Density | 870 kg/m³ |
Description
AGIP Novecento 15W-50 is a multigrade engine oil from the Novecento line for the engines of classic cars built in the last third of the twentieth century. Low-volatility components keep oil consumption in check.
The oil is rated API SN; it holds no official carmaker approvals.
Typical figures: kinematic viscosity 18.8 mm²/s at 100 °C, viscosity index 147, pour point -27 °C, flash point 205 °C, density 870 kg/m³ and low-temperature viscosity 6,800 mPa·s at -20 °C.
Application
Engines of classic cars built roughly in the last third of the twentieth century.
Worth knowing
The range also has a can with the same 15W-50 grade for a quite different kind of vehicle: AGIP Novecento Truck 15W-50 is intended for classic lorries and heavy machinery and carries only the diesel class API CF-4, with no petrol S-series class. For a passenger-car engine whose owner’s manual calls for a petrol API class, it is formally unsuitable. The data-sheet figures differ as well: 17.1 mm²/s at 100 °C against 18.8 mm²/s, pour point -24 °C against -27 °C, flash point 236 °C against 205 °C.
The cold figures cannot be compared directly with the neighbouring passenger-car Novecento 20W-50, which Eni aims at cars from the middle of the twentieth century: here 6,800 mPa·s was measured at -20 °C, and 3,800 mPa·s for the 20W-50 at -15 °C, that is, at the test conditions of different W grades. The article on what the figures on an oil data sheet tell you explains why figures measured at different temperatures cannot be set against each other.
Data current as of Check the label and the current product data sheet before you buy.
Sources: official sources of the data on this oil
- Technical data sheet (TDS) oilproducts.eni.com
- Product page on the manufacturer’s site oilproducts.eni.com
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