AGIP Novecento 40

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Single-grade SAE 40 engine oil rated API SJ for the petrol and diesel engines of veteran cars from the early twentieth century.

Classification
Product line Eni Novecento 12 oils
SAE viscosity 40What SAE means
Intended use passenger cars
API class What API means
Typical properties
Viscosity at 100 °C 14.4 mm²/s
Viscosity index 105
Pour point -18 °C
Flash point 230 °C
Density 895 kg/m³

Description

AGIP Novecento 40 is a single-grade SAE 40 engine oil from the Novecento line for the petrol and diesel engines of veteran vehicles from the first half of the twentieth century. Its additives are chosen to suit the materials such engines are made of.

The oil is rated API SJ; it holds no official carmaker approvals.

Typical figures: kinematic viscosity 14.4 mm²/s at 100 °C, viscosity index 105, pour point -18 °C, flash point 230 °C and density 895 kg/m³.

Application

Petrol and diesel engines of veteran vehicles from the first half of the twentieth century, whose design tends to cause deposits and wear.

Worth knowing

For cars of the first half of the twentieth century, Eni offers two seasonal oils in the Novecento range, and they differ in more than viscosity. The data sheet credits this oil with strong detergent properties against deposits, and its class is API SJ: it carries the same minimum requirements as SH, plus extra ones on deposit formation and cold operation. AGIP Novecento 50 has a much earlier class, API SC, and its data sheet describes the detergent-dispersant properties outright as moderate, in line with the needs of the cars of that time, and stresses compatibility with the seals of that era. At 100 °C Novecento 50 has 21 mm²/s against 14.4 mm²/s here.

The same viscosity of 14.4 mm²/s, viscosity index 105, pour and flash points and density of 895 kg/m³ are given in the data sheet of AGIP Novecento Truck 40, but its specification lists only the diesel API CF. Above the API SJ class there are now five more petrol classes, from SL to SQ, and API recommends SJ only for older engines.

Data current as of Check the label and the current product data sheet before you buy.

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