BP Vanellus C3 Mono 40

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Monograde SAE 40 engine oil to API CF and SF for heavy-duty diesels, hydraulic systems and gearboxes.

Classification
Product line BP Vanellus 15 oils
SAE viscosity 40What SAE means
Intended use commercial vehicles
API class What API means
Typical properties
Viscosity at 40 °C 129 mm²/s
Viscosity at 100 °C 13.5 mm²/s
Viscosity index 100
Pour point -33 °C
Flash point 216 °C
Base number (TBN) 9.5 mg KOH/g
Sulphated ash 1.27 %
Density 890 kg/m³

Description

BP Vanellus C3 Mono 40 is a single-grade engine oil from the Vanellus line for heavy-duty diesel engines in commercial vehicles and machinery. BP also intends it for hydraulic circuits and gearboxes where an SAE 40 diesel engine oil is specified.

It is classified to API CF for diesel engines and API SF for petrol engines; the data sheet lists no official vehicle manufacturer approvals.

Typical figures from the data sheet: kinematic viscosity 13.5 mm²/s at 100 °C and 129 mm²/s at 40 °C, viscosity index 100, pour point -33 °C, flash point 216 °C, base number 9.5 mg KOH/g, sulphated ash 1.27 %.

Application

Heavy-duty diesel engines, as well as hydraulic circuits and gearboxes, that call for an SAE 40 diesel engine oil.

Worth knowing

Despite the “C3” in its name, this oil is not rated ACEA C3: the BP data sheet declares no ACEA category for it and does not explain what the designation means. Its ash content does not fit C3 either: 1.27 % sulphated ash is more than one and a half times the 0.8 % limit that ACEA sets for the low-ash classes of the C group.

What mainly sets this oil apart from Vanellus Monograde 40 is the petrol class API SF: the diesel class is API CF in both, and the viscosity is the same, 13.5 mm²/s at 100 °C. The article on the API SF class describes which generation of petrol engines this class was meant for and which older classes it replaced.

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