BP Vanellus Multi 20W-50

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Mineral 20W-50 engine oil to API CH-4 for high-speed four-stroke diesels running on fuel of varying quality.

Classification
Product line BP Vanellus 15 oils
SAE viscosity 20W-50What SAE means
Base oil mineral
Intended use commercial vehicles
API class What API means
Typical properties
Viscosity at 40 °C 163 mm²/s
Viscosity at 100 °C 18.4 mm²/s
Viscosity index 123
Pour point -39 °C
Flash point 210 °C
Base number (TBN) 7.9 mg KOH/g
Sulphated ash 1.17 %
Density 884 kg/m³

Description

BP Vanellus Multi 20W-50 is a mineral engine oil from the Vanellus line in the heavier 20W-50 grade for high-speed four-stroke diesels that run on fuel of varying quality. The maker stresses its control of deposits with high-sulphur fuel.

It is rated API CH-4 and suits engines that call for this or a lower category; it carries no official carmaker approvals.

Typical figures: kinematic viscosity 18.4 mm²/s at 100 °C and 163 mm²/s at 40 °C, viscosity index 123, base number 7.9 mg KOH/g, sulphated ash 1.17 %, pour point -39 °C.

Application

High-speed four-stroke diesel engines running on fuel of varying quality, where API CH-4 or a lower category is specified.

Worth knowing

Three Vanellus oils have a 20W-50 viscosity, and they differ from one another in API class: Multi 20W-50 CF-4 is rated CF-4, this one CH-4, Turbo 20W-50 CI-4. If an engine requires CI-4, only Vanellus Turbo 20W-50 of the three has that class. In an engine designed for CF-4 or CG-4, a CH-4 oil goes in as a replacement where the engine maker allows it; the other replacements this class allows are listed in the article on the API CH-4 class.

The cold figures in the data sheets of these three oils pull in different directions. The pour point here is -39 °C, lower than that of Turbo (-27 °C) and CF-4 (-32 °C). On the other hand, its CCS viscosity at -15 °C is higher than both: 8100 mPa·s against 5100 and 7200 mPa·s respectively. At 100 °C it is slightly thinner: 18.4 mm²/s against 19.6 and 20.

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

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