BP Visco 5000 SP 5W-40

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Mid-SAPS 5W-40 car engine oil, described by BP as fully synthetic, to ACEA C3 and API SP.

Classification
Product line BP Visco 5000 7 oils
SAE viscosity 5W-40What SAE means
Base oil fully synthetic
Intended use passenger cars
API class What API means
ACEA class What ACEA means
Typical properties
Viscosity at 40 °C 79 mm²/s
Viscosity at 100 °C 13.2 mm²/s
Viscosity index 169
Pour point -45 °C
Flash point 200 °C
Sulphated ash 0.75 %
Density 851 kg/m³

Description

BP Visco 5000 SP 5W-40 is an engine oil from the Visco 5000 line for petrol and diesel car engines. BP describes it as fully synthetic.

It is classified to ACEA C3 and API SP, so it also suits engines for which earlier specifications are recommended. The data sheet lists no official vehicle manufacturer approvals.

This is a mid-SAPS oil, with sulphated ash of 0.75 %. Typical figures from the data sheet: kinematic viscosity 13.2 mm²/s at 100 °C and 79 mm²/s at 40 °C, viscosity index 169, pour point -45 °C, flash point 200 °C.

Application

Petrol and diesel car engines where ACEA C3, API SP or an earlier specification is recommended.

Worth knowing

The data sheet text calls this oil simply “BP Visco 5000 5W-40”, without the letters SP, although on the BP data sheet portal it appears as Visco 5000 SP 5W-40. BP also makes another oil under the name Visco 5000 5W-40: ACEA A3/B4, with 1.2 % ash and MB 229.5, VW 502.00 and BMW Longlife-01 approvals. You can tell them apart by the ACEA class and the ash: the SP version is C3 with 0.75 %.

What separates the SP version from Visco 5000 C 5W-40 is not the typical figures but the list of approvals. The figures are close: 13.2 and 13 mm²/s at 100 °C, pour point -45 and -42 °C. However, the GM dexos2, MB 229.51 and VW 505.01 approvals are officially held by version C, whereas the SP version claims classes only. The article on how to check whether an oil really holds the approval from your service book shows where to look for such an entry.

Data current as of data partly verifiedsome specifications could not be confirmed from an official sourceCheck the label and the current product data sheet before you buy.

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