Liqui Moly Molygen New Generation 5W-40

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Full-SAPS 5W-40 engine oil with Molygen additive for petrol and diesel engines; the maker recommends it for ACEA A3/B4, MB 229.5 and VW 502.00.

Classification
Product line Liqui Moly Molygen New Generation 8 oils
SAE viscosity 5W-40What SAE means
Intended use passenger cars
API class What API means
ACEA class What ACEA means
Approvals
Meets the requirements of What an approval means
Typical properties
Viscosity at 40 °C 90 mm²/s
Viscosity at 100 °C 14.5 mm²/s
Viscosity index 170
HTHS viscosity ≥3.5 mPa·s
Pour point -39 °C
Flash point 220 °C
Evaporation loss (NOACK) 10.0 %
Base number (TBN) 11.3 mg KOH/g
Sulphated ash 1.0-1.6 %
Density 850 kg/m³
Pack sizes 1 L, 4 L, 5 L, 20 L, 60 L, 205 L

The car maker has not officially approved the entries in the “Meets the requirements of” row.

Description

Liqui Moly Molygen New Generation 5W-40 is a full-SAPS engine oil for petrol and diesel car engines, containing the Molygen additive, which the manufacturer says reduces friction.

The manufacturer lists no official approvals for it, only recommendations: ACEA A3 and B4 and API SN classes, the requirements of MB 229.5, VW 502.00 and VW 505.00, BMW Longlife-01, Porsche A40, Renault RN0700 and Renault RN0710, GM-LL-B-025, Fiat 9.55535-H2, Fiat 9.55535-N2 and Fiat 9.55535-Z2, and GWM and HAVAL.

Typical figures: viscosity 14.5 mm²/s at 100 °C, viscosity index 170, HTHS at least 3.5 mPa·s. Pack sizes from 1 to 205 litres. With sulphated ash of 1.0-1.6 %, this is not a low-SAPS oil.

Application

Modern petrol and diesel engines, turbocharged or not, where an ACEA A3 and B4 oil is permitted, including under extended drain intervals and high loads.

Worth knowing

The data sheet of this oil has no approvals section at all. The entire list, including ACEA A3, ACEA B4 and API SN, sits under the line where Liqui Moly recommends the product for cars that need the listed specifications, so both the classes and the carmaker codes here are the oil maker’s own statement. Next to BMW Longlife-01 the data sheet also adds “up to 2018” without explaining what the date refers to, and otherwise it refers the reader to the vehicle and engine manufacturers’ instructions.

Oil data sheets link the codes Fiat 9.55535-H2, Fiat 9.55535-N2 and Fiat 9.55535-Z2 with full-SAPS A3/B4 oils for most engines built before July 2007, and the sulphated ash of 1.0-1.6 % here matches that. The codes of the new Stellantis FPW 9.55535 system are not in the list, and substitution, as the article on the Fiat 9.55535 codes and their move to FPW explains, works in one direction only: an oil with the new code goes where the old one was required, not the other way round. The data sheet describes the colour of the oil as fluorescent green.

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