Liqui Moly Special Tec B FE 5W-30

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Fully synthetic 5W-30 engine oil for BMW petrol engines without a particulate filter, to ACEA A5 and B5 and API SL.

Classification
Product line Liqui Moly Special Tec 25 oils
SAE viscosity 5W-30What SAE means
Base oil fully synthetic
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 60 mm²/s
Viscosity at 100 °C 10.4 mm²/s
Viscosity index 165
HTHS viscosity ≥3 mPa·s
Pour point -39 °C
Flash point 230 °C
Evaporation loss (NOACK) 10.0 %
Base number (TBN) 11 mg KOH/g
Sulphated ash 1.0-1.6 %
Density 855 kg/m³
Pack sizes 1 L, 4 L, 5 L, 20 L, 205 L

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

Description

Liqui Moly Special Tec B FE 5W-30 is a fully synthetic engine oil designed primarily for BMW petrol engines without a particulate filter.

It carries ACEA A5 and B5 and API SL. The data sheet lists no car-maker approvals: the manufacturer states that the oil meets BMW Longlife-01 FE, without official BMW approval.

Typical figures: viscosity 10.4 mm²/s at 100 °C, viscosity index 165, HTHS at least 3.0 mPa·s, base number 11 mg KOH/g. Sulphated ash is between 1.0 and 1.6 %, so the oil is not suitable for cars with a particulate filter. Pack sizes from 1 to 205 litres.

Application

BMW petrol engines without a particulate filter and certain BMW M models for which the car maker requires a BMW Longlife-01 FE oil.

Worth knowing

A Liqui Moly recommendation for the code BMW Longlife-01 FE is not the same as approval by the group, and for petrol BMW 1, 3, 5, 6 and 7 Series, as the article on BMW approvals describes, what is specified is oils that have been tested and officially approved. Among Liqui Moly oils such an approval for this code is recorded only for Special Tec B FE 0W-30, but that is a different viscosity and makes sense only where 0W-30 is specified for the engine. All oils with this code are gathered on the page BMW Longlife-01 FE, which also lists a 5W-30 of another brand with the approval.

The neighbouring Special Tec LL 5W-30 has the BMW Longlife-01 approval, without the letters FE. Its HTHS is at least 3.5 mPa·s against at least 3.0 mPa·s here, and its viscosity at 100 °C is 12 mm²/s against 10.4 mm²/s; the lower high-temperature viscosity is precisely what marks the FE category. These are different categories: FE is permitted only for certain BMW petrol engines where the manufacturer expressly provides for it.

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