Liqui Moly Special Tec DX1 5W-30

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Fully synthetic 5W-30 engine oil for GM and Opel petrol engines, to API SQ, API SN RC and ILSAC GF-7A.

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
ILSAC class
Approvals
Meets the requirements of What an approval means
Typical properties
Viscosity at 40 °C 60 mm²/s
Viscosity at 100 °C 10.8 mm²/s
Viscosity index 170
HTHS viscosity >2.9 mPa·s
Pour point -39 °C
Flash point 230 °C
Evaporation loss (NOACK) 10.5 %
Base number (TBN) 7.5 mg KOH/g
Sulphated ash 0.9 %
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 Special Tec DX1 5W-30 is a fully synthetic engine oil for GM and Opel petrol engines that need a dexos1-type oil. According to the manufacturer, its additive package reduces the risk of low-speed pre-ignition (LSPI) in turbocharged engines.

It carries API SQ, API SN RC and ILSAC GF-7A. It holds no car-maker approvals: the manufacturer states that it meets GM dexos1 Gen 3, Chrysler MS-6395, Fiat 9.55535-CR1, Ford WSS-M2C946-A, Ford WSS-M2C946-B1 and Ford WSS-M2C961-A1, and it is also recommended for GWM, HAVAL, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Mazda, Nissan, Toyota and Wuling vehicles.

Typical figures: viscosity 10.8 mm²/s at 100 °C, viscosity index 170, HTHS above 2.9 mPa·s, sulphated ash 0.9 %. Pack sizes from 1 to 205 litres.

Application

GM and Opel petrol engines that need a dexos1-type oil; also certain Chrysler, Ford, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Mazda, Nissan and Toyota models that specify a similar 5W-30 oil.

Worth knowing

The American series of Ford codes sets this can apart from the European Special Tec F 5W-30: here it is Ford WSS-M2C946-A, Ford WSS-M2C946-B1 and Ford WSS-M2C961-A1, there the WSS-M2C913 series with ACEA classes A5/B5. They share no codes, and a European Ford code does not replace an American one, or the other way round, even when the model name is the same. The figures differ too: 10.8 and 9.7 mm²/s at 100 °C, sulphated ash 0.9 and 1.2 %. Ford WSS-M2C971-A1 is absent from this entry; it is held, together with GM 6094M and the official approval VWC 53034, by Special Tec AA 5W-30 with the same figures.

The American Ford codes of this oil, like GM dexos1 Gen 3, are listed in the data sheet among Liqui Moly’s recommendations. For GM this matters particularly: dexos is a licence, not an ordinary approval, so a line in the data sheet does not confirm it; how to check the licence on the can is explained in a separate article.

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