Liqui Moly Special Tec LL 5W-30

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Hydrocracked 5W-30 oil for Opel/GM cars specifying GM-LL-A-025 or GM-LL-B-025, with BMW Longlife-01, MB 229.5 and VW 502.00/505.00 approvals.

Classification
Product line Liqui Moly Special Tec 25 oils
SAE viscosity 5W-30What SAE means
Base oil hydrocracked
Intended use passenger cars
API class What API means
ACEA class What ACEA means
Approvals
Manufacturer approvals What an approval means
Meets the requirements of
Typical properties
Viscosity at 40 °C 72 mm²/s
Viscosity at 100 °C 12 mm²/s
Viscosity index 165
HTHS viscosity ≥3.5 mPa·s
Pour point -39 °C
Flash point 230 °C
Evaporation loss (NOACK) 9.5 %
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, 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 LL 5W-30 is a hydrocracked full-SAPS engine oil for passenger cars. It is intended primarily for Opel/GM petrol and diesel engines and also suits earlier Opel models.

It is classified API SL and ACEA A3/B4 and holds official BMW Longlife-01, MB 229.5, VW 502.00 and VW 505.00 approvals. It meets the requirements of GM-LL-A-025, GM-LL-B-025, Renault RN0700 and Renault RN0710 without formal approval.

Typical figures: viscosity 12 mm²/s at 100 °C, viscosity index 165, HTHS at least 3.5 mPa·s, pour point -39 °C. With sulphated ash of 1.0-1.6 %, it is unsuitable where a low-ash specification for a particulate filter applies. Pack sizes from 1 to 205 litres.

Application

Petrol and diesel Opel/GM cars of older model years for which the maker specifies GM-LL-A-025 or GM-LL-B-025; other makes only where the oil requirements match.

Worth knowing

The lines GM-LL-A-025 and GM-LL-B-025 are only Liqui Moly recommendations, even though the data sheet points first of all to Opel; this oil’s official approvals belong to BMW, Mercedes-Benz and VW. This is not peculiar to this can: the catalogue has no oils approved to these two codes at all. The data sheet speaks of petrol and diesel Opels of earlier model years, whereas Special Tec DX1 5W-30 is designed for petrol GM and Opel engines with the code GM dexos1 Gen 3. The two oils share no codes, HTHS is 3.5 mPa·s or more here against above 2.9 mPa·s in DX1, and ash is 1.0-1.6 % against 0.9 %, so the identical 5W-30 grade settles nothing between them.

MB 229.5 should not be confused with the similar MB 229.51 and MB 229.52: they are absent from this entry, whereas, for example, Top Tec 4300 5W-30 has an MB 229.52 approval and an MB 229.51 recommendation with ash up to 0.8 %. The requirements of the approval itself are described in the article on MB 229.5.

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