Liqui Moly Top Tec 4200 5W-30 New Generation

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Synthetic low-SAPS 5W-30 ACEA C3 oil with VW 504.00/507.00, BMW Longlife-04 and MB 229.51/229.52 approvals for extended drain intervals.

Classification
Product line Liqui Moly Top Tec 19 oils
SAE viscosity 5W-30What SAE means
Base oil synthetic
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 70 mm²/s
Viscosity at 100 °C 12.2 mm²/s
Viscosity index 170
HTHS viscosity ≥3.5 mPa·s
Pour point -42 °C
Flash point 230 °C
Evaporation loss (NOACK) 9.5 %
Base number (TBN) 8.5 mg KOH/g
Sulphated ash ≤0.8 %
Density 855 kg/m³
Pack sizes 1 L, 4 L, 5 L, 20 L, 60 L, 205 L, 1000 L

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

Description

Liqui Moly Top Tec 4200 5W-30 New Generation is a synthetic low-SAPS Top Tec oil for the extended service intervals of VW, BMW and Mercedes-Benz, where permitted.

Classes: ACEA C3 and C2, API SQ. Official approvals: VW 504.00, VW 507.00, BMW Longlife-04, MB 229.31, MB 229.51, MB 229.52, Porsche C30, Opel OV0401547-D30 and Opel OV0401547-G30. Without formal approval, it meets the requirements of VW 500.00, VW 501.01, VW 502.00, VW 503.00, VW 503.01, VW 505.00, VW 505.01, VW 506.00, VW 506.01, BMW Longlife-01, BMW Longlife-01 FE, Fiat 9.55535-S1 and Fiat 9.55535-S3.

Typical figures: viscosity 12.2 mm²/s at 100 °C, viscosity index 170, HTHS at least 3.5 mPa·s, pour point -42 °C. Pack sizes from 1 to 1000 litres.

Application

Euro 4-6 petrol and diesel engines with direct injection, common-rail or unit injectors, with or without a particulate filter, CNG and LPG vehicles, and GWM, HAVAL and Wuling models. Not for early VW R5 and V10 TDI engines.

Worth knowing

Next to the codes BMW Longlife-01 and BMW Longlife-01 FE, the data sheet of this oil places two notes. The first limits them by year: “up to 2018”. The second leaves only petrol BMW engines without a particulate filter in the EU, as well as in Norway, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and Liechtenstein; a car outside them is not covered. Both codes are also recorded as Liqui Moly recommendations, while the only official BMW approval is Longlife-04. According to the article on what oil to put in a BMW, that one is needed not only by diesels with a particulate filter but also by petrol engines with one.

For Volkswagen the exception is different: the data sheet excludes R5 and V10 TDI engines built before June 2006. In the Top Tec 5W-30 range only this oil holds VW 504.00 and VW 507.00. Top Tec 4600 5W-30 has the same 12.2 mm²/s, and BMW Longlife-04, MB 229.31, MB 229.51 and MB 229.52 are approved in the same way, but it lacks those two VW codes, and Opel OV0401547-D30 and Opel OV0401547-G30 are listed only as compliance there. Instead, 4600 claims GM dexos2 and Ford WSS-M2C917-A, absent from 4200.

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