Liqui Moly Top-up Oil 5W-30

Liqui MolyLiqui Moly Top-up Oil (Nachfüll-Öl) linepassenger cars5W-30 data partly verified

Synthetic 5W-30 ACEA C3 engine oil for topping up petrol and diesel engines, with BMW Longlife-04 and MB 229.51 approvals.

Classification
Product line Liqui Moly Top-up Oil (Nachfüll-Öl) 3 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 71 mm²/s
Viscosity at 100 °C 12.2 mm²/s
Viscosity index 170
HTHS viscosity ≥3.5 mPa·s
Pour point -39 °C
Flash point 230 °C
Evaporation loss (NOACK) 9.0 %
Base number (TBN) 7.5 mg KOH/g
Sulphated ash ≤0.8 %
Density 850 kg/m³
Pack sizes 1 L

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

Description

Liqui Moly Top-up Oil 5W-30 is a synthetic mid-SAPS engine oil for topping up petrol and diesel engines, including common rail and unit-injector designs and engines with a particulate filter. It can be mixed with other engine oils.

It carries API SQ, ACEA C2 and ACEA C3 and holds official BMW Longlife-04, MB 229.31, MB 229.51 and MB 229.52 approvals. The manufacturer states that it meets VW 505.00, VW 505.01, GM dexos2, Ford WSS-M2C917-A, Opel OV0401547-G30, Opel OV0401547-D30, Fiat 9.55535-S1 and Fiat 9.55535-S3 without formal approval.

Typical figures: viscosity 12.2 mm²/s at 100 °C, viscosity index 170, HTHS at least 3.5 mPa·s, sulphated ash up to 0.8 %, NOACK 9.0 %, pour point -39 °C. Sold only in 1-litre bottles.

Application

Topping up petrol and diesel car engines between oil changes, including common rail and unit-injector engines, with or without a diesel particulate filter.

Worth knowing

On the data sheet, the “MB-Approval” label covers three numbers at once: MB 229.31, MB 229.51 and MB 229.52. MB 229.31 began as an approval with ash up to 0.8 % for diesel cars with a particulate filter, and its successors, 229.51 and 229.52, are built on the same ACEA C3. In Camping Top-up Oil 5W-30, which has the same data-sheet figures, these numbers remain a Liqui Moly recommendation. The list ends at 229.52: for its newest engines Mercedes moved to 0W-20 oils under approvals 229.71 and 229.72.

Switching to Top-up Oil 5W-40 is not an equivalent replacement. Along with the viscosity (14.3 mm²/s at 100 °C against 12.2), ACEA C2, Fiat 9.55535-S1, Fiat 9.55535-S3, Opel OV0401547-D30 and Opel OV0401547-G30 disappear, and MB 229.31 and MB 229.52 become a claim without approval. The approvals the two share are BMW Longlife-04 and MB 229.51. Top Tec 4600 5W-30 has the same codes, approvals and typical figures, with a wider range of pack sizes, from 1 to 1,000 l.

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