Shell Helix HX7 10W-40

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Semi-synthetic 10W-40 engine oil rated API SP and ACEA A3/B4 for petrol, diesel and gas engines, approved to VW 501.01 and VW 505.00.

Classification
Product line Shell Helix HX7 6 oils
SAE viscosity 10W-40What SAE means
Base oil semi-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 92.4 mm²/s
Viscosity at 100 °C 13.9 mm²/s
Viscosity index 153
Pour point -42 °C
Flash point 242 °C
Density 863 kg/m³

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

Shell Helix HX7 10W-40

Description

Shell Helix HX7 10W-40 is a semi-synthetic oil from the Helix HX7 line, blended from synthetic and mineral base oils. It is intended for the everyday running of car petrol, diesel and gas-fuelled engines, including stop-start town driving and turbocharged direct-injection petrol units, and the maker claims protection against LSPI.

The oil is rated API SP and ACEA A3/B4 and holds official VW 501.01 and VW 505.00 approvals. It meets the requirements of MB 229.3, Renault RN0700 and Renault RN0710 without formal approval.

Typical figures: 13.9 mm²/s at 100 °C, viscosity index 153, pour point -42 °C, flash point 242 °C.

As a full-SAPS A3/B4 oil, it is not intended for diesels fitted with a particulate filter.

Application

Petrol, diesel (without a particulate filter) and gas-fuelled car engines in everyday use, including stop-start town driving and turbocharged direct-injection petrol engines.

Worth knowing

The Shell data sheet puts the Renault standards for this oil in the “Meets requirements of” line, together with MB 229.3: it merely meets RN0700 and RN0710, and its only official approvals are from VW. Among Shell 10W-40 oils, the catalogue records the RN0710 approval for Helix HX7 Diesel 10W-40, which has the same ACEA A3/B4 and the same VW 505.00. It is not an equivalent replacement, though: instead of API SP it has the diesel API CF, it lacks VW 501.01 and RN0700, and its data sheet describes its use in car diesels without a particulate filter. Renault, meanwhile, also specifies RN0710 for turbocharged petrol engines; the table of Renault and Dacia approvals shows which engines each of the two standards covers.

Another dividing line is VW 502.00. In the HX7 line only the 5W-30 and 5W-40 hold this approval, while the VW petrol standard for this 10W-40 is a different one, VW 501.01; its entry shows no VW 502.00 approval.

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