Shell Helix HX7 5W-30

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Semi-synthetic 5W-30 engine oil rated API SN and ACEA A3/B4 for petrol, diesel and gas engines, approved to VW 502.00 and VW 505.00.

Classification
Product line Shell Helix HX7 6 oils
SAE viscosity 5W-30What 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 66.70 mm²/s
Viscosity at 100 °C 11.80 mm²/s
Viscosity index 168
Pour point -48 °C
Flash point 238 °C
Density 840 kg/m³

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

Description

Shell Helix HX7 5W-30 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, and the maker allows its use with biodiesel and petrol/ethanol blends.

The oil is rated API SL, SN and ACEA A3/B4 and holds official VW 502.00 and VW 505.00 approvals. It meets the requirements of MB 229.3 without formal approval.

Typical figures: 11.8 mm²/s at 100 °C, 66.7 mm²/s at 40 °C, viscosity index 168, pour point -48 °C, flash point 238 °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; biodiesel and petrol/ethanol blends allowed.

Worth knowing

The API SN listed among this oil’s classes appears in the Shell data sheet with a caveat: the class named there is API SL, while SN is mentioned only as the oil meeting the engine test requirements of that class (“Meets the engine test requirements of API SN”). So the only fully claimed API class is SL, which API recognises for engines of model year 2004 and older; what the API SL class involves has an article of its own.

The same caveat appears in the data sheet of Helix HX8 Synthetic 5W-30, and the typical figures there match to the digit, down to a cold-cranking viscosity of 4,640 mPa·s at -30 °C and a pumpability of 13,200 mPa·s at -35 °C. The two oils also share ACEA A3/B4, VW 502.00 and VW 505.00. They differ elsewhere: in HX8 Synthetic, MB 229.3 is an official approval rather than a standard it meets, and it adds Renault RN0710 as an approval and RN0700 as a standard it meets. HX7 5W-30 has no Renault standard at all.

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