Shell Helix HX8 5W-30

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Fully synthetic 5W-30 ACEA A3/B4 car engine oil, approved to MB 229.5, VW 502.00/505.00 and Renault RN0710.

Classification
Product line Shell Helix HX8 7 oils
SAE viscosity 5W-30What SAE means
Base oil fully 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 68.7 mm²/s
Viscosity at 100 °C 11.8 mm²/s
Viscosity index 169
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 HX8 5W-30 is a fully synthetic oil from the Helix HX8 line for car petrol, diesel and gas-fuelled engines working under heavy load, in extreme temperatures or in dense town traffic. The maker claims LSPI protection for turbocharged direct-injection petrol engines and allows biodiesel and petrol/ethanol blends.

The oil is rated API SL, SN Plus, SN and ACEA A3/B4 and holds official MB 229.5, VW 502.00, VW 505.00 and Renault RN0710 approvals. It meets the requirements of Renault RN0700 without formal approval.

Typical figures: 11.8 mm²/s at 100 °C, viscosity index 169, pour point -48 °C, flash point 238 °C.

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

Application

Petrol, diesel (without a particulate filter) and gas-fuelled car engines under heavy load, in extreme temperatures or stop-start traffic, turbocharged direct-injection petrol units included.

Worth knowing

Of the API classes, the Shell data sheet lists only SL for this oil without reservation. SN Plus and SN are put on a separate line, “Meets the engine test requirements of API SN PLUS and API SN”: Shell states that the oil passes the engine tests of these classes, but does not list them as classes. API introduced the SN Plus supplement specifically against LSPI, so here only the oil’s maker vouches for compliance with it. In the data sheet of Helix HX8 5W-40, by comparison, SN Plus and SN are printed as ordinary lines. A separate reference article covers which engines API still recognises the SL class for.

Helix Extra X 5W-30 repeats the MB 229.5, VW 502.00, VW 505.00 and Renault RN0710 approvals, the ACEA A3/B4 class and the viscosity of 11.8 mm²/s at 100 °C, but it carries the API SP class, which has the LSPI tests built in. And the Renault RN0700 specification, given here only as compliance, is marked as an approval in the Helix Ultra 5W-30 entry.

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