Shell Helix HX8 Synthetic 5W-40

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Fully synthetic ACEA A3/B3 and A3/B4 5W-40 oil for passenger cars, with MB 229.3, VW 502.00/505.00 and Renault RN0710 approvals.

Classification
Product line Shell Helix HX8 7 oils
SAE viscosity 5W-40What 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 89.50 mm²/s
Viscosity at 100 °C 14.70 mm²/s
Viscosity index 174
Pour point -51 °C
Flash point 232 °C
Density 841 kg/m³

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

Description

Shell Helix HX8 Synthetic 5W-40 is a fully synthetic oil from the Helix HX8 line for petrol, diesel and gas (LPG/CNG) passenger car engines. It runs on the drain interval set by the carmaker and is designed for towing, heat, frost and city traffic; biodiesel and petrol-ethanol blends are permitted.

The oil is rated API SN, ACEA A3/B3 and A3/B4, with official approvals MB 229.3, VW 502.00, VW 505.00 and Renault RN0710, and meets Fiat 9.55535-M2 and Renault RN0700 without approval.

Typical figures: 14.70 mm²/s at 100 °C, viscosity index 174, pour point -51 °C, flash point 232 °C.

As a full-ash oil, it is unsuitable for diesels with a particulate filter.

Application

Petrol, gas and diesel passenger car engines without a particulate filter on the carmaker's drain intervals, including towing, heat, frost and city traffic.

Worth knowing

Of the Shell 5W-40 oils in the catalogue, only this one has a Mercedes approval to MB 229.3. In Helix HX8 5W-40 and Helix HX7 5W-40 the same code is recorded as compliance, that is, Shell declares it itself, without confirmation from Mercedes. The reference article on the MB 229.3 approval covers which Mercedes engines call for oils with this approval and which specifications replaced it.

Renault RN0700 is the opposite case: Shell only claims this specification here as compliance. In Helix Ultra 5W-40, of the same viscosity, RN0700 is among the approvals together with RN0710, VW 502.00 and VW 505.00, and the ACEA classes are the same, A3/B3 and A3/B4; what sets that oil apart is API SP and the Mercedes code MB 229.5 instead of MB 229.3. At the cold end, this oil’s data sheet gives a CCS dynamic viscosity of 5,471 mPa·s at -30 °C by ASTM D5293 and an MRV of 19,000 mPa·s at -35 °C. For the low-SAPS HX8 ECT 5W-40, the MRV at the same temperature is 35,100 mPa·s, and its pour point is -36 °C, not -51 °C.

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