Shell Helix Ultra Professional AP-L 5W-30

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Fully synthetic 5W-30 ACEA C2 engine oil for Peugeot and Citroen diesels with a particulate filter, meeting PSA B71 2290.

Classification
Product line Shell Helix Ultra Professional 17 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
Meets the requirements of What an approval means
Typical properties
Viscosity at 40 °C 59.59 mm²/s
Viscosity at 100 °C 10.2 mm²/s
Viscosity index 162
Pour point -48 °C
Flash point 233 °C
Density 844 kg/m³

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

Description

Shell Helix Ultra Professional AP-L 5W-30 is a fully synthetic oil from the Helix Ultra Professional line for Peugeot and Citroen diesel engines with a particulate filter, up to the Euro 5 emissions standard. It is also suitable for hybrid cars.

The oil is rated API SN and ACEA C2, with reduced ash content. No official car-maker approvals are listed for it; it meets the requirements of PSA B71 2290 and Iveco 18-1811 SC1.

Typical figures: 10.2 mm²/s at 100 °C, 59.59 mm²/s at 40 °C, viscosity index 162, pour point -48 °C, flash point 233 °C.

For Euro 6 diesels with SCR, the data sheet names Helix Ultra AP-L 0W-30 and advises checking the owner's manual.

Application

Peugeot and Citroen diesel engines with a particulate filter, up to Euro 5, where the manufacturer requires PSA B71 2290, hybrids included.

Worth knowing

The limit of use here is set by the generation of the diesel: the data sheet accompanies the PSA B71 2290 code with the note “for Euro 5 diesel and older”. For a Euro 6 engine with SCR (AdBlue), Shell offers Helix Ultra AP-L 0W-30 instead and refers you to the owner’s manual. The letters AP-L are the same in both names, but the 0W-30 data sheet carries a different code, PSA B71 2312. The article on the B71 codes for Peugeot and Citroën explains why these numbers mean different oils.

Helix Ultra Professional AT-L 5W-30 gives identical API SN, ACEA C2 and figures (10.2 mm²/s at 100 °C, pour point -48 °C, flash point 233 °C), but its list has Fiat 9.55535-S1 where this oil has PSA B71 2290 and Iveco 18-1811 SC1. The codes match completely in Helix Extra Professional AP-L 5W-30 from another line; the figures there are the same, except that 59.59 mm²/s at 40 °C is rounded to 59.6.

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