Shell Helix Ultra SP 0W-20

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Fully synthetic low-SAPS 0W-20 engine oil rated API SP and ACEA C5 for modern petrol, diesel and gas car engines.

Classification
Product line Shell Helix Ultra 14 oils
SAE viscosity 0W-20What SAE means
Base oil fully synthetic
Intended use passenger cars
API class What API means
ACEA class What ACEA means
Typical properties
Viscosity at 40 °C 42.1 mm²/s
Viscosity at 100 °C 8 mm²/s
Pour point -54 °C
Flash point 222 °C
Density 836 kg/m³

Description

Shell Helix Ultra SP 0W-20 is a fully synthetic low-viscosity, low-ash oil for cars. It is intended for modern petrol engines, diesels with a particulate filter and engines running on LPG or natural gas.

The oil is rated API SP and ACEA C5, the latter a fuel-economy category. The maker lists no car-maker approvals, so it is used where the owner's handbook calls for exactly these classes.

Typical figures: 8 mm²/s at 100 °C, 42.1 mm²/s at 40 °C, pour point -54 °C, flash point 222 °C.

Application

Modern petrol cars, diesels with a particulate filter and LPG or CNG engines where the manufacturer requires API SP or ACEA C5.

Worth knowing

In the names of several Shell Helix Ultra 0W-20 oils, an API class comes straight after the name of the line, so neighbouring cans are easy to confuse. The SN and SN PLUS versions have ILSAC GF-5 and Chrysler MS-6395 approval, but neither API SP nor ACEA C5. Helix Hybrid 0W-20 has API SP and ILSAC GF-6A without ACEA C5, while Helix Ultra Professional AR-L 0W-20, on the contrary, has ACEA C5 and Renault RN17 FE approval but not API SP. Both of this oil’s classes also appear in Shell Helix Ultra ECT C6 0W-20, which adds ACEA C6, ILSAC GF-6A and the BMW Longlife-17 FE+, MB 229.71 and MB 229.72 approvals; SP 0W-20 has none of these approvals.

The Shell data sheet calls SP 0W-20 suitable for cars that currently take SAE 5W-20, and for many hybrid cars. That is a statement by the oil maker, not by the carmaker. ACEA itself, as the article on the ACEA classes in force today and the rare C5, C6 and C7 explains, assigns C5 only to engines designed for such low viscosity and approved for it by the manufacturer.

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