Shell Rimula R3 Turbo 15W-40

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15W-40 diesel engine oil rated API CH-4 and ACEA E2 for trucks and machinery, with CAT ECF-1a, Cummins CES 20076 and Volvo VDS approvals.

Classification
Product line Shell Rimula 24 oils
SAE viscosity 15W-40What SAE means
Intended use commercial vehicles
API class What API means
ACEA class What ACEA means
Approvals
Manufacturer approvals What an approval means
Typical properties
Viscosity at 40 °C 105.1 mm²/s
Viscosity at 100 °C 14.3 mm²/s
Viscosity index 139
Pour point -36 °C
Flash point 230 °C
Density 886 kg/m³

Description

Shell Rimula R3 Turbo 15W-40 is a Rimula engine oil for the diesel engines of long-haul trucks and construction, mining and agricultural machinery, including stop-start duty.

The oil is rated API CH-4 and ACEA E2 and holds official CAT ECF-1a, Cummins CES 20071 and 20076, DTFR 15B110, Mack EO-M and Mack EO-M Plus, MAN 271 and Volvo VDS approvals.

Typical figures: 14.3 mm²/s at 100 °C, viscosity index 139, pour point -36 °C, flash point 230 °C. For modern low-emission engines Shell points to Rimula R4 or R5.

Application

Long-haul trucks and construction, mining and farm machinery with Caterpillar, Cummins, four-stroke Detroit Diesel, MTU and Komatsu engines; biodiesel is allowed at the maker’s drain intervals.

Worth knowing

If your truck or machine’s documentation lists CAT ECF-1a, Cummins CES 20071 or 20076, DTFR 15B110, Mack EO-M or EO-M Plus, the Rimula 15W-40 range has the same approvals, together with API CH-4, in Rimula R4 X 15W-40. The match is partial: ACEA E2, MAN 271 and Volvo VDS are not in its list, so for a machine with one of those three codes R4 X gives no such confirmation. Rimula R4 L 15W-40, with 1 % ash, shares with this oil only the API CH-4 class, and its approvals are different, from Cummins CES 20081 to Volvo VDS-4.5.

Among the line’s 15W-40 oils, MAN 271 and Volvo VDS with ACEA E2 also appear on Rimula R2 Extra, but the only API classes the catalogue gives for it are CG-4, CF-4 and CF. The article on oil for a truck or bus works through the MAN, Volvo and DTFR truck codes one by one.

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