Shell Rimula R4 L 15W-40

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Low-SAPS 15W-40 diesel oil rated API CK-4, ACEA E11 and JASO DH-2, with Volvo VDS-4.5, MAN M 3775 and DTFR 15C100 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
JASO class
Approvals
Manufacturer approvals What an approval means
Meets the requirements of
Typical properties
Viscosity at 40 °C 115 mm²/s
Viscosity at 100 °C 15.3 mm²/s
Viscosity index 139
Pour point -35 °C
Flash point 236 °C
Base number (TBN) 10 mg KOH/g
Sulphated ash 1 %
Density 876 kg/m³

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

Description

Shell Rimula R4 L 15W-40 is a low-SAPS engine oil for low-emission diesel engines fitted with a particulate filter.

Classes: API CK-4, CJ-4, CI-4 Plus, CI-4, CH-4 and SN, ACEA E7, E9 and E11, JASO DH-2. Approvals: Allison TES 439, CAT ECF-2 and CAT ECF-3, Cummins CES 20081 and Cummins CES 20086, DDC DFS 93K218 and DDC DFS 93K222, Deutz DQC III-10 LA, DTFR 15C100, Ford WSS-M2C171-F1, Mack EO-O Premium Plus and Mack EOS-4.5, MAN M 3775, MTU Oil Category 2.1, Renault Trucks RLD-3, Volvo VDS-4.5. It meets CNH MAT 3521 and CNH MAT 3522 without a formal approval.

Typical figures: 15.3 mm²/s at 100 °C, base number 10 mg KOH/g, sulphated ash 1 %.

Application

European and North American truck and bus diesels with exhaust after-treatment, plus farm and construction machinery, including on high-sulphur fuel.

Worth knowing

Shell’s data sheet calls this oil suitable for agricultural and construction machinery even on fuel with a high sulphur content, but one of the approvals on its own list places a limit on that. MTU’s oil requirements document allows the low-ash category 2.1 only with fuel containing up to 50 mg/kg of sulphur, so the MTU Oil Category 2.1 approval does not extend to high-sulphur fuel. When an engine has no exhaust after-treatment system and the sulphur in the fuel is above 15 ppm, Cummins does not recommend CES 20081 and 20086 oils and names CES 20078 instead.

Within the line, the 15W-40 that carries this code is Rimula R4 X 15W-40, which also has MTU Oil Category 2, a base number of 10.5 mg KOH/g and sulphated ash of 1.45 % against 1 % here. For engines with a particulate filter, on the other hand, Shell points to R4 L. Why a newer code is not always better on high-sulphur fuel is explained in the article on oil for a tractor or excavator.

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