Shell Rimula R6 ME E4 5W-30

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Fully synthetic ACEA E4 5W-30 oil for Euro 2/3 truck engines on extended drains, with MAN M 3277 and Volvo VDS-3 approvals.

Classification
Product line Shell Rimula 24 oils
SAE viscosity 5W-30What SAE means
Base oil fully synthetic
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 68 mm²/s
Viscosity at 100 °C 11.6 mm²/s
Viscosity index 166
Pour point -39 °C
Flash point 210 °C
Base number (TBN) 16.4 mg KOH/g
Sulphated ash 1.9 %
Density 855 kg/m³

Description

Shell Rimula R6 ME E4 5W-30 is a fully synthetic full-ash oil from the Rimula line for extended drain intervals in Euro 2/3 truck and bus engines and some Euro 4 engines. The 5W grade eases cold starts compared with thicker multigrades.

The oil is rated API CF and ACEA E4 and holds official approvals DTFR 15B120, Iveco 18-1804 TFE, MAN M 3277, MTU Oil Category 3, Scania LDF-3 and Volvo VDS-3.

Typical figures: 11.6 mm²/s at 100 °C, viscosity index 166, base number 16.4 mg KOH/g, sulphated ash 1.9 %, pour point -39 °C.

Given its high ash, it does not suit engines with a particulate filter, and the maker does not recommend it for Caterpillar engines.

Application

Euro 2/3 and some Euro 4 truck and bus engines from Mercedes-Benz, MAN, DAF and other makers, on extended drain intervals; not for Caterpillar engines or engines with a particulate filter.

Worth knowing

Besides the particulate filter warning, the Shell data sheet adds direct advice: for engines with a filter the maker recommends its own low-ash Rimula R6 LM/LME. At the same viscosity grade the catalogue has Rimula R6 LME 5W-30, but the two oils share just one code, Volvo VDS-3. In place of ACEA E4 and DTFR 15B120 that oil has E6, E7 and DTFR 15C110; the letter B in a Daimler Truck number marks an oil for vehicles without a filter, C a low-ash one.

The difference shows in the figures too. The base number of 16.4 mg KOH/g by ASTM D2896 is well above the minimum of 12 that ACEA sets for E4, and the sulphated ash of 1.9 % is close to the E4 limit of 2.0 %. For R6 LME the same rows read 10.2 mg KOH/g and 1.00 %. How the two figures are linked and how they depend on the class is described in the article on base number and ash in the oil data sheet.

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