Shell Rimula R7 AD 5W-30

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Fully synthetic low-HTHS API FA-4 5W-30 oil for Mercedes-Benz Euro 6 engines, with MB 228.61 and Cummins CES 20087 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
Approvals
Manufacturer approvals What an approval means
Typical properties
Viscosity at 40 °C 60 mm²/s
Viscosity at 100 °C 10 mm²/s
HTHS viscosity 2.9 mPa·s
Pour point -51 °C
Flash point 236 °C
Sulphated ash 0.98 %
Density 843 kg/m³

Description

Shell Rimula R7 AD 5W-30 is a fully synthetic oil from the Rimula line with a low HTHS viscosity for fuel economy. It is intended for the latest Mercedes-Benz Euro 6 truck and bus engines (OM 470, 471, 473, 934, 936) that need an FA-4 oil.

The oil is rated API FA-4 and SN and holds official approvals MB 228.61, DDC DFS 93K223 and Cummins CES 20087.

Typical figures: 10 mm²/s at 100 °C, HTHS 2.9 mPa·s, sulphated ash 0.98 %, pour point -51 °C, flash point 236 °C.

The FA-4 class is not backward compatible, so this oil must not be used in older engines.

Application

Latest Mercedes-Benz Euro 6 truck and bus engines (OM 470, 471, 473, 934, 936) that specify an FA-4 oil; not for older engines.

Worth knowing

The data sheet still records the Daimler requirement here under its earlier number, MB-Approval 228.61. After the group split the Mercedes-Benz truck sheets passed to Daimler Truck and were renamed DTFR, and 228.61 corresponds to DTFR 15C130 with the same requirements. So if your truck’s documentation specifies DTFR 15C130, this is the same sheet, even though the R7 AD entry does not carry that number. How this renaming works is shown by the example of MB 228.5, which became DTFR 15B120.

The new number is named outright in the data sheet of Shell Rimula R7 AX 5W-30. The typical figures of the two oils match to the digit: 10 mm²/s at 100 °C, HTHS 2.9 mPa·s, 0.98 % sulphated ash, cold-cranking viscosity of 5400 mPa·s at -30 °C, and the list of Mercedes-Benz engines for which Shell recommends both oils is the same. The data sheets part ways in the list of codes: AX additionally has ACEA F01 and the approvals Volvo VDS-5, Renault Trucks RLD-5 and Mack EOS-5, which R7 AD lacks.

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