Shell Helix Ultra 5w-40

[Motorbike]

Has anyone seen this oil in quarts here in the USA ?

It's been available in drums for 2-3 years now but it's high time they place it in Walmarts IMO

And take a look at their 5w and 10w30 Synlube while your there

Where are they hiding this oil ? Are all the employees buying it up too ?

Shell Website

 

[Motorbike]

Those two 30wt Synthetics are still rated SL but meet GF-4 EC Standards .

Maybe those two have some phos and zinc still yet

Shell 30wt product description

 

[vwoom]

The Helix 5w40 MSDS is an Equilon dated '01. Notice there is no tech data sheet. It must've been superceded by Rotella T 5w40. I've heard RT came out sometime in '02.

I wonder if Wally's sold the Helix back then..

[ December 30, 2004, 09:13 PM: Message edited by: vwoom ]

 

[buster]

Thats another oil I'd like to see here in the U.S of A.

 

[Leo]

Shell Helix Ultra 5W40 is available here by the bucketload. Its very well priced against M1 and others. To get an up to date tech sheet on it visit;

http://www.epc.shell.com/?Countryid=AU

 

[Shannow]

Leo,
I'm pretty sure that our Helix Ultra 5W-40 is a group III.

I had a shell catalogue showing it as XHVI, then the next edition was "fully synthetic", with the same pour point etc.

About this point, it was priced level with M1, but Shell dropped the price $10, possibly in recognition of the basestocks, and to stop some of the embarassment that had been doled to them.

 

[sprintman]

And it's still the worst syn we tried on our Timken tester. There are better oils around for same or less $$. BP Visco 5000 5W40 for one (a great buy in 20-litre drum from any BP distributor) fwiw...s

 

[Gene K]

quote:

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Originally posted by sprintman:
And it's still the worst syn we tried on our Timken tester.

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What kind of Timken do you drive...

Gene

 

[Shannow]

Gene,
some reputable oil companies swear by timken and 4Ball type tests.

Haven't met many vehicles that hover on 4 balls

[ December 31, 2004, 04:58 AM: Message edited by: Shannow ]

 

[Motorbike]

quote:

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Originally posted by Leo:
Shell Helix Ultra 5W40 is available here by the bucketload. Its very well priced against M1 and others. To get an up to date tech sheet on it visit;

http://www.epc.shell.com/?Countryid=AU

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Thanks for the link . Alot of talk about F1 technology there

Vi @ 40c 76.3
Vi @ 100c 13.8
Pretty groovy that a 40wt is built like that @ 40c

I wonder if the new Quaker State Euro Car 5w30 will be built similar to the Helix Ultra ? It's about 5 bucks a quart .

 

[brian fix]

the new Q. state oil is really good so im told , the5w-40, state of the art lube?,where do you find it in Wisc.?

 

[Bobert]

Another good one on the epc.shell.com site:

http://www.epc.shell.com/documentRetrieveView.asp?documentId=31400

Shell Helix Ultra 0W-40
Kinematic Viscosity
@ 40°C, cSt 71.10
@ 100°C, cSt 13.04
Viscosity Index 187
Density @ 15°C, kg/l 0.845
Flash Point (PMCC),°C 206
Pour Point, °C -51

Is this available in the U.S?

edit: link

[ December 31, 2004, 11:17 PM: Message edited by: Bobert ]

 

[Losiho]

quote:

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Originally posted by Shannow:
Leo,
I'm pretty sure that our Helix Ultra 5W-40 is a group III.

I had a shell catalogue showing it as XHVI, then the next edition was "fully synthetic", with the same pour point etc.

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I've heard that it's a XHVI / PAO mix. Not sure if that's correct though.

 

[Ken4]

SHU 5w40 doesnt clean very well.

http://theoildrop.server101.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=3;t=000613#000000