Shell lubricants
The right Shell oil for every engine on board.
Authorised Shell distributor in Sint Maarten. Every grade checked against Shell's own data sheets.
- Oils
- 11
- Families
- 7
- Uses
- 7
Oil finder
What are you lubricating?
Pick the machinery. We show the Shell oil in stock that Shell positions for it, and the grade or approval to check against your manual.
Shell recommends
Shell Gadinia S3 30
SAE 30 · BN 12 · fuel up to 1 % sulphur
Trunk-piston engine oil for medium-speed marine engines burning distillate fuel.
- Grade
- SAE 30
- KV 40 °C
- 104 mm²/s
- KV 100 °C
- 11.9 mm²/s
- BN
- 12 mg KOH/g
- Flash point
- 210 °C
- Base oil
- Mineral
Non-engine approvals
- Simplex B&V
- Ortlinghaus
- Stromag
- REINTJES
- RENK Rheine
- RENK Augsburg
- +2 more
Based on Shell's stated applications for the oils we stock. The equipment maker's manual decides.
The range
Eleven oils, by the job they do.
Filter by use, or search an approval such as MTU, CK-4 or ISO 11158. Switch to the table to compare typical properties side by side.
All 11 oils
Marine engine oils
Medium-speed trunk-piston engines on distillate, plus gearboxes, clutches and stern tubes.
Heavy-duty diesel engine oils
High-speed diesels: main engines, generators, tenders and workboats.
Hydraulic fluids
Steering, cranes, davits, passerelles and deck machinery.
Compressor oils
Rotary screw and vane air compressors; ABB VTR turbochargers.
Turbine oils
Steam and light gas turbines, turbo-compressors and R&O systems.
Outboard oils
Two-stroke petrol outboards, premix or oil injection.
Passenger-car engine oils
Crew and shore vehicles. Not marine products.
Viscosity
Where each oil sits on the scale.
Engine oils are graded by viscosity at 100 °C (SAE J300). Hydraulic, compressor and turbine oils are graded at 40 °C (ISO 3448). Values are Shell's typical figures.
Engine oils, SAE J300
Hot-side grade bands by kinematic viscosity at 100 °C.
Industrial oils, ISO VG
Each ISO grade is its mid-point viscosity at 40 °C, ±10 %.
Read the label
What 15W-40 actually means.
A multigrade oil meets one cold (W) grade and one hot grade. The full guide covers SAE, ISO VG, base number, API categories, base-oil groups and TC-W3.
15W: the cold sideCranking viscosity at most 7,000 mPa·s at −20 °C, and pumpable at −25 °C.
40: the hot sideKinematic viscosity from 12.5 to under 16.3 mm²/s at 100 °C, with a high-temperature, high-shear floor.
ISO VG 68
Mid-point kinematic viscosity at 40 °C: 61.2 to 74.8 mm²/s. It says nothing about performance; HM, HV or L-DAJ does.
BN 12
Base number in mg KOH/g: the reserve that neutralises combustion acids from sulphur in the fuel. Shell scales it to fuel sulphur.
API CK-4
The current heavy-duty diesel category, backward compatible with CJ-4, CI-4 and CH-4. API CF is obsolete for most engines built after 2009.
From Shell
Check the source yourself.
Shell publishes current data sheets and a selector for every market. Your pack's regional sheet is the final word on approvals.
Shell lubricants in the store.
Pack sizes from 1-litre six-packs to 55-gallon drums, depending on the oil.
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Shell and the Shell product names are trademarks of the Shell group of companies. Typical properties are representative of current production and are not specifications. Approvals and specifications vary by region and data-sheet version; always check the pack and follow the equipment maker's manual.