Shell Gadinia AL 40
Advanced Lubricant for ship medium speed trunk-piston engines running on distillate fuel.
Shell Gadinia AL 40 main applications:
- Highly rated medium speed diesel engines operating under high load or overload conditions.
- General ship application, including gears, where specialist lubricants are not required.
Shell GADINIA AL 40 is a premium quality marine diesel engine oil designed for use in medium speed trunk piston engines, which operate on distillate fuels. Shell Gadinia AL 40 is specially designed to control oil consumption in modern engines, where liner -lacquering is a potential problem. Being multifunctional Shell GADINIA AL 40 can also be used for other shipboard applications such as reduction gears.
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Specifications, Approvals & Recommendations Shell Gadinia AL 40
· Rolls-Royce, Bergen · Deutz AG · MAN B&W Diesel AG · Simplex (Compact Sterntube Seals) · API CF
Shell Gadinia AL 40 Performance, Features & Benefits:
- + Improved Reliability
- + Lower Maintenance Costs
- + Re-assurance
Performance, Features & Benefits of Shell Gadinia AL 40
+ Improved Reliability
Excellent piston and crankcase cleanliness, which helps to maintain engine efficiency. Load carrying properties required for use in reduction gears.
+ Lower Maintenance Costs
Excellent liner lacquer control that maintains lubricating oil consumption at its normal level. A high level of protection against bore polishing – another cause of high oil consumption.
+ Re-assurance
Protection for engines where cylinder liner lacquering is likely to occur.
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Health, Safety & Environment of Shell Gadinia AL 40
Health and Safety
Shell Gadinia AL 40 is unlikely to present any significant health or safety hazard when properly used in the recommended application and good standards of personal hygiene are maintained. Avoid contact with skin. Use impervious gloves with used oil. After skin contact, wash immediately with soap and water. Guidance on Health and Safety is available on the appropriate Material Safety Data Sheet, which can be obtained from http://www.epc.shell.com/
Protect the Environment
Take used Shell Gadinia AL 40 to an authorised collection point. Do not discharge into drains, soil or water.
Typical Physical Characteristics of Shell Gadinia AL 40
| Characteristics | Method | Shell Gadinia AL 40 | ||
| Kinematic Viscosity | @40°C | mm²/s | ASTM D445 | 140 |
| Kinematic Viscosity | @100°C | mm²/s | ASTM D445 | 14.3 |
| Density | @15°C | kg/l | ASTM D4052 | 0.900 |
| Flash point (PMCC) | – | °C | ASTM D92 | >200 |
| Pour point | – | °C | ASTM D97 | -18 |
| Load Capacity FZG Fail Stage | – | – | IP 334 | 12 |
| Sulphate ash % wt | – | – | ASTM D874 | 1.65 |
| TBN mg KOH/g | – | – | ASTM D2896 | 15 |
Is Shell Gadinia S3 40 the same as Shell Gadinia AL 40?
Shell Gadinia AL 40 has a slightly better cleaning ability. Shell Gadinia AL 40 therefore keeps your motoro slightly better clean than Shell Gadinia S3 40.
Why is Shell Gadinia AL 40 cheaper than at a bunkering station?
Procare delivers Shell Gadinia AL 40 to a vessel address and does not pump it into a vessel. Can you bring Shell Gadinia AL 40 on board yourself and have it delivered to a fixed address then Procare is more advantageous!
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