Editor talks with you about engine oil (2) Introduction of Shell Lubricating Oil.

　　Some time ago, we introduced some basic knowledge about lubricating oil. Starting from today, we will introduce the prices of various lubricant brands and answer some questions that everyone cares about. Today, we will bring you Shell Lubricants.

● Introduction of Shell Lubricating Oil Products

　　Shell’s lubricating oil products are very rich, and consumers usually use the color of packaging barrels to distinguish the product structure of Shell’s lubricating oil. For example, Shell Extraordinary Heineken series is generally called "grey shell", Shell Heineken HX7 series is called "blue shell", HX5 series is generally called "yellow shell", and so on. In fact, this distinction is not very accurate, because with the enrichment of products, some new products will also use the same color packaging as different old products. For example, the packaging for the newly listed HX8 fully synthetic lubricating oil is the same as that of the extraordinary Heineken series, and it is all gray. Let’s introduce Shell’s lubricating oil products in the form of tables.

1. Shell Extraordinary Heineken Series Synthetic Lubricating Oil:

　　Shell Extraordinary Heineken Series is Shell’s top synthetic lubricant, which is suitable for most luxury cars, models and high performance. In this series, Shell Extraordinary Heineken Ultra is common in the market, while Shell Extraordinary Heineken Ultra R and Shell Extraordinary Heineken Ultra E are rare in the market. Among them, Shell Extraordinary Heineken Ultra R focuses on sports performance, and some high-performance sports cars or models that focus on sports performance can try this lubricant; Shell Extraordinary Heineken Ultra E focuses on economy and environmental protection, and car owners who value the performance of these two lubricants may wish to try this lubricant if they have the opportunity to buy it. When looking for the price, we only found the price of 1 liter of Shell Extraordinary Heineken Ultra E on Yixun.com, but we didn’t see the price of these two lubricants in many physical stores and Taobao.com..

　　There is also a saying circulating on the Internet that Shell’s Extraordinary Heineken series is not really a fully synthetic lubricating oil, but a semi-synthetic lubricating oil with performance close to that of fully synthetic lubricating oil. This statement is based on the fact that the base oil used in Extraordinary Heineken series is three types of base oil containing mineral oil, while the real fully synthetic lubricating oil uses four types of base oil (poly α olefin) or five types of base oil (polyol ester) without mineral oil.

　　I have consulted a lot of materials and found that there is no real definition for the concept of fully synthetic lubricants. Since Mobil accused Castrol of not printing the word "fully synthetic" on products made of three types of base oils in 1999, the concept of fully synthetic lubricants has not specifically referred to lubricants made of four or five types of base oils. Therefore, although many people still use the concept of base oil grade to distinguish fully synthetic lubricants, some manufacturers think that they are making lubricants made of three types of base oils.

　　Shell Heineken HX8 is a newly listed entry-level fully synthetic lubricant. Its packaging is very similar to the extraordinary Heineken series, and its color is also gray. As an entry-level fully synthetic lubricant, it can be applied to most vehicles with a price of more than 200,000 yuan and turbocharged vehicles. We have not found the price of Heineken HX8 on the three major e-commerce websites in the above table, but the price found on Taobao is about 308 yuan to 370 yuan.

2.HX7 and HX6 semi-synthetic lubricating oil

　　Shell Heineken HX7 series lubricating oil is the "blue shell" we often talk about. As a semi-synthetic lubricating oil, its performance is better than that of mineral lubricating oil, and its price is much lower than that of fully synthetic lubricating oil. Therefore, Heineken HX7 is more suitable for some economical cars with a cost performance of less than 200,000 yuan. In addition, Heineken HX7 series also has a Heineken HX7 AJ lubricant, which is based on Heineken HX7 lubricant and specially improved for American and Japanese brands. We will introduce the shell lubricant marked with "AJ" below.

　　Although the packaging of Shell Heineken HX6 series lubricating oil is yellow like Heineken HX5 mineral lubricating oil, it is a semi-synthetic lubricating oil, so you should read the name clearly when buying it and not confuse it with Heineken HX5. The grade of Heineken HX6 lubricating oil is lower than that of Heineken HX7, and economic car owners below 150,000 yuan can try to use it.

3. Shell Heineken HX5 and HX3 mineral lubricants

　　When it comes to mineral lubricating oil, many car owners may feel that they don’t want to use it at the lower end. However, for some vehicles with long car years and overhauled engines, there may be a large gap between the piston and the cylinder because of the wear in the engine or the imprecise assembly after overhaul, so it is completely unnecessary to use fully synthetic lubricating oil with high price, and the use of cheaper mineral lubricating oil can completely meet the demand. Therefore, you can try Heineken HX5 and HX3 mineral lubricating oil for vehicles with long car years and overhauled engines.

　　In the Heineken HX3 series, in addition to the common Heineken HX3, there is also a Heineken HX3K lubricating oil, which is specially designed for vehicles over 100,000 kilometers. Its characteristic is that it is more viscous than ordinary lubricating oil and can play a better sealing and lubricating role. As for the price, we have not found it on JD.COM, Amazon and Yixun. The price of Taobao website is basically around 96 yuan to 110 yuan.