Shell Gadinia AL 40
Shell Gadinia AL 40
Shell Gadinia AL 40
Shell Gadinia AL 40
Advanced Lubricant for medium speed trunk-piston engines running on distillate fuel.
Shell GADINIA AL 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 is specially designed to control oil consumption in modern
engines, where liner -lacquering is a potential problem. Being multifunctional Shell GADINIA AL can also be used for
other shipboard applications such as reduction gears.
Improved Reliability Highly rated medium speed diesel engines operating under
Excellent piston and crankcase cleanliness, which helps to high load or overload conditions.
maintain engine efficiency.
General ship application, including gears, where specialist
Load carrying properties required for use in reduction gears. lubricants are not required.
Density @15 C 0
kg/l ASTM D4052 0.900
Pour Point 0
C ASTM D97 -18
These characteristics are typical of current production. Whilst future production will conform to Shell's specification, variations in
these characteristics may occur.
Health, Safety & Environment
Guidance on Health and Safety is available on the appropriate Material Safety Data Sheet, which can be obtained from
http://www.epc.shell.com/
Additional Information
Advice
Advice on applications not covered here may be obtained from your Shell representative.
Liner Lacquering
The medium-speed diesel engine is becoming more demanding to lubricate. Higher engine efficiencies are being achieved through
engine designs, which incorporate higher cylinder - pressures, higher combustion temperatures, and the use of very high-pressure
fuel injection. In some modern distillate fuelled engines, these conditions may lead to the formation of a layer of brown or black
lacquer on the cylinder liner surfaces. This can fill in the honing pattern, resulting in a loss of oil control and runaway oil
consumption. The condition is paticularly common in severe operation (e.g. overload or high torque conditions). There is also
evidence that it is more common where low sulphur (<0.5% wt) distillate fuels are in use.