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    Shell Gadinia 30: Performance, Features & Benefits

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    Shell Gadinia 30 is a premium quality lubricant designed for medium-speed marine diesel engines burning distillate fuels with up to 1% sulfur content. It provides improved engine reliability through reduced deposits and piston ring sticking. Its resistance to oxidation also allows for longer oil life and lower maintenance costs. The product is approved for use in trunk piston engines and meets API CF specifications.

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    Shell Gadinia 30: Performance, Features & Benefits

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    Shell Gadinia 30 is a premium quality lubricant designed for medium-speed marine diesel engines burning distillate fuels with up to 1% sulfur content. It provides improved engine reliability through reduced deposits and piston ring sticking. Its resistance to oxidation also allows for longer oil life and lower maintenance costs. The product is approved for use in trunk piston engines and meets API CF specifications.

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    Shell Gadinia 30 is a premium quality lubricant designed for medium-speed marine diesel engines burning distillate fuels with up to 1% sulfur content. It provides improved engine reliability through reduced deposits and piston ring sticking. Its resistance to oxidation also allows for longer oil life and lower maintenance costs. The product is approved for use in trunk piston engines and meets API CF specifications.

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    Shell Gadinia 30 is a premium quality lubricant designed for medium-speed marine diesel engines burning distillate fuels with up to 1% sulfur content. It provides improved engine reliability through reduced deposits and piston ring sticking. Its resistance to oxidation also allows for longer oil life and lower maintenance costs. The product is approved for use in trunk piston engines and meets API CF specifications.

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    Technical Data Sheet

    Shell Gadinia 30
    Lubricants for medium-speed marine diesel engines running on distillate fuels

    Shell Gadinia are premium quality multifunctional diesel engine lubricants that are specially designed for the most
    severe service main propulsion and auxiliary marine trunk piston engines burning distillate fuels with a sulphur content
    up to 1%. They also perform satisfactorily in smaller high-speed engines of fishing fleets that operate under arduous
    conditions and have small sumps.

    Performance, Features & Benefits OEM endorsement by leading diesel engine manufacturers

    · Improved engine reliability: following extensive field approval trials, means that Shell
    Gadinia is suitable for the widest range of modern diesel
    Greater tolerance to engine overload or poor combustion due
    to improved piston cleanliness. engines.

    Reduced deposits in piston ring belt and cylinder liners. Main Applications

    · Lower maintenance costs: · Highly rated, medium speed, main propulsion & auxiliary trunk-
    Extended diesel engine life through reduced risk of ring piston marine diesel engines.
    sticking and breakage.
    · Turbochargers, oil filled stern tubes and variable pitch
    Longer oil life, especially in high stress engines, because of propellers.
    Gadinia’s excellent resistance to oxidation and thermal · Deck machinery & other marine applications requiring SAE 30
    degradation under severe operating conditions. or 40 viscosity oils.

    Superior protection against corrosion for all engine Specifications, Approvals & Recommendations
    components, due to Shell Gadinia’s unique formulation giving
    excellent alkalinity retention.
    · Shell Gadinia is approved by leading trunk piston engine
    manufacturers.
    Improved control of liner lacquer leads to better control of oil
    consumption and contributes to lower cost of operation.
    · API CF
    For a full listing of equipment approvals and recommendations,

    · Re-assurance: please consult your local Shell Technical Helpdesk.


    Greater safety margin to protect highly loaded bearings, in the
    event of water contamination, because of Shell Gadinia’s
    improved water tolerance and separation in separators.

    Typical Physical Characteristics

    Properties Method Shell Gadinia 30


    Kinematic Viscosity @400C mm2/s ASTM D445 104

    Kinematic Viscosity @1000C mm2/s ASTM D445 11.8

    Density @15 C0
    kg/l ASTM D4052 0.897

    Flash Point (PMCC) 0


    C ASTM D93 200+

    Pour Point 0
    C ASTM D97 -18

    BN mg/KOH/g ASTM D2896 12

    Sulphated Ash % wt ASTM D874 1.35

    These characteristics are typical of current production. Whilst future production will conform to Shell's specification, variations in
    these characteristics may occur.

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    Health, Safety & Environment

    · Health and Safety


    Shell Gadinia 30 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 oil to an authorised collection point. Do not discharge into drains, soil or water.

    Additional Information

    · Advice
    Advice on applications not covered here may be obtained from your Shell representative.

    · Condition Monitoring
    Shell RLA engine condition monitoring service enables the ship operator to monitor the condition of the oil and equipment and to
    take remedial action when necessary. This helps to avioid breakdowns and costly downtime.

    Shell RLA OPICA is an integrated software system enabling RLA data to be received electronically in the office and/or on the
    vessel. It contains powerful data management and graphics, enabling efficiency gains in report handling and machine condition
    monitoring.

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