Description:

Shell Gadinia are premium quality diesel engine lubricants, specially designed for the most severe service main propulsion and auxiliary marine trunk piston engines burning distillate fuels having sulpher content upto 1%. They also perform satisfactory in smaller high speed engine units in fishing fleets which normally operate under arduous conditions, often with small sump capacity.

Applications:

• Highly rated, medium speed, main propulsion & auxiliary trunk-piston marine diesel engines.
• Geared transmissions, turbochargers and variable pitch propellers.
• Oil lubricated stern tubes, deck machinery & other applications requiring an SAE 30 or 40 viscosity oil.

Benefits:

Improved engine quality:
Greater tolerance to conditions of overload or poor combustion,because of improved piston cleanliness and cleaner engines.
Reduced deposits in pistons cooling spaces, good resistance to top ring groove deposits and cleaner crankcases.

Lower maintenance costs:
Extended diesel engines life through reduced risk of ring sticking and breakage.
Longer oil life, especially in high stress engines, because of Shell Gadinia's improved oxidation resistance and good resistance to thermal degradation under severe operating conditions.
Suerior protection against corrosion for all engine components, due to Shell Gadinia's unique formulation giving excellent alkalinity availability.

Re-assurance:
Greater safety margin to protect highly loaded bearings, in the event of water contamination, because of Shell gadinia's impoved water tolerance and separation in separators.
OEM endorsement by leading diesel engine manufacturers following extensive field approval trials, means that Shell Gadinia is Suitable for the widest range of modern diesel engines.