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What’s the difference in these 2 shell Helix oils ?
Looking for oil ready for the up coming service I have 2 1 litre bottles of Shell Helix ultra to use and that meet the right spec for the vehicle and will get a 5 litre to make up but noticed they have ( AJ-L on the bottle )and others I’ve seen have AF-L , Both WSS-M2C 934-B Ford code , Is there really any difference?
7th Apr 2024 3:02 pm
kajtzu
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You're right kajtzu. I changed it in my post.
7th Apr 2024 4:44 pm
kajtzu
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I think we can summarize this as “it isn’t very easy to differentiate between all of these”.
The specs on the AJ-L and AF-L are quite different yet they claim compatibility to the same reference specifications.
7th Apr 2024 4:53 pm
Darryl
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Thanks for the replies, The AJ-L is what is specified from Halfrauds , I brought a litre to to up when I thought I was loosing oil and got another 1 litre to carry with me when I went on a few hundred mile journey, Been ok since but service due so wanted to use what I have and just noticed this isn’t available in 5 litre at halfrauds and can find it available in 5 litres even on shell website , 1 litre and 100 and something litres tubs only!! , Yes looked at the smith and Allen oils might consider this, Also thanks for the update on the D4 description being 05 Will rectify accordingly
7th Apr 2024 5:17 pm
eightfoot
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Re: What’s the difference in these 2 shell Helix oils ?
Darryl wrote:
Looking for oil ready for the up coming service I have 2 1 litre bottles of Shell Helix ultra to use and that meet the right spec for the vehicle and will get a 5 litre to make up but noticed they have ( AJ-L on the bottle )and others I’ve seen have AF-L , Both WSS-M2C 934-B Ford code , Is there really any difference?
AF-L was the landrover specific oil now no longer available AJ-L is the same oil badged up for jaguar now not landrover i use both as they are the same but its getting hard now to find AF-L so no worries there the sameplease excuse any grammer/punctuation mistakes,i'm thick,thankyou
current vehicles 2005 d3 2013 d4
8th Apr 2024 6:53 pm
Darryl
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Thanks eightfoot, I found the 5 litre AJ-L at £49 delivered from CMG oils direct , Probably the best price I’ve seen so far , Seen it at £85 on euro parts , And £60 plus elsewhere, Anyone used CMG oils?
8th Apr 2024 7:29 pm
Darryl
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8th Apr 2024 7:31 pm
Davethegeo
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Re: What’s the difference in these 2 shell Helix oils ?
eightfoot wrote:
Darryl wrote:
Looking for oil ready for the up coming service I have 2 1 litre bottles of Shell Helix ultra to use and that meet the right spec for the vehicle and will get a 5 litre to make up but noticed they have ( AJ-L on the bottle )and others I’ve seen have AF-L , Both WSS-M2C 934-B Ford code , Is there really any difference?
AF-L was the landrover specific oil now no longer available AJ-L is the same oil badged up for jaguar now not landrover i use both as they are the same but its getting hard now to find AF-L so no worries there the same
Indeed. AJ-L replaced AF-L and both meet the correct spec for my D4.
However, I've moved over to Smith and Allan oils now and their equivalent is Momentum C1 F 5W-30 which meets WSS-M2C934-B. From memory, ~£25 for 5l.D1 300Tdi - gone
D2 Td5 ES (Alive remapped...mmm) - sadly gone
D4 2012 SDV6 XS - Stolen
D4 2014 SDV6 HSE - Shiny
8th Apr 2024 7:42 pm
eightfoot
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if its any help when i collected my d4 the parts guy said to use the AF-L oil and rotate the spare key every month so as to get used
ps look on the bay as thats where i get my oil from its the cheapest and you often get a discount coupon making it even cheaperplease excuse any grammer/punctuation mistakes,i'm thick,thankyou
current vehicles 2005 d3 2013 d4
8th Apr 2024 7:50 pm
Darryl
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Davethego , do you think the smith and Allan oils are as good quality? Eight foot, not sure if I trust oil from eBay even though I did look and it’s not much different in price!
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Will rectify accordingly 
, And £60 plus elsewhere, Anyone used CMG oils?
