AUTOMOTIVE GREASES
HP ULTRA LONG LIFE AP3 GREASE
Detail Description
Recommended for use in automotive wheel bearings on all types of buses, trucks, cars, farm equipment (on highway and off highway). This premium grease has excellent texture for very high mechanical stability and has given Ultra Long Life performance when used in buses at a major State Transport Undertaking.
Performance benefits:
- Ultra long grease service life of 1,00,000 kms.*
- Excellent mechanical stability
- Balanced anti wear and extreme pressure properties which are non-corrosive to copper and steel.
- High drop Point and resistance against oxidation
- Under standard test conditions
Physico-chemical properties
| Typical Characteristics | SPECS | Test Method |
|---|---|---|
| NLGI Grade | NLGI 3 | NLGI |
| Appearance | Peacock Blue | Visual |
| Structure | Smooth | Visual |
| Thickener | Lithium Complex | - |
| Base oil Viscosity @ 100,°C, cSt, Viscosity Index, min |
ISO VG 220 20 95 |
- ASTM D 445 ASTM D 2270 |
| Consistency, @ 25°C | ASTM D 217 | |
| Worked, 60 X | 220 - 240 | |
| Worked, 1,00,000 X (Roll stability) | ± 25 of 60 | |
| Drop Point,°C | 260 min. | ASTM D 566 |
| Oil Separation on storage , % wt., | 1.0 max. | ASTM D 1742 |
| Wheel bearing test, Leakage by mass, g |
1.2 max | ASTM D 1263 |
| Water wash out test @80°C, % loss wt. | 4 max. | ASTM D 1264 |
| Shell four ball weld load, kg | 315 | ASTM D 259 |
| Shell roll stability @82C for 96 hrs, % change in penetration, max | 20 max | ASTM D 1831 |