CHF 11S Central Hydraulic Fluid · 1 L
The green can. CHF 11S is the long-life synthetic hydraulic fluid that European central hydraulics were designed around — power steering, level control, shocks, convertible tops.
The first fill
Engine oil, transmission fluid and the famous green can of CHF 11S. Technical fluids blended the Hamburg way since 1927 — specified by the people who built the car, poured by the people who keep it running.
Founded in Hamburg, Germany — a fluid works that grew up alongside the European car industry it supplies.
Pentosin fluids carry formal OE approvals and ride in new gearboxes and reservoirs before the cars ever meet an owner.
Each formulation is blended for a specific engine, gearbox or hydraulic design. The spec on your cap decides — not marketing.
The shelves
Reached-for first
The green can. CHF 11S is the long-life synthetic hydraulic fluid that European central hydraulics were designed around — power steering, level control, shocks, convertible tops.
The whole DSG service in one box: five litres of first-fill-approved FFL-2 double-clutch fluid plus the parts to do the job properly.
The workhorse of the Pentosin oil shelf — a fully synthetic, fuel-economy 5W-30 developed for the most recent generation of European engines, in the five-litre jug that covers a whole service.
ATF 134 is the red fluid for select Mercedes-Benz five- and seven-speed automatics — an ultra-high-performance ATF with the right friction manners for those gearboxes.
The Pentosin take on the dexos1 Gen 3 specification — a 5W-30 for modern turbocharged direct-injection gasoline engines, in the full-service five-litre jug.
Pentofluid EHF is the high-performance hydraulic fluid for European power steering and central hydraulic systems — and the approved top-off companion to the CHF cans.
The program
Pentosin runs its range the way a lab runs a shelf: by designation. Open a line below to see every can we keep of it.
From the service logs
★★★★★ Makes my Car PurrSmooth as silk in my Alpina.
★★★★★ Buy the Best for your BMW!Maybe a little more expensive but, it is worth it! Love Pentosin products! Use it in both my 2013 BMW 328i X-Drive (F30) & 2011 BMW 528i (F10).
★★★★★ Works awesomeUsed on a 2017 vw cc with 90,000 miles. Previous owner never changed trans fluid. Had a noise in 3rd gear and 6th gear. After replacing fluid and filter, noises went away and shifts perfectly now. Highly recommend.
★★★★★ Very good productVery good motor oil for European cars, my Audi runs very quiet and increased fuel mileage. This product is worth buying again
★★★★★ Cost effective QualityArrived on time. Compatible and recommended for use with certain Mercedes vehicles. Quality fluid that performs that performs very well in my Sprinter. So far, this product is the best value I can find
★★★★★ Great value kit and high quality fluidWorks perfectly for servicing a 2013 VW Golf TDI. DSG shifts much smoother after servicing. Filled using filter housing and waiting a long time for the fluid to slowly go down the filter port. Faster process would be…
The long read
«First fill» is the industry's term for the fluid a vehicle is born with — poured on the assembly line, matched to the hardware by the engineers who designed it. Pentosin has been earning that position since 1927, when Deutsche Pentosin-Werke set up in Hamburg, and the brand's modern range still reads like an OE service book: motor oils in the Pento and Pentospeed lines, the FFL double-clutch program, a numbered family of automatic transmission fluids, and the central hydraulic fluids that made the name famous.
The green can of Pentosin CHF 11S is the shorthand for that reputation. It is a long-life synthetic central hydraulic fluid, rated for lifetime application in power steering, self-levelling suspension, shock absorbers, central locking and convertible-top systems, and it keeps its full performance from −40 °C upward. European reservoir caps have been naming it for decades; its companion Pentofluid EHF mixes with CHF 11S and CHF 202 as a top-off, which turns a low reservoir into a two-minute fix.
On the oil shelf, Pento High Performance 5W-30 and its 40-weight sibling carry the friction-modifier chemistry Pentosin blends for current European engines, while Pentospeed dexos1 Gen 3 brings LSPI protection to turbocharged direct-injection designs. The right answer is always the handbook's answer — the range exists so that whatever grade the handbook names, the can on this wall matches it.
Double-clutch gearboxes get the FFL program — FFL-2 with first-fill approval for DSG service, FFL-3 and FFL-52529 for their own gearbox families, each with friction characteristics that are deliberately not interchangeable. Classic automatics get their numbers: ATF 134 for Mercedes-Benz five- and seven-speeds, ATF 9 for the low-viscosity eight- and nine-speed era. Feed the gearbox exactly what its service book calls, and it shifts like the day it was delivered.
Every Pentosin can in this catalogue stands on one shelf at our partner store — current prices, live stock, straight from the source.