Elf Moto 4 Maxi Tech 10W-30

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Synthetic fuel-saving 10W-30 oil for powerful four-stroke motorcycles, rated API SJ and JASO MA.

Classification
Product line Elf Moto 4 26 oils
SAE viscosity 10W-30What SAE means
Base oil synthetic
Intended use motorcycles
API class What API means
JASO class
Typical properties
Viscosity at 40 °C 62.5 mm²/s
Viscosity at 100 °C 10.2 mm²/s
Viscosity index 151
Pour point -39 °C
Flash point 228 °C
Density 858 kg/m³
Pack sizes 1 L, 60 L

Description

Elf Moto 4 Maxi Tech 10W-30 is a synthetic fuel-saving engine oil for powerful four-stroke motorcycles in town and on long motorway journeys. The formulation is safe for catalytic converters.

The oil is rated API SJ and JASO MA; the data sheet lists no motorcycle manufacturer approvals.

According to the data sheet, fuel savings reach 5 % compared with a conventional oil of a higher viscosity grade. Its friction level is stable, so the wet clutch works without slipping, and its viscosity does not shear down between changes. Typical figures: 10.2 mm²/s at 100 °C, viscosity index 151, pour point -39 °C. Available in 1 and 60 litre packs.

Application

Powerful four-stroke motorcycles ridden in town and on long motorway journeys; the oil is safe for catalytic converters.

Worth knowing

The properties table in the data sheet for Elf Moto 4 Tourer SL 10W-30 repeats the Maxi Tech table line for line: density 858 kg/m³, 62.5 and 10.2 mm²/s at 40 and 100 °C, viscosity index 151, pour point -39 °C, flash point 228 °C. The JASO class, MA, is the same too. They differ in the API category, SJ for Maxi Tech and SL for Tourer SL, and in the description of the base: the Tourer SL data sheet calls the oil fully synthetic, while the Maxi Tech data sheet speaks of synthetic technology. Both data sheets warn that the figures are typical and not a specification, so identical tables do not make the two oils the same.

SJ is the lowest of the API categories that JASO T 903:2023 pairs with its motorcycle classes. Both oils satisfy a manual that asks for JASO MA and “API SJ or higher”; but if the motorcycle calls for SL, only Tourer SL of this pair has the right category. The requirements of the SJ category and the engines for which API now recognises it are covered in the reference page on the API SJ class.

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