Liqui Moly Classic Motoroil SAE 30
Mineral single-grade SAE 30 engine oil with minimal additives for vintage cars and motorcycles without a full-flow oil filter.
| Classification | |
|---|---|
| Product line | Liqui Moly Classic 5 oils |
| SAE viscosity | 30What SAE means |
| Base oil | mineral |
| Intended use | passenger cars |
| Typical properties | |
| Viscosity at 40 °C | 100 mm²/s |
| Viscosity at 100 °C | 11.2 mm²/s |
| Viscosity index | 97 |
| Pour point | -21 °C |
| Flash point | 246 °C |
| Sulphated ash | 0.02 % |
| Density | 870 kg/m³ |
| Pack sizes | 1 L, 5 L |
Description
Liqui Moly Classic Motoroil SAE 30 is a mineral single-grade engine oil with a very small additive dose. It is intended for vintage cars and motorcycles that have no full-flow oil filter or only a centrifugal separator.
The oil claims no API or ACEA class and holds no carmaker approvals. Sulphated ash is 0.02 g/100 g, so the oil is practically ash-free.
Typical figures: 11.2 mm²/s at 100 °C and 100 mm²/s at 40 °C, viscosity index 97, pour point -21 °C. Available in 1 and 5 litre packs.
Application
Vintage cars and motorcycles with no oil filter or only a centrifugal (disc-type) separator, which need an unadditised or lightly additised oil.
Worth knowing
Liqui Moly has another SAE 30 oil, Touring High Tech HD 30, but the only thing the two share is the viscosity grade. That one carries API SJ, CF and CF-4 and ACEA E2, claims compliance with MB 228.0, MAN 270 and Volvo VDS, has a base number of 11 mg KOH/g, and its sulphated ash of 1.2 % is 60 times higher than here. So it is the level of additive treatment, not the SAE grade, that sets these two oils apart.
The data sheet adds a few more lines to the description: ISO VG 100, oxide ash of 0.01 g/100 g, a neutralisation number of 0.2 mg KOH/g to DIN 51558 (this is not the base number, which the data sheet for the 20W-50 HD in the same line gives separately) and a failure load stage above 12 in the FZG A/8.3/90 test. A pour point of -21 °C does not mean the engine will start on this oil at that temperature; why that line is the most misleading is explained in the article on reading the figures on an oil data sheet.
Data current as of Check the label and the current product data sheet before you buy.
Sources: official sources of the data on this oil
- Technical data sheet (TDS) pim.liqui-moly.de
- Product page on the manufacturer’s site liqui-moly.com
- Manufacturer’s catalogue pim.liqui-moly.com
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