Liqui Moly Top Tec ATF 1800

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Synthetic low-viscosity fluid for modern stepped automatic transmissions, meeting GM Dexron VI, Ford MERCON LV and Toyota WS requirements.

Classification
Product line Liqui Moly Top Tec ATF 13 oils
Base oil synthetic
Intended use gear and transmission
JASO class
Approvals
Meets the requirements of What an approval means
Typical properties
Viscosity at 40 °C 27.5 mm²/s
Viscosity at 100 °C 5.7 mm²/s
Viscosity index 155
Pour point -48 °C
Flash point 210 °C
Density 845 kg/m³
Pack sizes 1 L, 5 L, 20 L, 60 L, 205 L

The car maker has not officially approved the entries in the “Meets the requirements of” row.

Description

Liqui Moly Top Tec ATF 1800 is a synthetic low-viscosity fluid for modern stepped automatics, designed for extended change intervals and rated JASO 1A LV.

It holds no official approvals; the manufacturer states that it meets GM Dexron VI, Ford MERCON LV, Aisin Warner JWS 3324, Aisin Warner AW-1, Toyota WS, MB 236.12, MB 236.14, MB 236.82, Hyundai/Kia SP-IV, Hyundai/Kia SP-IV-RR, Honda ATF DW-1, Honda ATF Type 3.1, Mazda ATF FZ, Nissan Matic P, Mitsubishi Dia Queen ATF-PA, Land Rover TYK 500050, Fiat 9.55550-AV5, BMW M-1375.4, VW G 055 540 and VW G 060 162.

Typical figures: viscosity 5.7 mm²/s at 100 °C, viscosity index 155, pour point -48 °C. Pack sizes from 1 to 205 litres.

Application

Modern stepped automatic transmissions (including Aisin Warner and ZF units) across many makes, where the manufacturer specifies a GM Dexron VI or Ford MERCON LV-class fluid.

Worth knowing

Toyota WS and GM Dexron VI sit side by side here, although in a service bulletin Toyota calls its WS incompatible with DEXRON. In the data sheet all these codes are recommendations from Liqui Moly, with no licence numbers, that is, claims by the fluid’s maker, not approvals.

The boundaries within the line run along the Ford and GM codes. This one names MERCON LV and Dexron VI and has 5.7 mm²/s at 100 °C. MERCON V, Toyota T-IV and Dexron III-H are given for Top Tec ATF 1200 (6.9 mm²/s), and MERCON ULV and Dexron ULV for Top Tec ATF 1850 (4.5 mm²/s); for those fluids they also have the status “meets”. Ford regards its MERCON grades as different fluids: by its account, MERCON LV must not go where MERCON V or ULV is required. For Mercedes-Benz gearboxes the difference is of another kind: MB 236.14 is only claimed for this fluid, while Top Tec ATF 1600 (6.45 mm²/s) holds an approval for the same sheet.

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