Motul 6100 SYN-NERGY SPEC 5W-40

MotulMotul 6100 linepassenger cars5W-40 data partly verified

Synthetic full-SAPS 5W-40 ACEA A3/B4 car oil meeting the requirements of MB 229.5, VW 502.00, BMW Longlife-01 and Porsche A40.

Classification
Product line Motul 6100 15 oils
SAE viscosity 5W-40What SAE means
Base oil synthetic
Intended use passenger cars
API class What API means
ACEA class What ACEA means
Approvals
Meets the requirements of What an approval means
Typical properties
Viscosity at 40 °C 86.2 mm²/s
Viscosity at 100 °C 14.5 mm²/s
Viscosity index 169
HTHS viscosity 3.7 mPa·s
Pour point -34 °C
Flash point 229 °C
Base number (TBN) 10.1 mg KOH/g
Sulphated ash 1.10 %
Density 854 kg/m³
Pack sizes 1 L, 4 L, 5 L, 60 L, 208 L

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

Description

Motul 6100 SYN-NERGY SPEC 5W-40 is a synthetic full-SAPS engine oil from the 6100 line, based on Technosynthese. It targets European car makers' requirements for petrol and diesel cars.

The oil is rated ACEA A3/B4 and API SN. There are no official approvals; the maker claims compliance with MB 229.5, VW 502.00, VW 505.00, BMW Longlife-01, Porsche A40, Renault RN0700, Renault RN0710, PSA B71 2296, Fiat 9.55535-H2, Fiat 9.55535-M2, Fiat 9.55535-N2, Fiat 9.55535-Z2, Chrysler MS-10725, Chrysler MS-10896 and Chrysler MS-12991.

Typical figures: viscosity 14.5 mm²/s at 100 °C, viscosity index 169, HTHS 3.7 mPa·s, sulphated ash 1.10 %. Available in 1 to 208 litres.

It does not suit VW unit-injector diesels needing their own specification.

Application

Petrol and diesel cars whose manufacturer calls for ACEA A3/B4 and standards such as MB 229.5, VW 502.00/505.00, BMW Longlife-01 or Porsche A40.

Worth knowing

In the SPEC data sheet’s list, the BMW Longlife-01 standard carries the note “<2019”: the stated compliance applies to cars up to model year 2019. For newer models that need Longlife-01 as an approval, the same document names 8100 X-CESS 5W-30 or 8100 X-CESS GEN2 5W-40. The latter has the same viscosity and ACEA A3/B4 class, and BMW Longlife-01, MB 229.5, Porsche A40, VW 502.00, VW 505.00, Renault RN0700 and RN0710, which SYN-NERGY SPEC only meets, hold approval status there. There are differences too: it has API SQ instead of API SN, and Chrysler MS-10725 and MS-10896 are absent from the X-CESS GEN2 entry.

The data sheet draws one more limit, for Porsche. The A40 standard covers all the make’s engines except the Cayenne V6 and diesel versions; for those Motul names an oil approved to Porsche C30, which this oil does not have. How Longlife-98, Longlife-01, Longlife-04 and BMW’s newer numbers relate to one another is summed up in the article on BMW oil approvals.

Data current as of data partly verifiedsome specifications could not be confirmed from an official sourceCheck the label and the current product data sheet before you buy.

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