Motul CLASSIC NINETIES 10W-30

MotulMotul Classic linepassenger cars10W-30 data partly verified

Semi-synthetic 10W-30 API SL engine oil for the petrol and diesel engines of youngtimers and modern classics.

Classification
Product line Motul Classic 7 oils
SAE viscosity 10W-30What SAE means
Base oil semi-synthetic
Intended use passenger cars
API class What API means
Typical properties
Viscosity at 40 °C 68.1 mm²/s
Viscosity at 100 °C 10.3 mm²/s
Viscosity index 138
Pour point -36 °C
Flash point 238 °C
Base number (TBN) 8.9 mg KOH/g
Density 867 kg/m³
Pack sizes 2 L

Description

Motul CLASSIC NINETIES 10W-30 is a semi-synthetic engine oil from the Classic line for youngtimers and modern classic cars. It is intended for four-stroke petrol and diesel engines, carburettor or injected, naturally aspirated or turbocharged, for which the manufacturer specified a 10W-30 oil.

The oil is rated API SL; the data sheet lists no car-maker approvals. Within the Classic line it is the thinner option for engines designed for a lower viscosity.

Typical figures: kinematic viscosity 10.3 mm²/s at 100 °C, viscosity index 138, pour point -36 °C, flash point 238 °C, base number 8.9. Available in 2 litres.

Application

Youngtimers and modern classic cars with petrol or diesel engines for which the manufacturer specified a thinner 10W-30 oil.

Worth knowing

The names NINETIES and EIGHTIES suggest different decades, but the data sheets of both Classic oils describe the same purpose: four-stroke petrol and diesel engines of cars from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, naturally aspirated and turbocharged. They also share the API SL class, the base number of 8.9 mg KOH/g and a formula with high zinc and molybdenum content. The oils differ in viscosity: 10.3 mm²/s at 100 °C for this one against 13.5 mm²/s for Motul CLASSIC EIGHTIES 10W-40, so choose between them by the SAE grade the engine maker prescribed.

The NINETIES data sheet labels this 10.3 mm²/s figure as “HTHS viscosity at 150 °C”, although the ASTM D445 method listed beside it measures kinematic viscosity. HTHS is expressed in mPa·s, and its minimum for grade 30 is 2.9 mPa·s, whereas 10.3 mm²/s lies within the range of this grade at 100 °C, from 9.3 to less than 12.5 mm²/s, as the table of SAE J300 grades shows. That is why the catalogue gives this figure as kinematic viscosity at 100 °C, while the data sheet gives no actual HTHS value.

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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