Motul MULTI ATF

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Fully synthetic multi-purpose fluid for stepped automatic transmissions, meeting GM Dexron III-H, Ford MERCON V and ATF+4 requirements.

Classification
Product line Motul ATF 10 oils
Base oil fully synthetic
Intended use gear and transmission
Approvals
Meets the requirements of What an approval means
Other designations Tip-tronic
Typical properties
Viscosity at 40 °C 36.2 mm²/s
Viscosity at 100 °C 7.6 mm²/s
Viscosity index 185
Flash point 218 °C
Density 845 kg/m³
Pack sizes 1 L, 20 L, 60 L, 208 L

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

Description

Motul MULTI ATF is a red, fully synthetic, multi-purpose fluid for conventional stepped automatic transmissions in American, Asian and European cars. It also suits some power steering systems.

No official approvals are listed. On the maker's recommendation, the fluid meets the requirements of GM Dexron II-D, GM Dexron II-E, GM Dexron III-G, GM Dexron III-H, Ford MERCON, Ford MERCON V, ATF+4, Chrysler MS-9602, BMW LA 2634, Fiat 9.55550-AV2, Aisin Warner JWS 3309, Nissan Matic S, Jaguar Fluid 8432 and several other specifications without official approval. Check the gearbox requirement against this list first.

Typical figures: kinematic viscosity 7.6 mm²/s at 100 °C, viscosity index 185, flash point 218 °C. Available in 1 to 208 litres.

Application

Conventional stepped automatic transmissions in American, Asian and European cars, with or without torque converter clutch slip; not for CVTs or dual-clutch gearboxes.

Worth knowing

Motul puts the word MULTI on three fluids for different gearboxes: this one is for stepped automatics, MULTI CVTF for CVTs, and MULTI DCTF for dual-clutch gearboxes. The dividing line runs even within a single name: in the MULTI ATF data sheet the Honda ATF Z-1 and Honda ATF DW-1 entries carry the note “except CVTs”, so they apply only to Honda stepped automatics, whereas for Honda CVTs the MULTI CVTF list gives, among others, Honda HMMF.

Towards newer automatics, the data sheet draws the line itself: where Dexron or MERCON is specified, the fluid is recommended, but not for Dexron VI. Within the line, that name and Ford MERCON LV are claimed for Motul ATF VI, TRANS ATF VI and NGEN MATIC ATF VI, again as compliance rather than approval. Japanese and Korean entries such as Nissan Matic S or Hyundai/Kia SP-III are not quality classes but the carmakers’ own proprietary fluids. How to read the three parts of such a list, and when a universal ATF is appropriate, is covered in the article on reading the long specification lists on ATF cans.

Data current as of Check the label and the current product data sheet before you buy.

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