Motul Synergie 6100

[theguru]

Fuch is available here locally. My mechanic replaced the oil in my gearbox when he pulled a fwd axle. Whilst it was a little better (full synthetic supposedly) than original oil (120,000km), I dumped it and put redline in. Way better!

 

[theguru]

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Originally posted by Flimflam:

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Originally posted by sprintman:
Motul seems OK (engine ssems particularly smooth). What is Selenia 20K?

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It is an Italian Oil, approved for use by Alfa Romeo and other famous brand cars. Said to be good for 20,000 kilometres, hence the name.

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If it is built as well as Alfa's ( at least until recent models) then that would hardly be a recommendation.

 

[pscholte]

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Originally posted by theguru:
If it is built as well as Alfa's ( at least until recent models) then that would hardly be a recommendation.

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In 1994 I drove an Alfa sedan with 3 passengers from Naples to San Vito Italy with the Autostrada portions running from probably 100 - 127 mph. I have no complaints except maybe I would have liked another 13 mph at the top end (I was right on redline). Brakes were impeccable.

 

[pscholte]

While I find MOTUL intriguing, believe I'll take ELF or TOTAL lubricants.

 

[theguru]

Hi Sprintman again. Thought something was strange. Should have read the date of your post!!!!

Did Ron ever Timken the Motul oils?

Marios: Motul 6100 was replaced by the 8100 5w-40 here (pao I think). The E-tech 8100 is ester based.
The 5w-40 should work as well as a 10w-40. Might give a bit more flow when cold.

 

[Losiho]

Stright from the Motul tech :

8100 line = PAO/ Ester
6100 = "reinforced" technosynthese (group 3).

Only the 4100 and 8100 line are available here, the 6100 is still sold in Europe.

Guru - I wish my local Autobarn (Doncaster) would stock 300V 5w30 and 5w40. I asked them to order it, but they weren't interested. They only have the 10w40 and 15w50 because that's what the STi/200SX/GTST crowd want. BTW, Fuchs is available/can be ordered from Autobarn.

 

[vwoom]

I've used Synergie 6100 5w40 in my Passat 1.8T(pre-Bitog era) for a good 20k miles from 30k to 45k...my engine liked it and is pretty good stuff. Bought a case of 4 5ltr jugs back in '02 from Motorspot.com for like $3.68/ltr back then.

Apart from my 136 bottles of syn oil stashed, I have 12ltrs worth of Motul Ester E-Tech 0w40 for like a year now, left untouched....thanks to GC.

p.s. AFAIK, other grades of 6100 were Technosynthese(synthetic blend)...but not 5w40.

[ April 23, 2005, 02:51 AM: Message edited by: vwoom ]

 

[theguru]

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Originally posted by Losiho:
Guru - I wish my local Autobarn (Doncaster) would stock 300V 5w30 and 5w40. I asked them to order it, but they weren't interested. They only have the 10w40 and 15w50 because that's what the STi/200SX/GTST crowd want. BTW, Fuchs is available/can be ordered from Autobarn.

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Go to Ringwood. I found that the guys at Doncaster hadn't even heard of Motul when I started looking around. I think Ringwood has Fuchs as well. The mechanic I go to in Bayswater stocks some grades of Fuchs and I'm sure he can get whatever you want. He sell parts at good prices as well! What garde Motul were you looking for?

 

[Losiho]

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Originally posted by theguru:
What garde Motul were you looking for?

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Either the 300V 5w30 or 5w40. Last time I asked, Doncaster had no idea that 300V had been updated to double ester - they still had plenty of the old stuff. But for some reason, they had 300V 0w20 last time I was there. Plenty of 8100 though.

 

[theguru]

Ringwood have 5w-30 and 10w-40 plus I think 15w-50? Havent seen the 5w40. Maybe mix the first two 50/50.