what do you think of Motul 4100?

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Hey

i bought the 15/50 for track days,

what does people think of this oil?

its the 4100 15/50 "turbosynthetic"

http://www.motul.com/motulbaseuk/gab_fiche1.asp

what grade of oil is this? is this classified as "snake" oil?
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I would suggest the 300v 15w-50 instead. I use the 300v 5w-30 in three cars currently and have used the 10w-40. One car is a turbo.
 
I used 4100 10W-40 for dozen of km to flash Honda engine when switching from 300V 10W-40 to 6100 5W-40. Quite strange, but the engine worked really better during this very short interval: very quiet and though being very small with 300V and 6100, vibration on the steering wheel during the iddling dissappeared at all.

Motul calls this semi-synthetic "Technosyntese". I could notice that only the oil designated for German market gives some description: blend of mineral and synthetic oils.
 
I'd use 300V 10W-40 or 15W-50 for track days if I really wanted to stick to Motul and money was no object. The second choice would either 8100 E-tech 0W-40 or 8100 X-cess 5W-40. They are 100% synthetic. I'd prefer to use 100% synthetic 8100 series over semi-synthetic "Technosyntese" 6100 or 4100 series.

BTW, what kind of car are you driving?
 
I would try 4100 15W-50 in warm whether if it is available here. As for 6100 15W-50, apparently it's very similar to 4100 and the only difference may be they use group III instead of group II in combination with PAO. Potentially 15W-50 would provide better protection, but many people are satisfied with 4100 quality though it is in 10W-40 grade. I liked how it was working, but I could find the difference when already switched to 6100.
 
it seems to have worked ok for me, i'll get a UOA after around 2000kms and see how it held up.

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As you are running the car on a track I would go for the full synthetic. Preferably the 300v line, and 40-50 grade.

Whilst the sales blurb sounds good, the 4100 is still just a semi syth like many others. I don't think the 6100 is availabe anymore in Oz. You are better off with a full synth in a turbo.

The Motul oils are not really that expensive. I buy 4 litres of 300v for $72.00. The 8100 E-tech would be abt $80 for 5 ltrs, however I don't see the need for a 0w and I don't really like the 40 point spread.

My son has a highly modded Nissan 180sx running 1.3bar of boost and he runs it hard. He has run the 300v 10-40 and is currently runnning the 5w-30. The 5w-30 is a high 30w, almost a 40 grade. He changes every 4-5000k. He does have an oil cooler, which probably helps.

Subarus , from what I've seen here, like the 40-50 grade oils, but even if driven hard (I think most Wrx's are) are pretty easy on the oil. Check the UOA section, plenty of really good reports.
 
GURU

MY PRICES ARE

motul 4100 $35
motul 6100 $55

i'll have to see my UOA to see if i have a need to upgrade to 6100 or even 8100
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The main reason for the full synth is that mineral oils have a tendency to coke in the turbo lines. This is more likely given that you do track work, but can happen in normal driving.

For your interest sake have a look at the www.motul.com site and check out the Forum (just under the Motul logo.) Whilst Motul no longer answer quieries there is some interesting reading. Wrx mentioned a few times. Motul also has an OZ site www.motul.com.au.

BTW: Unfortunately Motul is not widely available in the US and hence the lack of first hand knowledge and UOA's from there. There are several Ozzies using it though.

[ January 07, 2004, 08:21 PM: Message edited by: theguru ]
 
According to Motul:
"6100 Synergie 15W-50 is formulated with a reinforced synthetic base stock therfore 6100 will provide you better performance and protection than 4100."
 
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Originally posted by Primus:
I would try 4100 15W-50 in warm whether if it is available here. As for 6100 15W-50, apparently it's very similar to 4100 and the only difference may be they use group III instead of group II in combination with PAO.


Potentially 15W-50 would provide better protection, but many people are satisfied with 4100 quality though it is in 10W-40 grade. I liked how it was working, but I could find the difference when already switched to 6100.


Please read "Potentially 6100 would provide better protection" instead of 15W-50. Sorry.
 
the place i goto, has a full shelf of 6100, and it looks to be in the new style bottle aswell. so it should be recent.

they sell for $59 ... but i should be able to discount to $55
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oh, and i saw it in the product catalogue lineup ... so i am pretty sure the 6100 is sold retail.
 
Spoke to the Aust Distributor and 6100 15w-50 is still being sold (although not on website) and as already quoted the 6100 5w-40 is now the 8100 X-cess. He did suggest that the Australian website was probably the most up-to-date and that the overseas sites may be out of date. It seems to me that are trying to reduce the range of oils.

And getting back on topic. I still think a higher up the range oil would be more suitable than the 4100.

[ January 08, 2004, 11:46 PM: Message edited by: theguru ]
 
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