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Classifications published on both fluids

What both listings publish

Classifications.

The engine oil: JASO MA/MA2 and API SL, with wear and scuffing protection stated to come from esters. The brake fluid: SAE J1703/J1704, ISO 4925 Class 3/4 and FMVSS 116 DOT 3/4.

That is the pair a manual is matched against, on both products. One four-litre can on the same shelf publishes neither an API category nor a JASO grade nor an oil type.

Naming the chemistry

“Esters” rather than “advanced additive technology”. It is published without a percentage or a test, so it stays a statement about formulation rather than a measured result — and it is a far more specific statement than the shelf average.

Two things to read carefully

API SL is an earlier category than the API SN and SN PLUS published by rivals. What matters is what your own manual asks for: an older engine specified around SL is not served better by a newer category, and a newer engine specified for SN should have SN.

The brake fluid names clutch systems. Many motorcycles have a hydraulic clutch running on the same fluid from its own reservoir — and it is the reservoir nobody changes, because a clutch degrades quietly where a brake lever tells you.

The whole of the MANNOL range covered here, a page apiece

  • MANNOL 3002 DOT-4 brake fluid five-litre container

    MANNOL 3002 DOT-4, 5 L

    A five-litre DOT-4 hydraulic fluid published to SAE J1703/J1704, ISO 4925 Class 3/4 and FMVSS 116 DOT 3/4, stated for conventional brake and clutch systems.

    Specifications
    SAE J1703/J1704, ISO 4925 Class 3/4, FMVSS 116 DOT 3/4 (maker’s bullet)
    Stated use
    All conventional hydraulic BRAKE AND CLUTCH systems (maker’s bullet)
    Volume
    5 litres (from the title)
    Viscosity
    Stated excellent viscosity-temperature behaviour — no figure given (maker’s bullet)
    Protection
    Stated to prevent vapour lock and protect against corrosion and oxidation (maker’s bullet)
    Boiling points
    The maker puts nothing in writing on this.
    Amazon reference
    B00GHXBIJG (one reference across 4 Amazon marketplaces)
    EAN
    4036021889429
    • Three standards published, including the ISO class
    • Names hydraulic CLUTCH systems explicitly, which many motorcycles have
    • No boiling point published

    Best for: A machine with a hydraulic clutch as well as hydraulic brakes, both bled at once.

    ≈ €33
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  • MANNOL 4-Takt Plus 10W-40 four-litre can

    MANNOL 4-Takt Plus 10W-40

    A four-litre 10W-40 four-stroke oil published against JASO MA/MA2 and API SL, with wear and scuffing protection stated to come from esters, for engines with or without an oil-bath clutch.

    Specifications
    JASO MA/MA2 and API SL (maker’s bullet)
    Viscosity
    SAE 10W-40 (maker’s bullet)
    Additive
    Wear and scuffing protection stated to come from esters (maker’s bullet)
    Clutch
    Stated suitable for modern four-stroke engines with AND without an oil-bath clutch (maker’s bullet)
    Volume
    4 litres (from the title)
    Oil type
    Not published as mineral, HC or synthetic — the ester content is named instead.
    Amazon reference
    B00G32H85E (one reference across 6 Amazon marketplaces)
    EAN
    4036021401669
    • Both classifications published, on a four-litre can — a full change with a matchable specification
    • Names the additive chemistry, which almost nothing on this shelf does
    • API SL is an older category than the SN and SN PLUS published by two rivals here

    Best for: A full oil change where the manual asks for JASO MA or MA2 in 10W-40.

    ≈ €24
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