Motul oil is fake: features of the original product, ways to identify a fake, quality guarantees

Motor oil is designed to lubricate the rubbing parts of a car engine. Only the use of a high-quality product guarantees long-term and stable operation of the motor. Due to the great popularity of Motul oil, counterfeits of this product can often be found in the windows of some online and offline auto stores. Sometimes it is performed at such a high level that it is difficult for an untrained buyer to distinguish a counterfeit from the original. However, there are a number of signs by which even a beginner can identify counterfeit oil.

Motul oil is designed to lubricate car parts.

What to look for when buying in a store

To purchase original Motul oil, evaluate the following product characteristics:

quality of manufacture of the canister and lid;
the appearance of the label and the information printed on it;
availability of certificates and excise stamps;
date of manufacture and batch code.

When purchasing in a store, pay attention to the appearance of the oil.
It is unlikely that you will be able to buy an original product in a small store or market. When visiting a retail outlet, pay attention to the presence of advertising posters of the specified brand (sellers of counterfeit goods most often do not have them). There should be a large selection of oils on display. The seller is well versed in the assortment, knows the properties and characteristics of different brands of the product, can answer questions and help make the right choice.

How to distinguish original Motul products from counterfeits?

At the moment, this question worries many car and motorcycle enthusiasts. Unfortunately, a lot of counterfeit products of dubious origin and low quality from neighboring countries have begun to appear in the vastness of Belarus. This problem has been relevant for the Russian and Ukrainian markets for several years, but it has only come to us now. We will tell you how to buy an original product and not run into a cheap fake in this article.

So. Signs of an original MOTUL .

1. The appearance of the canister and the quality of the plastic. Motul carefully monitors both the quality of its products and its packaging. The plastic of the canister must be of high quality, black and evenly molded. The presence of a clear MOTUL factory inscription on the handle of the canister. The canisters have an original shape. Counterfeits are usually stamped and are characterized by poor workmanship and missing key parts.

2. Print quality. The stickers on the canisters are even and of high quality. The label on the back of the canister is multi-layered with instructions in several languages. Information in Russian is required. present in original products supplied to our market.

3. Date of bottling. Mandatory on the front or back of each canister. There is a date of bottling of the oil and a date of manufacture of the canister on its bottom. No more than 5 years should pass from the moment the oil was bottled.

4. Tamper-proof. The lid of the canister neck is always well sealed, and there is a tamper-evident plug inside.

5. Price. MOTUL's pricing policy is very strict. The same product costs approximately the same all over the world with minor adjustments for the specific laws, taxes and recycling fees of the country of sale. If you are offered to buy Motul cheap, explaining the low price as being imported from Poland, Lithuania, Germany, Russia, etc. There is reason to be wary and doubt the originality of the product. It only takes 5 minutes to view prices in official MOTUL stores in neighboring countries. A high-quality original product cannot be cheap.

6. Excise tax. The presence of an excise stamp on each canister is another distinctive feature of the original. Only official deliveries are marked with excise duty. It is not on fake canisters.

7. Buy from officials. The main guarantee of purchasing original products is purchasing MOTUL in official stores approved by the company and posted on the official website motul.com. Each official MOTUL store must have in stock and provide the following documents upon request of the buyer:

— a certificate from an official Motul seller, guaranteeing the authenticity of the products sold and their compliance with international standards. — certificates of conformity of the Customs Union confirming the legality of import of products into the territory of the Republic of Belarus. — the seller must be posted on motul.com as an official point of sale. — the store has a full range of products, and the sellers have certificates of training at the motul school and can give qualified advice on any product.

By following these points, you can protect yourself from buying fake oil and get a truly high-quality product for your car!

Basic ways to recognize a fake

Many people believe that checking the barcode will be enough to purchase original motor oil. This is not entirely true. If it is incorrect, then this is a clear sign of a fake, but even if the barcode is correct, it still does not give a 100% guarantee that you have an original product in your hands.

You can determine that this is high-quality Motul oil and not a counterfeit, based on a number of signs.

By packaging

The first thing they look at when purchasing is the packaging.

The following components are assessed:

Canister. It is made of 2 parts, the seam is neat, without sags or zigzags. The plastic is dense and does not bend under light pressure with a finger. The entire surface of the canister is rough and does not smooth out at any point. The displacement indicator is the same width along the entire length, the marks are convex and easy to read.
Cover. The original is painted in a rich red color with a slight gloss. The teeth on the plug are relatively large, neat and regular in shape, located far from each other. This element prevents the lid from rotating. If the integrity of the plug is broken, it means that the canister has already been opened and a low-quality product has been poured into it.
Label. This is another component of the packaging, where all the information about the product is printed. The print quality is high. Most often, the label is multi-layered; each element can be easily opened and re-attached. The information is presented in several languages, including Russian. The glossy sticker is securely attached to the canister along its entire contour, there are no blisters.

Check out the quality of the Motul oil packaging and cap.

Smell and color

Depending on the brand of Motul oil, its color and smell will vary. For example, product 7100, intended for motorcycles, is red and has a pear scent, while 710 2T is green and has a sweet aroma. For information about what color the oil should be in the canister, look for the instructions attached to it, and then check the contents of the container. True, this can only be done at home, after opening the container.

Date of manufacture and batch code

When inspecting the canister, be sure to check when the product was manufactured (information about this is printed on the bottom of the container). The dates of production of packaging and bottling of oil may differ for a period not exceeding 8 months. Often, counterfeit products are filled into the original canister and a fresh bottling date is printed, but they do not take into account that the container was manufactured several years earlier.

Differences between original MOTUL oil and packaging

The main visual signs of distinguishing the original product from counterfeit low-quality oil:

Canister

The canister with the original oil has a clearly defined weld seam . This adhesive seam runs continuously throughout the canister, as if two halves were glued together. In low-quality oil, this seam is either absent or unclear.

Lid

The lid on the canister of real oil fits tightly to the neck without gaps, and the teeth on the lid are thick and not sharp. On fake butter, the cap teeth are small and sharp.

embossed letters on the cover - the name of the oil manufacturer MOTUL. You can feel all the markings by touch. On a fake, this inscription is made with paint, which is washed off and cannot be felt when touched.

Labels

Although at first glance all the labels appear to be correct, some differences can be found:

The printed sticker

Remember all the above signs of visual difference between original oil and counterfeit low-quality oil.

Quality guarantees

Motul takes a responsible approach to pricing. Its products cannot be cheap; the price in different countries is almost the same.

The second quality guarantee factor is the ability to go to the manufacturer’s website at any time and check whether the specified seller is an official representative of the Motul brand. If he commits violations or is found selling counterfeit products, he is immediately excluded from this list.

The performance of a car engine directly depends on the quality of the motor oil used, so you need to be careful to buy an original and not a fake.

Label

The label is the face of any brand. It carries basic information about the product and must meet the highest requirements. A careful study of the label will help you identify fake oil. Printing services are quite expensive, so quite often counterfeit oils have low-quality labels.

Original

The original label is distinguished by high print quality, clarity, and full color.
Additional layers can be easily opened and glued back on. At the same time, the glue does not remain on the fingers.
The double page contains information translated into the main languages of the countries where the motor oil is supplied. Information in Russian on Motul oil must be provided.
The sticker is glossy and fits tightly to the canister. Blistering and peeling edges are unacceptable.
The label is applied perfectly along the contour of the canister.

Fake

On the label of a fake oil, you can observe darkening, paint drips and blurred inscriptions.
Due to the low quality of the printing materials used, the paint appears to be faded in the sun.
The sticker has a matte finish and is not applied evenly.

How to determine the authenticity of Motul oils and is it worth buying from Avtodok

Dratuti everyone! Advice to Motul haters - just scroll further =) The rest of you, make yourself comfortable, there will be some information.

At one time I wrote about consumables from Exist, where I considered the authenticity of the Mann filter. In this BZ I will consider oil, Motul engine and transmission, and the same Mann filter, only for the Basin.

For example, we took 4-liter canisters - fake and original. Here are the differences Cover

. The original one is less bright and there is a visible stamping in the form of a circle on the upper part. The fake has everything right

Sealing corks

and In the original, the teeth are covered with a “seal”; in the fake, the teeth are visible

Label print

The original has small lines visible and the texture is similar to banknotes, the fake does not have this

Canister

The original one is gray in color, the plastic is quite thick. Fake - black plastic, easily wrinkled

These are the most basic and easiest to evaluate “signs”. For more details, see the video below, where people showed everything in detail

Armed with new knowledge, we determine the authenticity of the product and the honesty of Autodoc. I took another Motul, but in the same packaging and here are its distinctive features:

Next we look at the packaging of the transmission

I can’t tell anything from the front side, but from the already known markers, everything is visible

Let's go further - take the original VAG G13 antifreeze concentrate

I scan the barcode and get to the authentication site, where you first need to register on the VW Group Rus website, and after logging in, enter the number from the package in the field on the verification site - and here is the result

What I want to say, as before with Existist, and recently with Autodok, I kept toiling about where to buy oil (in particular), after watching the video, I finally decided to buy it at Autodok, because there you can return everything you buy without damaging the packaging, of course , within seven days (in Exist, in my opinion, you can return it immediately after receipt and verification, without leaving the point of issue, but somehow I did not return the part immediately and it was accepted). At the same time, I took something for another car, namely Mann's oil and fuel filters. There is no UV flashlight right now, but you can see the invisible seal on the oil seal; in addition, on the packaging itself there is also a verification number under printing protection that needs to be erased (damn, like on a lottery ticket