Aral Getriebeoel BS 75W-90

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Fully synthetic 75W-90 API GL-5 hypoid oil for truck and car axles; declared compliance with ZF, MAN 342 Type S1 and Scania STO 1:0.

Classification
Product line Aral Getriebeoel 4 oils
SAE viscosity 75W-90What SAE means
Base oil fully synthetic
Intended use gear and transmission
API class What API means
Approvals
Meets the requirements of What an approval means
Typical properties
Viscosity at 40 °C 101 mm²/s
Viscosity at 100 °C 14.8-15.8 mm²/s
Pour point -57 °C
Flash point >205 °C
Pack sizes 208 L

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

Description

Aral Getriebeoel BS 75W-90 is a fully synthetic hypoid oil for the rear axles of trucks and passenger cars. It is also used in manual gearboxes that specify API GL-5, and Aral names Scania gearboxes among them.

It is classified API GL-5. The manufacturer states that it meets the requirements of MAN 342 Type S1, Scania STO 1:0, ZF TE-ML 05A, ZF TE-ML 12B, ZF TE-ML 17B, ZF TE-ML 19C and ZF TE-ML 21A, and also those set by BMW for axles without a differential lock.

Typical figures from the safety data sheet: kinematic viscosity 14.8 to 15.8 mm²/s at 100 °C, pour point -57 °C, flash point above 205 °C. Available in 208 litre drums.

Application

Rear axles of trucks and passenger cars, and manual gearboxes that call for an API GL-5 oil, Scania gearboxes among them.

Worth knowing

The five ZF TE-ML classes in this oil’s entry are Aral’s own declaration of compliance, not a confirmed approval. As the article on what ZF TE-ML, MAN and Scania gear oil approvals mean explains, a ZF approval is valid for 12 months and is extended only after the formulation is confirmed, so for an axle whose documentation names a ZF class, find the oil’s name in the current edition of the TE-ML list under the same number. Scania gearboxes, which Aral lists among the applications, also call for caution: since 2017 Scania has assigned STO 1:0 to axles; it may still be used in the gearboxes of trucks built before 2017, but for gearboxes Scania has separate classes with the letter G.

Aral’s statement in the description that the oil meets BMW requirements is limited to rear axles without a limited-slip differential (non LS), so it says nothing about a BMW axle with an LSD. The neighbouring HYP SYNTH 75W-90 has the same SAE grade and API GL-5 category, but no ZF, MAN or Scania code, so where such a code is specified it is no substitute for the BS.

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