Castrol TRANSMAX Limited Slip LL 75W-140

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Fully synthetic 75W-140 hypoid oil for limited-slip and open differentials: API GL-5, with BMW, MB 235.61 and ZF approvals.

Classification
Product line Castrol TRANSMAX 18 oils
SAE viscosity 75W-140What SAE means
Base oil fully synthetic
Intended use gear and transmission
API class What API means
Approvals
Manufacturer approvals What an approval means
Typical properties
Viscosity at 40 °C 175.1 mm²/s
Viscosity at 100 °C 24.7 mm²/s
Viscosity index 174
Pour point -54 °C
Flash point 228 °C
Density 857 kg/m³

Description

Castrol TRANSMAX Limited Slip LL 75W-140 is a fully synthetic hypoid oil from the TRANSMAX line for limited-slip and conventional differentials. It contains a friction modifier that keeps the limited-slip mechanism working smoothly.

The oil is rated API GL-5. It holds official approvals from BMW for rear axles with a limited-slip differential, and MB 235.61, ZF TE-ML 05C, ZF TE-ML 16G, ZF TE-ML 18 and ZF TE-ML 21C. It is also recommended, without formal approval, for the limited-slip rear axle of the Nissan GT-R.

Typical figures: 24.7 mm²/s at 100 °C, viscosity index 174, pour point -54 °C, flash point 228 °C.

Application

Limited-slip and conventional differentials, including BMW rear axles with a limited-slip differential and axles that require MB 235.61, ZF TE-ML 05C, ZF TE-ML 16G or ZF TE-ML 21C.

Worth knowing

The key detail here is the letter C in the code ZF TE-ML 05C: in ZF list 05, class 05A denotes ordinary gear oil and 05C an oil with additives for limited-slip differentials. Limited Slip Z 85W-90 from the same range also has class 05C together with ZF TE-ML 21C, but with a different viscosity grade, with ZF TE-ML 16E instead of ZF TE-ML 16G, and without MB 235.61 and ZF TE-ML 18. And the entry for Axle Long Life 75W-140, though its SAE grade is the same, has no ZF or Mercedes-Benz code at all, only Scania STO 2:0 A.

Castrol’s Australian page names Syntrax Limited Slip 75W-140 as this oil’s predecessor; it also gives that oil’s number in ZF’s lubricant lists, ZF002141, against which the approval can be checked. The article on GL-4 and GL-5 gear oils explains why LS oils need friction modifiers and why they are superfluous unless the axle maker calls for them. Other oils with class 05C are collected on the ZF TE-ML 05C page.

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