Elf Tranself EP 80W

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API GL-4 80W gear oil for manual gearboxes and axles, with MB 235.1 and ZF TE-ML 17A approvals.

Classification
Product line Elf Tranself 12 oils
SAE viscosity 80WWhat SAE means
Intended use gear and transmission
API class What API means
Approvals
Manufacturer approvals What an approval means
Typical properties
Viscosity at 40 °C 105 mm²/s
Viscosity at 100 °C 11.5 mm²/s
Viscosity index 96
Pour point -24 °C
Density 894 kg/m³
Pack sizes 1 L, 2 L, 208 L

Description

Elf Tranself EP 80W is a monograde 80W gear oil from the Tranself line. It is intended for manual gearboxes, moderately loaded axles and some power-steering systems in cars, trucks, and agricultural and construction machinery.

It meets API GL-4 and holds official approvals MB 235.1 and ZF TE-ML 17A. An extreme-pressure and anti-wear additive package protects the gearing, while corrosion inhibitors keep steel and copper-alloy parts free of rust.

Typical figures from the data sheet: kinematic viscosity 11.5 mm²/s at 100 °C, viscosity index 96, pour point -24 °C. Packs from 1 to 208 litres.

Application

Manual gearboxes, moderately loaded axles and some power-steering systems in cars, trucks, and agricultural and construction machinery.

Worth knowing

An 80W entry with no second number names only the winter grade: under SAE J306, a limit of 150,000 mPa·s at -26 °C, and there is no grade for the warmed-up unit such as 90. That is what sets this can apart from Tranself EP 80W-90, also API GL-4, even though the names are almost identical. Of the manufacturer codes, they share just one, ZF TE-ML 17A. Beyond that the sets diverge: EP 80W is approved to MB 235.1, while EP 80W-90 is approved to DTFR 13B100, ZF TE-ML 16A and 19A, with a claimed match to MAN 341 Type E1 as well. The pour point differs too: -24 °C against -39 °C.

After the Mercedes-Benz group split, sheet MB 235.1 was renamed DTFR 13B100, and both codes concern manual gearboxes. A matching sheet does not cancel the viscosity requirement: the SAE grade is checked separately, against the unit’s documentation, and the scale is given in the article on GL-4, GL-5 and the SAE J306 table. The data sheet assigns this oil to moderately loaded axles; hypoid axles are named explicitly in the data sheet of the GL-5 Tranself Type B 80W-90.

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