Fuchs TITAN SUPERGEAR 85W-140

FuchsFuchs TITAN SUPERGEAR linegear and transmission85W-140

High-viscosity API GL-4 and GL-5 85W-140 gear oil with EvoBus 26.000-025 and ZF TE-ML approvals for heavily loaded axles and gearboxes.

Classification
Product line Fuchs TITAN SUPERGEAR 4 oils
SAE viscosity 85W-140What SAE means
Intended use gear and transmission
API class What API means
Approvals
Manufacturer approvals What an approval means
Meets the requirements of
Typical properties
Viscosity at 40 °C 427 mm²/s
Viscosity at 100 °C 30.7 mm²/s
Viscosity index 98
Pour point -18 °C
Density 908 kg/m³
Pack sizes 1 L, 5 L, 20 L, 60 L, 205 L, 1000 L

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Description

Fuchs TITAN SUPERGEAR 85W-140 is a high-viscosity gear oil for heavily loaded drive axles and gearboxes. FUCHS designs it for extended drain intervals.

The oil is rated API GL-4 and API GL-5 and holds official EvoBus 26.000-025, ZF TE-ML 05A, ZF TE-ML 12S, ZF TE-ML 16D and ZF TE-ML 21A approvals. The Fuchs data sheet names class 12E, but the current ZF list enters this oil’s number under 12S. FUCHS recommends it as meeting MIL-L-2105D and Volvo 97310, without formal approval.

Typical figures: 427 mm²/s at 40 °C and 30.7 mm²/s at 100 °C, viscosity index 98, pour point -18 °C, density 908 kg/m³. Packs from 1 to 1000 litres.

Application

Heavily loaded drive axles and gearboxes that need API GL-4 or GL-5, including on extended drain intervals.

Worth knowing

The 140 in the name matches TITAN SUPERGEAR MC 80W-140, and at 100 °C both oils lie within SAE 140: 30.7 mm²/s here and 27.9 mm²/s there. As the temperature falls, the picture changes: at 40 °C 427 against 269 mm²/s, viscosity index 98 against 137, pour point -18 °C against -30 °C. By SAE J306, grade 85W reaches 150,000 mPa·s as early as -12 °C, whereas 80W does so only at -26 °C, and the article on the SAE J306 winter grades notes that 85W-140 is used in winter only with the manufacturer’s express permission. In ZF list 16 the classes differ too: ZF TE-ML 16D here, 16C there.

TITAN SUPERGEAR 80W-90 shares EvoBus 26.000-025 and ZF TE-ML 05A and 21A with this oil, yet matching codes do not make them interchangeable: the viscosity grades differ, and the ZF approvals sit under different numbers, ZF000650 and ZF000647, listed in TE-ML 12 under 12S and 12E respectively. Among the Fuchs oils in the catalogue, ZF TE-ML 16D is found only here. The data sheet mentions only “selected base oils”, so the absence of MC from the name does not mean the oil is mineral.

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    API GL-5 and MT-1 80W-90 gear oil for axles and gearboxes, with DTFR 12B130, MAN 342 Type M2 and ZF TE-ML approvals.

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