Liqui Moly Fully Synthetic Hypoid Gear Oil (GL4/5) 75W-90

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Fully synthetic 75W-90 gear oil to API GL-4, GL-5 and MT-1, meeting MB 235.8, ZF TE-ML 05A and SAE J2360.

Classification
Product line Liqui Moly Hypoid Gear Oil 8 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 106 mm²/s
Viscosity at 100 °C 15.6 mm²/s
Viscosity index 157
Pour point -51 °C
Flash point 200 °C
Density 870 kg/m³
Pack sizes 1 L, 20 L

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

Description

Liqui Moly Fully Synthetic Hypoid Gear Oil (GL4/5) 75W-90 is a fully synthetic gear oil for manual gearboxes, auxiliary units and hypoid final drives.

It is classified API GL-4, GL-5 and MT-1. It holds no official approvals; the manufacturer states that it meets the requirements of MB 235.8 and MB 235.11, ZF TE-ML 02B, ZF TE-ML 05A, ZF TE-ML 12L, ZF TE-ML 12N, ZF TE-ML 16F, ZF TE-ML 17B, ZF TE-ML 19C and ZF TE-ML 21A, SAE J2360, MIL-PRF-2105E, Volvo 97312 and BMW Synthetic OSP.

Typical figures: viscosity 15.6 mm²/s at 100 °C, viscosity index 157, pour point -51 °C. Pack sizes 1 and 20 litres. It is not intended for limited-slip differentials.

Application

Manual gearboxes, transfer cases and differentials without a limited-slip function that specify an API GL-4, GL-5 or MT-1 oil.

Worth knowing

The data sheet has no ZF approval number: the eight ZF TE-ML codes sit in the block where Liqui Moly recommends the oil for units with such a requirement, not among the specifications, which are only API GL-4, GL-5 and MT-1. ZF-approved TE-ML 17B and 21A with number ZF002053 are held by Hypoid Gear Oil (GL5) SAE 80W-90, but that oil has only API GL-5, and its 150,000 mPa·s limit is set at -26 °C, not at -40 °C. That option works only for a GL-5 unit whose manufacturer permits both grades. No 75W-90 from this brand in the catalogue has a ZF approval.

Three API categories on one can do not mean suitability for any gearbox. Among the Liqui Moly oils in the catalogue, MT-1 is claimed only here, and it applies to non-synchronised gearboxes of trucks and buses; the article on the dual GL-4/GL-5 marking and the limits of MT-1 covers this in detail. The data sheet gives no VW codes. The brand does have VW 501.50, for example, in Top Tec MTF 5400 75W-90: the hot viscosity is almost the same, 15.6 against 15.5 mm²/s, and the only shared code is API GL-4.

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