Liqui Moly Hypoid Gear Oil (GL5) SAE 80W

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Mineral 80W gear oil to API GL-5 with the MIL-L-2105D approval for heavily loaded hypoid drives, meeting ZF TE-ML 17B.

Classification
Product line Liqui Moly Hypoid Gear Oil 8 oils
SAE viscosity 80WWhat SAE means
Base oil mineral
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 100 mm²/s
Viscosity at 100 °C 11.1 mm²/s
Viscosity index 96
Pour point -27 °C
Flash point 216 °C
Density 880 kg/m³
Pack sizes 0.5 L, 1 L, 205 L

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Description

Liqui Moly Hypoid Gear Oil (GL5) SAE 80W is a mineral gear oil for heavily loaded vehicle transmissions, above all hypoid final drives. The manufacturer intends it for transmissions without a limited-slip differential.

It carries API GL-5 and the MIL-L-2105D approval. It meets the requirements of MAN 342 Type M1, Volvo 97314 and ZF TE-ML 17B without official approval.

Typical figures: 11.1 mm²/s at 100 °C, viscosity index 96, pour point -27 °C. Available in 0.5, 1 and 205 litre packs.

Application

Heavily loaded vehicle transmissions, above all hypoid final drives.

Worth knowing

For manual gearboxes the data sheet carries a caveat: only those for which API GL-5 is specified. For a GL-4 requirement in the 80W grade, the brand has Gear Oil (GL4) SAE 80W. They hardly differ in viscosity at 100 °C or in pour point, 11.1 against 11.4 mm²/s and -27 °C in both, but the codes are different: this oil claims MAN 342 Type M1, the neighbouring one MAN 341 Type E1 and MAN 341 Type Z2. A separate article shows how GL-5 additives act on synchronisers.

Closer in codes is Hypoid Gear Oil (GL5) SAE 80W-90. The cold line is the same, up to 150,000 mPa·s at -26 °C, but at 100 °C that one has 16 mm²/s. The same document leaves the choice of viscosity grade to the transmission manufacturer, so a shared code does not justify a swap. In the 80W-90, ZF TE-ML 17B is approved with number ZF002053, whereas here this code, like MAN 342 Type M1 and Volvo 97314, is only a Liqui Moly recommendation. Across the whole catalogue, Volvo 97314 is listed only for this oil.

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