Liqui Moly Hypoid Gear Oil (GL5) SAE 85W-140

Liqui MolyLiqui Moly Hypoid Gear Oil linegear and transmission85W-140

Mineral 85W-140 gear oil to API GL-5 with ZF TE-ML 16D and 21A approvals for heavy-duty hypoid drives.

Classification
Product line Liqui Moly Hypoid Gear Oil 8 oils
SAE viscosity 85W-140What 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 375 mm²/s
Viscosity at 100 °C 27.7 mm²/s
Viscosity index 100
Pour point -24 °C
Flash point 218 °C
Sulphated ash 0.09 %
Density 910 kg/m³
Pack sizes 20 L, 60 L, 205 L

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

Description

Liqui Moly Hypoid Gear Oil (GL5) SAE 85W-140 is a high-viscosity mineral gear oil for heavy-duty vehicle transmissions, above all hypoid gearing.

It carries API GL-5, the MIL-L-2105D approval and official approvals ZF TE-ML 16D and ZF TE-ML 21A (approval number ZF005974). It meets the requirements of MIL-L-2105C without official approval.

Typical figures: 27.7 mm²/s at 100 °C, viscosity index 100, pour point -24 °C, sulphated ash 0.09 %, four-ball weld load 4000/4200 N. Available in 20, 60 and 205 litre packs.

Application

Heavy-duty vehicle transmissions, above all hypoid gearing, where an API GL-5 oil is specified.

Worth knowing

The “pour point -24 °C” line does not set this oil’s cold limit. The data sheet puts the Brookfield limit of 150,000 mPa·s at -12 °C, and the 85W grade is defined by Brookfield viscosity, not by pour point. Both 85W-90 oils in this line have the same Brookfield limit, but at 100 °C this one shows 27.7 mm²/s against 17.5 and 17.8, which is a different viscosity grade. The data sheet says to stay with the grade the transmission maker specifies.

On ZF list 16 the sister oils in this line sit under different letters: ZF TE-ML 16B for the 80W-90, ZF TE-ML 16C for the 85W-90, ZF TE-ML 16D here. Among the Liqui Moly oils in the catalogue, only this one carries the last code, listed alongside ZF TE-ML 21A and the number ZF005974. Hypoid Gear Oil (GL5) SAE 140 has the same table of figures, yet its data sheet gives no ZF code at all. MIL-L-2105C is only a Liqui Moly recommendation here. It is listed among the approvals of the 80W-90, but at 16 mm²/s at 100 °C one shared code does not make that oil a substitute.

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