Mobilube HD-A Plus 80W-90

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API GL-5 80W-90 gear oil for commercial-vehicle axles and manual gearboxes, with MB 235.23, MAN 342 Type M3 and ZF approvals.

Classification
Product line Mobil Mobilube 14 oils
SAE viscosity 80W-90What 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 131 mm²/s
Viscosity at 100 °C 14.3 mm²/s
Viscosity index 105
Pour point -33 °C
Flash point 222 °C
Density 901 kg/m³

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

Description

Mobilube HD-A Plus 80W-90 is an API GL-5 gear oil for heavily loaded manual gearboxes, axles and final drives in commercial vehicles, cars, light trucks and off-highway machinery. Its extended drain interval applies mainly to Mercedes-Benz axles; it also suits other hypoid gears and steering boxes.

It holds official MB 235.23, MAN 342 Type M3, DTFR 12B110 and ZF TE-ML 05A, ZF TE-ML 12L, ZF TE-ML 12M, ZF TE-ML 16B, ZF TE-ML 17B, ZF TE-ML 19B and ZF TE-ML 21A approvals. It meets the requirements of Scania STO 1:0 and ZF TE-ML 07A without formal approval.

Typical figures: viscosity 14.3 mm²/s at 100 °C, viscosity index 105, pour point -33 °C, flash point 222 °C.

Application

Heavily loaded manual gearboxes, axles and final drives in commercial vehicles, cars, light trucks and off-highway machinery, including Mercedes-Benz axles on extended drain intervals.

Worth knowing

Two oils in the catalogue carry the MB 235.23 code: this one and Shell Spirax S3 AD 80W-90. Mobilube HD-A 85W-90, close in name, does not have this code, nor ZF TE-ML 05A, 12L or 12M. In place of DTFR 12B110 it has DTFR 12B100, in place of the approved MAN 342 Type M3 only a claimed match to MAN 342 Type M1, and in place of ZF TE-ML 16B the code 16C. The viscosity differs too: 17 mm²/s at 100 °C against 14.3 mm²/s, and a pour point of -24 °C against -33 °C. So here the word Plus marks a different SAE grade and a different set of codes.

The seven ZF approvals concern different units: 12L and 12M belong to axles and wheel hub reduction gears of buses and trucks, 17B to forklifts, 19B to transfer cases, 21A to tractor axles. For a given unit only its own line matters, because every number on the ZF TE-ML list has its own family of units. API GL-4 is not on the list: the data sheet links manual gearboxes with the GL-5 level.

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