Mobilube LS 85W-90

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API GL-5 85W-90 gear oil with a friction modifier for limited-slip differentials, with ZF approvals.

Classification
Product line Mobil Mobilube 14 oils
SAE viscosity 85W-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 153 mm²/s
Viscosity at 100 °C 15.3 mm²/s
Viscosity index 100
Pour point -36 °C
Flash point 216 °C
Density 900 kg/m³

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

Description

Mobilube LS 85W-90 is a gear oil for limited-slip differentials, axles and final drives in cars, trucks, buses and off-highway equipment. It contains the friction modifier that a limited-slip differential needs in order to work properly.

The oil is rated API GL-5. It holds official ZF TE-ML 05C, ZF TE-ML 16E and ZF TE-ML 21C approvals and ExxonMobil recommends it for ZF TE-ML 12C without formal approval.

Typical figures: viscosity 15.3 mm²/s at 100 °C and 153 mm²/s at 40 °C, viscosity index 100, pour point -36 °C, flash point 216 °C, density 900 kg/m³.

It is not intended for gearboxes designed to run on engine oil or ATF.

Application

Limited-slip differentials, axles and final drives in cars, trucks, buses and off-highway equipment.

Worth knowing

In three ZF lists the letter after the number separates an oil with additives for limited-slip differentials from an ordinary gear oil: 05C, 16E and 21C against 05A, 16C and 21A. This oil’s approvals belong to the first group, and 16E in the TE-ML 16 list sits in the row for gear drives with a multi-plate limited-slip differential. Mobilube HD-A 85W-90, with the same SAE grade and API GL-5, lists 16C and 21A, which ZF describes simply as gear oil, and the two oils share no ZF code. The logic of the letters is covered in the article on ZF TE-ML classes.

The consequence shows in the TE-ML 21 list: for APL, AS, TSA and TDA axles it allows 21C and other classes but not 21A, while for 2MD and 3MD gearboxes in harvesting machinery it allows only 21A. So where 21C is specified, HD-A lacks the approval, and where 21A is specified, this oil lacks it; the shared 85W-90 does not make them equivalent. The data sheet presents ZF TE-ML 12C as an ExxonMobil recommendation, not an approval.

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