Shell Spirax S5 ATE 75W-90

ShellShell Spirax linegear and transmission75W-90

Synthetic 75W-90 gear oil rated API GL-4, GL-5 and MT-1, with the MB 236.26 approval, for heavily loaded car drivetrains.

Classification
Product line Shell Spirax 45 oils
SAE viscosity 75W-90What SAE means
Base oil synthetic
Intended use gear and transmission
API class What API means
Approvals
Manufacturer approvals
  • MB 236.26
What an approval means
Typical properties
Viscosity at 40 °C 81 mm²/s
Viscosity at 100 °C 14.9 mm²/s
Viscosity index 194
Pour point -45 °C
Flash point 205 °C
Density 879 kg/m³

Description

Shell Spirax S5 ATE 75W-90 is a synthetic Spirax gear oil for heavily loaded passenger-car drivetrains. It is intended mainly for sports-car transaxles, where the hypoid drive and the gearbox run on the same oil, and also for axles and for gearboxes with or without synchromesh.

The oil is rated API GL-4, GL-5 and MT-1 and holds the official MB 236.26 approval.

Typical figures: 14.9 mm²/s at 100 °C, viscosity index 194, pour point -45 °C, dynamic viscosity 35 000 mPa·s at -40 °C.

Application

Heavily loaded car drivetrains, above all sports-car transaxles in which the hypoid drive and gearbox share one oil; also axles and gearboxes.

Worth knowing

The list of specifications in the Shell data sheet has two more lines besides MB 236.26 and the API classes: Ferrari and Getrag, brand names only, with no specification numbers; the catalogue entry leaves them out. The data sheet also gives the oil’s old name, Shell Transaxle Oil 75W-90.

Among the Spirax 75W-90 oils in the catalogue, MB 236.26 is recorded for this oil but not for S4 G or either S6 75W-90, and the incomplete entry for the semi-synthetic Spirax S4 AT 75W-90, which has the same API GL-4, GL-5 and MT-1, lacks this code too. The data sheet describes cold-weather behaviour in two lines, pour point and dynamic viscosity at -40 °C. The article on reading the oil data sheet calls the first of these the most misleading, and also explains how the SAE J306 standard sets low-temperature viscosity limits for gear oils.

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