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Offline fj76

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Hypoid oil EP90?
« on: March 02, 2009, 04:11:17 PM »
I am curious to know what members are using for their rear axle . The manual recommends Hypoid SAE 90. is EP90w compatible or a  EP should not be used?
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Offline John Ellis

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Re: Hypoid oil EP90?
« Reply #1 on: March 02, 2009, 08:47:03 PM »
Current recommendation by MB is EP gear oil 85W90.  The same gear oil is recommended for the central lube, steering box, and water pump.

Here is a discussion from the technical section of our website:

http://www.170220.com/TechArticles/index.php?topic=385.0



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Offline fj76

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Re: Hypoid oil EP90?
« Reply #2 on: March 03, 2009, 10:31:30 AM »
John, Thank you. Very informative article that identifies all the contemporary substitutes.
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Offline twigren

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Re: Hypoid oil EP90?
« Reply #3 on: June 13, 2017, 07:28:18 AM »
Dear john,
Knowing the article is quite old, but the link doesnt work.
Is this info duplicated somewhere else?
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Offline John Ellis

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Re: Hypoid oil EP90?
« Reply #4 on: June 13, 2017, 06:15:21 PM »
Sorry, we lost a lot of data when our site was hacked years ago.

Here is the information you requested in the lost post.

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Offline Scott Montoney

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Re: Hypoid oil EP90?
« Reply #5 on: June 13, 2017, 06:18:37 PM »
Thanks John!
I was searching for that and had not located it yet.
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Re: Hypoid oil EP90?
« Reply #6 on: June 14, 2017, 04:37:00 AM »
 :)
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