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QL Thruster OIL

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QL Thruster OIL

Postby A Lee » April 4th, 2018, 1:08 pm

What type of oil is recommended for the QL thruster?

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Re: QL Thruster OIL

Postby Peter » April 4th, 2018, 4:08 pm

We just installed EP 80 -90 sonhope thats right thats whatvVolvo book siad :confused:
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Re: QL Thruster OIL

Postby mjk1040 » April 4th, 2018, 7:06 pm

Now here's a place I would consider running synthetic gear oil. Something like Lucas that sticks to everything in the gear case. IMO
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Re: QL Thruster OIL

Postby Hugo » April 4th, 2018, 9:21 pm

Volvo has their own proprietary bottle for a small price.

It's just a gearbox, I just use SAE 30W oil...

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Re: QL Thruster OIL

Postby Viper » April 4th, 2018, 9:58 pm

EP-90 for QL applications if I recall correctly. As Peter noted above, pretty sure that's what it calls for. Look after it, you'll find it very difficult to get a replacement leg/gear if it ever fails.
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Re: QL Thruster OIL

Postby WKS46 voyager » May 18th, 2018, 8:57 am

Just drained and changed my fore and aft thrusters with AMSOIL 75-90. Continues to work even if contaminated with 10% seawater.

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