guitargeek wrote:
No, that's backwards. As the oil heats up it becomes thinner, not thicker.
hwms wrote:
???????????? Not the way I learned.
That is true under normal operating temps, exceed the temp range of the oil though, and you can cook it into a thick sludge.
Simple test (being wintertime here), try pouring the oil out of a quart oil bottle when it is 10 degrees F, then heat it to 100 degrees and try it. I think you will find it is a lot thinner at 100 than it is at 10
Harry, read my post above again, multi viscosity oil does not get thicker, it just does not get thinner as soon as a single viscosity (one with a number matching the lower number). Again, it's simple to demonstrate, just do the test I described above.
Or, if you want to be more in line with the official teat, do it at 10 and 200 degrees F.
Post edited by: steell, at: 2005/11/25 01:14