Re: Thinner = less friction = better mileage?


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Posted by Sherman in Idaho [24.32.202.166] on Sunday, June 02, 2013 at 13:18:06 :

In Reply to: Re: Thinner = less friction = better mileage? posted by Perry [71.172.35.107] on Sunday, June 02, 2013 at 06:02:51 :

My understanding is that multiweight oil is made by adding a sort of rubber to the oil, and the rubber gets thicker when hot, thus somewhat compensating for the oil getting thinner when hot. Of course there are lots of other additives as well. The chemistry of oil is pretty much black magic to me.



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