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Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 16:28:52 -0400
From: Fred W <Malt_Houndnospamm-me-not*yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: oil sludge?
darthpup wrote:
> The MV oil rated for ambient engine temperatures. A fifty weight MV
> oil will reach that viscosity at normal operating temperature. It will
> not thin!
>
> It will thicken beyond fifty weight at higher temperatures. Place
> some in a pan and heat it up on the stove and observe that it thickens
> and then goes to a thick mass as the temperature increases
>
> Science is based on facts and evidence not on lame theories.
>
Your "science" is based on utter nonsense and conjecture. Please follow
your own "scientific" suggestion and observe some oil (any oil) yourself
in a container at 0 degrees C and heated to 100 degrees C. The oil
becomes thinner and less viscous as it warms. Don't beleive me? Read this:
http://www.engineersedge.com/lubrication/oil_viscosity.htm
I know, it was only written by a bunch of silly engineers, but they seem
to think that: "Viscosity varies inversely with temperature".
Let's look at some empirical data, the specs for one of those dreaded
multi-viscosity oils, Mobil Delvac 1 5W40:
http://www.mobil.com/USA-English/Lubes/PDS/GLXXENCVLMOMobil_Delvac_1_5W-40.asp
Viscosity is measured in Centistokes (cSt) (look it up). Under typical
properties for this oil we see the cSt
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