Oil Thermostat Question

Oct 11, 2005
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If you've ever changed your oil cold, you will know it flows very slowly compared to hot, and that holds for any modern synthetic oil as well. The viscosity monotonically decreases with temp, the multiweights are just flatter with temp, but they are not flat! This plot should help you understand better.

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