# Oil... how does it work? \[split\]

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**Created:** [January 6, 2012, 11:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oil-how-does-it-work-split/262189 "2012-01-06T23:40:40Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 8:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oil-how-does-it-work-split/262189/132 "2012-01-10T08:22:57Z")

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> [@wow, a second good story from the news](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wow-a-second-good-story-from-the-news/47798/6):
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> The ratings are done at two fixed temperatures when it’s a multigrade.
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> If it only has 1 number, it means it was only tested at 210 and never tested at 32.

The number itself is derived from the high temperature test, that’s what you’re missing. The numbers are all relative to the high temperature rating of a standard fixed weight oil.

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