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

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oil-how-does-it-work-split/262189>\
**Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\
**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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**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 2:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oil-how-does-it-work-split/262189/170 "2012-01-11T14:36:58Z")

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> [@Sold](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sold/47737/11):
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> I don’t get what’s so hard to understand this:  
> 5w20  
> At 32_F, the oil acts like a 5 weight due to additives and what not. At 212_F, due to additives and what not, the oil acts like a 20 weight.

So when it acts like “5” @32 does it act thinner or thicker then when it acts like “20” @ 210?

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