# 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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### Author: ![Cossey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Cossey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Cossey)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2012, 2:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oil-how-does-it-work-split/262189/171 "2012-01-11T14:41:48Z")

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> [@The uselessness of a Gas Tax Holiday](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-uselessness-of-a-gas-tax-holiday/47736/77):
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> So when it acts like “5” @32 does it act thinner or thicker then when it acts like “20” @ 210?

Holy fuck are you kidding me?

When it is 32\* it IS a 5 weight. That better? When it is 210\*, it IS a 20 weight. A 20 weight at 32\* will be too thick to get to any small clearances and what not to lube parts. So essentially what it means is that at 32\* the 5 is thinner than a 20 weight also at 32\*. At 210\*, the 20 weight is thicker than the 5 weight. Get it now.

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