# 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:** ![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, 2:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oil-how-does-it-work-split/262189/173 "2012-01-11T14:45:21Z")

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> [@Justpicked up a new summer beater \*\*CRX inside\*\*](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/justpicked-up-a-new-summer-beater-crx-inside/47826/17):
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> Holy fuck are you kidding me?
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> 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.

So if you’re saying if it acts thinner at 32 why is it thicker when cold?

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