# Oil... how does it work? \[split\] **URL:** \ **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")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 72
**Author:** ![TurboTravis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbotravis/32/6406_2.png) [@TurboTravis](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TurboTravis)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2012, 4:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oil-how-does-it-work-split/262189/72 "2012-01-08T16:07:02Z")
> [@t-up to hsbc](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/t-up-to-hsbc/47763/4): > > So if it goes through slower it’s thick and therefore should have a high SAE number. no no no no no totally wrong You keep trying to compare the “W” number to the non W number, when there is simply no relation. Sure, a 10W is thicker than a 5W (at zero degrees), but neither are as thin at zero degrees as an SAE 30 is at 210 degrees… beating…dead…horse… --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oil-how-does-it-work-split/262189)._