# 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:** ![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, 5:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oil-how-does-it-work-split/262189/78 "2012-01-08T17:15:21Z")

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> [@When Having a Bad Day](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/when-having-a-bad-day/47690/68):
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> That’s all great an all, but you’re forgetting the fact that a fluid with a viscosity of 30 AT THE TEMPERATURE IT GOT 30 at, has to be THICKER than a fluid with a viscosity of 5 AT THE TEMPERATURE IT GOT 5 at.

I’m not forgetting anything, you cannot comprehend the information that is being presented to you.

Calling in the backup…

> **[Oil experts, please help me educate this guy...](https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/threads/oil-experts-please-help-me-educate-this-guy.168122/#post-2487146)**
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> http://www.shift518.com/showthread.php?t=28823
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> Read that thread starting at post 3. I'm "TurboTravis", he's "Volvchandr" 
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> He thinks that oil ratings make no sense because a multigrade oil is thicker when it's cold, and since it's thicker when cold,...

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