Because more viscous is thinner and
Less viscous is thicker.
Better correct yourself before you have Wayne jumping in here calling you dumb.
Viscosity is a unit of measurement. It’s not relative. It’s going to vary at different temperatures yes, but an inch is an inch and a foot is a foot. It’s a unit of measurement.
If two fluids are tested at entirely different temps their viscosity will be recorded as the same, at those corresponding temps.
Here is a proposal for you.
You measure a random fluid at 50 degrees celsius and it’s rather fluid. So you think it’s rather viscous so you give it a reading of 60. You freeze it at zero and it becomes molasses like, thicker, what reading what you give it?
It is a unit of measurement, yes, so we’ll put it this way.
I’ll try to relate the units in feet and inches:
20W50
20 feet @ 32F, 50 inches @ 212F.
It’s not the same unit of measurement between the two, of course the SAE rating will be lower in viscosity when hot on the same scale, but it’s NOT. This is why the 2nd number is HIGHER even though the oil is THINNER at that temperature vs. the first number.
I am going to neg rep everyone who posted in here for giving me, KRAZYKID a fucking headache by page 2, and carpal tunnel syndrome on my right finger by scrolling my mouse wheel down frantically to get to the bottom of the redundant replies.
Sorry, I didn’t read any of the responses in this thread. I just wanted to add that Volkswagen for years said DO NOT warm up the engine in their vehicles. Get in, start, oil pressure, drive.
Congrats Vlad, you just won the “Strong Jellies” World Heavyweight title. I’m going to personally contact PJB in an effort to have the title belt presented to you at the next Shift518 gathering you attend.
If you don’t attend and Jellies is not available, I’ll personally deliver the title to your home or place of work myself.
