| Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,784 | Try the standard SAE viscosity test- - - -time the flow of a specific volume of oil through a calibrated orfice with a stopwatch at various temperatures. While multi-viscosity oils lubricate like the heavy stuff at full temp, they don't get physically thicker- - - -at least in every test I've ever done. What have the results been of the tests you've accomplished? Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt! There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
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