Like most of u know.. I'm a thin-ish oil kind of guy, my favorite is 0w30 and 0w40.. but today I got thinking about it while driving from school, I have yet to see some engine go to ridiculously high mileage with thin oil! I mean over 500,000+ miles..
All those engines I've seen had somewhat thick oil..
For example..
Mathematically.. you can compress water, but don't try it in real life. Also mathematically.. if you put a smaller exhaust in your car... the gases should just make up for it by flowing faster... but in reality, that doesn't happen and you loose a ton of power.
I'm thinking.. maybe mathematically... thinner oil can provide better protection, but in real life.. oil just doesn't give a a [censored] about our math, thicker just protects better (not ridiculously thick though).
I'm not a genious.. but I guess in evidence alone... I probably won't purchase any 20wt oils, 30wt will be the thinnest, and I will stick to 0w40 which seems like a great compromise of good start-up protection and just the right thickness to protect and get good performance.
What do you'll think?
All those engines I've seen had somewhat thick oil..
For example..
Mathematically.. you can compress water, but don't try it in real life. Also mathematically.. if you put a smaller exhaust in your car... the gases should just make up for it by flowing faster... but in reality, that doesn't happen and you loose a ton of power.
I'm thinking.. maybe mathematically... thinner oil can provide better protection, but in real life.. oil just doesn't give a a [censored] about our math, thicker just protects better (not ridiculously thick though).
I'm not a genious.. but I guess in evidence alone... I probably won't purchase any 20wt oils, 30wt will be the thinnest, and I will stick to 0w40 which seems like a great compromise of good start-up protection and just the right thickness to protect and get good performance.
What do you'll think?