SAE 16 Viscosity Grade - interesting read

[wemay]

http://www.oilspecifications.org/articles/sae-16-viscosity-grade.php

 

[SwampSurvivor]

Wateroil!

 

[901Memphis]

Originally posted in April 2013.

 

[thunderfog]

Merkava_4 just fainted.

 

[AKhan87]

Originally Posted By: thunderfog
Merkava_4 just fainted.

LMAO

 

[mongo161]

I plan on running a blend of GC 0w-30, 4 quarts, and Red Line Racing 5w, 2 quarts for my winter blend. The Red Line 5w racing is almost a 0w-20. Red Line is also loaded with Moly so with this blend of synthetics I should be good to go, in a frigid winter, like last winter.

 

[wemay]

Originally Posted By: 901Memphis
Originally posted in April 2013.


D'oh!

sorry about that.

 

[wemay]

Originally Posted By: 01_celica_gt
Originally Posted By: thunderfog
Merkava_4 just fainted.

LMAO


×2 lol

 

[2KBMW]

Originally Posted By: Miller88
Wateroil!


+1. I don't like thin oil. I wouldn't use 20 weight
let alone a 16 weight. This will be one step below using
Kerosene as a lube.

 

[901Memphis]

The most interesting part of the article is that the new numbering system for lighter oils will be 0w16, 0w12, 0w8, and 0w4.

 

[demarpaint]

Imagine if they back spec cars that were back spec'd from 5W30 to 5W20, getting back spec'd one more time to 0W16? Or a bit more realistic. An engine that was designed for 5W20 being back spec'd to 0W16. That discussion would be another EBT, Epic, Bitog, Thread, and probably get locked.

 

[MrQuackers]

EBT? As in loading a cart to overflowing at the grocery and paying with EBT and then taking it out to the parking lot and loading it into a Lincoln Navigator? I have seen that.

 

[MrQuackers]

0w-4 is scary water OMG

 

[901Memphis]

Kerosene would have a visc somewhere in the 2.7 cst range, similar to MMO, while water would be
I am betting they will utilize the upper end of the visc range and be somewhere around 6 cSt most of the time anyways, not much worse than a 5w20 that had sheared or had fuel in the oil.

People are always afraid of change.

http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/kinematic-viscosity-d_397.html

 

[kschachn]

Why is it "scary water"? I really don't get this. There's a lot of "stuff" that goes into an oil formulation and specification, viscosity is one of them - but viscosity isn't everything.

If the engine manufacturer determines that the specified lubricant is adequate, why does any number become scary?

Originally Posted By: MrQuackers
0w-4 is scary water OMG


Originally Posted By: Miller88
Wateroil!

 

[demarpaint]

Originally Posted By: MrQuackers
EBT? As in loading a cart to overflowing at the grocery and paying with EBT and then taking it out to the parking lot and loading it into a Lincoln Navigator? I have seen that.


You lost me buddy. But then again I have a splitting headache today, and I'm not too focused.

 

[jayg]

Originally Posted By: demarpaint
Originally Posted By: MrQuackers
EBT? As in loading a cart to overflowing at the grocery and paying with EBT and then taking it out to the parking lot and loading it into a Lincoln Navigator? I have seen that.


You lost me buddy. But then again I have a splitting headache today, and I'm not too focused.


EBT- the food stamp card

 

[AdRock]

Originally Posted By: MrQuackers
EBT? As in loading a cart to overflowing at the grocery and paying with EBT and then taking it out to the parking lot and loading it into a Lincoln Navigator? I have seen that.


This made me angry and LOL at the same time. I know exactly what you're talking about. Seen it a million times, unfortunately.

 

[kschachn]

Quote:
Just as 5W20 and 0W20 oils these oils will also be unsuitable to be used in older engine designs since it would not provide sufficient wear protection on operating temperature

That's proven not to be the case in many instances.

 

[wirelessF]

Can't wait until I run this in my SBC.