'80s oil literature

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The diesel specialist at work gave me these c. 1987. This was the first cold-pour test I'd ever seen, and convinced me to switch over to synthetic oil. I was interested to see how much difference cold-soaking for different lengths of time made to the pourability. Enjoy!

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Originally Posted by JLTD
Doin' it old school.
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Wish I had seen that back then....


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-35c is pretty darn cold. Most of us never see that. Southern to mid-Canada does at times. But, I'm surprised that after a 16 hr soak, most all those oils flowed reasonably well. That tells me that if you're commuting in that car. Then when you head back to work 16 hrs later, you're mostly good to go. But having your car "iced" for 2 days....that's a bit touchy. And at -40c it changes considerably more. In any event if you're only -20c to -25c....probably good to go on all those oils within 24 hrs.

In the 70's and 80's my car never saw temps under -22c. And I never saw my 10w-40 oils not flow. Had I lived in the far north, I'd have a picked an oil that flowed out of the can at -35c.....just common sense.
 
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Originally Posted by Marco620
That Redline 0w20 is good to -76
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Might have to drive to Antarctica to test it out.


No, pour point is not an indicator of startability...they dropped that when the Sioux Falls incident happened, where oil gelled at quite mild temperatures for the "W" rating.

Specific cooling RATES caused production of waxy gells, in oils that could be cooled straight to ridiculously low temperatures, heat soaked for hours, and still pour.
The oils that were affected by the Sioux Falls cooling regime could remain gelled even up to 80-90F after experiencing that regime.

Thus they dropped pour point as being representative of W grade
 
Interesting that they don't show the grade of the synthetic oil.
Also missing from the picture is the most popular oil 10Wx40
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