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Originally Posted by Red__Zed What exactly are you disagreeing with in my post? I am disagreeing with the way you say "running the engine with 5-weight oil". That is deceptive

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Originally Posted by Red__Zed

What exactly are you disagreeing with in my post?

I am disagreeing with the way you say "running the engine with 5-weight oil".

That is deceptive in that the oil is very thick when cold. cSt of most "X"-30 weight oils is around 60 when cold. When you heat them up, the cSt drops to around 9-11.

The way you presented it makes it sound like oil is thinner when its cold.

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