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Actually, the different sites have opposite descriptions! Your link says 90 is thicker at high temperatures and 140 is thinner at high temperatures (wrong). It then says that thinner oil is better at high temperatures, which makes no sense.
Lower number = thinner = better for low temp.
Higher number = thicker = better for high temp... just like motor oil.
https://addinol.de/en/products/lubri...ils/sae-75w90/
https://www.thetruckstop.us/forum/th...r-75w-90.1678/
https://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/f...print/true.cfm
Lower number = thinner = better for low temp.
Higher number = thicker = better for high temp... just like motor oil.
https://addinol.de/en/products/lubri...ils/sae-75w90/
https://www.thetruckstop.us/forum/th...r-75w-90.1678/
https://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/f...print/true.cfm
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I do like the squeeze bag thingy, but they also make a pump for quart oil bottles which will work as well.
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Good information on the elephant deterrent!
The little pumps are a PITA as far as I'm concerned especially for the differential gear oil which is much thicker than gearbox oil which is only slightly less PITA. And once the job is done I'm left with oily, drippy, stinky little pumps that my Scottish grandmother would not want me to throw away so I gotta clean them and mark them for the specific POL that they're used for to prevent cross-contamination. The squeeze bags are single use and trashed.
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The little pumps are a PITA as far as I'm concerned especially for the differential gear oil which is much thicker than gearbox oil which is only slightly less PITA. And once the job is done I'm left with oily, drippy, stinky little pumps that my Scottish grandmother would not want me to throw away so I gotta clean them and mark them for the specific POL that they're used for to prevent cross-contamination. The squeeze bags are single use and trashed.
-- Chuck
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Actually, the different sites have opposite descriptions! Your link says 90 is thicker at high temperatures and 140 is thinner at high temperatures (wrong). It then says that thinner oil is better at high temperatures, which makes no sense.
Lower number = thinner = better for low temp.
Higher number = thicker = better for high temp... just like motor oil.
Lower number = thinner = better for low temp.
Higher number = thicker = better for high temp... just like motor oil.
75W-90 Gear Oil - It is thicker in high temperatures, and as a result, it might struggle in higher temperatures...
75W-140 Gear Oil - It is thinner at high temperatures, and as a result, it will perform better in hot climates
75W-140 Gear Oil - It is thinner at high temperatures, and as a result, it will perform better in hot climates
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@Save the Manual Wagons! Is correct. Viscosity numbers are, not surprisingly, logical: Higher number means thicker. Works the same for all oils. For example 10W-40 is NOT thinner at 100°C than 10W-30. That's all we need to know.
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[QUOTE=Save the Manual Wagons!;24981142]No, it doesn't... Look at the chart yourself. I must have checked it three times to make sure I wasn't seeing things. https://mycarmakesnoise.com/oil/75w-...il-comparison/
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I was looking at the chart you referenced in post #15 above
And I do agree with you.. looking at different charts I guess..
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I was looking at the chart you referenced in post #15 above
And I do agree with you.. looking at different charts I guess..
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