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Re: to canada and beyond!

To: "Trevor Boicey" <tboicey@brit.ca>, "Spridgets" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: to canada and beyond!
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 17:13:52 -0400
References: <20010827124328.13223.qmail@web3801.mail.yahoo.com> <3B8AA29A.BD6FF597@brit.ca>
Interesting - in aviation 120 is often interchanged with 25w60 and
100 with 20w50.

Mike L
60A,67E,59Bug

----- Original Message -----
From Trevor Boicey <tboicey at brit.ca>
>
>   I might be reading between the line shere, but it's
> worth mentioning that 80w90 gear oil and 20w50 engine oil
> are roughly the same viscosity despite the numbers being
> very far apart.
>
>   Engine oil viscosity is measured at a hotter temperature
> than gear oil, which makes the numbers much lower even for
> the same thickness of oil.
>
> --



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