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Re: What does the 'W' mean?
Posted to Technical Discussion Forum on 2/10/2006 1 Reply

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[SAE oil viscosity]

The XW is a separate rating. That's why the 0W-30 is so much thicker than the 5W-30 in the example. I'm surprised that a class on oil did not address this.

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