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Re: What does the 'W' mean?
Posted to Technical Discussion Forum on 2/11/2006 2 Replies

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I was refering to the common misconception that a 10W-30 starts out as an SAE 10 and then "thickens up" to an SAE 30 as it heats up. That simply isn't the case.

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