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Old 10-09-2007, 06:22 PM
tarbe tarbe is offline
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Originally Posted by 300Turbo View Post
By the way, the W as in 10W-40 means winter viscosity, not weight.

Doesn't it just stand for "Winter" ? And the numerical value is related directly to the cold crank performance at a given temp....
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