Re: RE: GOOD 20-50 oil for a Xflow

09/10/2003 12:48:39, Ian Bowden 
<[email protected]> wrote:

>There is a view that has been propagated that the thinner 
viscosity oils
>nW/30 and nW/40 are too thin for the tolerances within the 
x/flow engine and
>just 'fall out' of the bearing shells etc w/out supporting the 
journals
>properly.
>
>Not being a graduate of fluid dynamics, I don't know how smelly 
this view is
>;-)

There is plenty of evidence for it... Hot pressure plummets, as the 
pump can't supply enough volume, and engine death follows... 
Best avoided, even though thick oil's getting harder to find.

Steve
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