Popular misconceptions about viscosity

Section Everything about SAE viscosity, article 4 of 7109 words, 1 minute

In this section: 7 articles
  1. What is oil viscosity? What it's for
  2. How to decode the viscosity index
  3. Which viscosity is better for the engine?
  4. Popular misconceptions about viscosity
  5. Viscosity value table
  6. What is oil viscosity? Myths and truth
  7. Once again about oil viscosity

Instead of an introduction:

  1. "If I like driving fast, a standard engine oil won't do for me — I need a sportier oil" — a real loss of power and a quick engine overhaul are guaranteed — go right ahead!

  2. "When my engine was designed, there were no modern high-viscosity oils yet, so the carmaker simply couldn't have recommended them" — back then there weren't just no modern engine oil brands; there was no engine-building technology designed for today's oils either, so you might as well start looking for a good mechanic for the overhaul.