I'm looking at the specs of some gear oil and was wondering what some of this gibberish means. Hopefully someone could shed some light:

Viscosity:
cSt@40°C
cSt@100°C
SSU@100°F
SSU@210°F
CP@-12°C
CP@-40°C


Of course the 5 different available gear oils all had different numbers in those places. Thanks in advance for any input on what this means!

Tony

 

Not an expert but here goes........<br><br>cSt-centistoke = Kinematic viscosity, the measured amount of time needed for a fixed volume of oil to flow through a capillary tube at a certain temperature. Also the most adopted method use by the petroleum industry.<br><br>SSU-saybolt seconds universal (US method for measuring the cSt)<br><br>cP-centipoise (absolute viscosity) The resistance encountered when moving one layer of liquid over another. Also.....cP = one-hundreth of a poise.

 

Yep, exactly what he said. :

 

Cool... thanks for the response! Much appreciated! ;D<br><br><br>Tony

 

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