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08-09-2008, 03:56 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: UK
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|  SAE vs. ISO viscosity
I've got a bit of a dilemma. I have a few large tubes of Tamiya shock oil (2 Yellow and one Green) and I want to know if they are stiffer or slacker viscosity than the standard Axial 30wt. stuff. The problem is 30wt. (same as 30W?) is an SAE viscosity measure I think, and Tamiya's are all rated in ISO # ratings (Yellow is #400, Green is #500) where # is water. I can't seem to find anywhere that gives an understandable conversion. Last edited by BritCrawler; 08-09-2008 at 04:01 AM. |
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08-09-2008, 10:23 AM
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A website I used to visit frequently has some info about viscosities: http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/visc.html No idea if it'll help or not. |
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08-09-2008, 12:47 PM
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Yeh, I looked at that before I posted here and went all 'WTF?!!'  Thanks anyway... |
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08-09-2008, 03:08 PM
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sae 30 wt =iso #100. so they are thicker.
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08-09-2008, 04:59 PM
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Aha! An answer at last. Thanks man |
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