question about oil weight numbers

[fishfighter]

Originally Posted by keakar

I had no idea, so when i was looking around for full synthetic 30w there was only the 0w-30w and I just said to myself "that's a strange way to say straight 30w, why not just call it straight 30w?" so I bought it thinking that's what I was buying lol.

now i know they don't call it straight 30w because its not straight 30w.

i always say, your never too smart to do dumb things or too smart to need to learn new things so ask and listen to advice from others.

you know it man, i am learning too, i try to help where i can but sometimes i post a reply just to learn something too, that is why i make sure to mention the fact that "I AM NOT SURE" when posting certain things

on that note, you should be able to tell the difference by price, synthetic oil should be more expensive than regular oil, unless the price has come down