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Old Oct 16, 2004 | 04:31 PM
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Re: 20W50 oil

Originally Posted by five7kid
While labs need to control that while doing standardized testing, your engine breathing is going to be affected a lot more by changes in barometric pressure than the oil is. As far as I know, piston engine aircraft don't even call out barometric pressure as an oil operating parameter (but, I'm a lot more familiar with automotive applications than I am with aircraft...).

Ambient temperature is an issue, however.
That's why computers have a baro sensor input. Oil can't use the baro sensor to know that. Remember: pressure = temperature... lower temperature = lower barometric pressure and visa versa
Old Oct 17, 2004 | 11:05 PM
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Re: 20W50 oil

One of us isn't getting the relationship (or lack thereof) between barometric pressure and oil viscosity.
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