Oil Explained! - What does 5W-30 actually mean?

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Motor oil. It's a familiar but strangely confusing liquid. To answer some of the more common oil-related questions we brought in an expert, Jeff Hsu from Quaker State. In this video Jeff explains motor oil viscosity and decodes the meaning of "5W-30".

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[markdombek]

A good explanation that is ruined by the distracting background audio and the stupid animation.

[DaikeFilms]

lol the animation is really distracting, i paid more attention to the animation than what he was actually talking about.

[techavindu]

barely hear what he is saying, did a 9 year old edit this video or what?

[yco]

explanation is nice but the music.. awful..

[johnwhitaker]

why is the second number higher than the first number? When the motor oil is actually thinner at operating temperatures.

[tahashahbaz]

5w 30 in hot 50 degree temperature good or bad

[neykodimov]

music is f****ing annoying. just let the guy speak

[PrajjwalShyale]

Too much animation ! Sways our attention from the main topic!! 

[charleschoo]

here is a question : i live in indonesia which is Very hot everyday (35-37°C), and my honda fit manual book say recommend 0w-20 oil, but it seems running not very well ? n the Engine was incredibly HOT when i open my engine hood, any explanation please ?

[officeallwayswiredltd]

This guy was talking so clearly and made sense but the animation is too distracting, shame really. I thought this was going to relate to the explanation, but not at all.

[AllisonAndrew]

The expert speaks and the music with animation distracted him badly

[funkidslearning]

I have a question. .
I have 2 stroke brush trimmer (cutter)
It is required mix with both oil and gas, so should I use 5w-30 or 10w-30????

[TechNatureGaming]

It actually thins out as it warms up like honey

[Scahrossar]

Sadly, I really couldn't hear over the video game noise that should have stopped when he started talking. Could have been very good advice, but unfortunately I wouldn't know

[Rockdaground]

What is the life span of your oil if you don't drive many? Like 6 months or a 1 year

[anasvip]

To the uploader:

Thanks for the information but you have no life for the animation.

Too annoying.

[warrenhaines]

Could not focus or hear what the guy was saying. Why on earth did you think that all that distracting video game background music and the over use of animation would be a good idea. If you were able to post a clean copy with just the guy talking then that would be great. Well thanks for the effort in any case.

[VANEPS]

Enough of the terrible background music. It is just distracting.

[harrirrapaj]

AWFUL. Animation sound si distracting. Could hardly hear the guy's explanation

[maximusrebellonius]

Worst backing track and effects I ever seen... Such a shame really because the comments were useful.. for noobs. You didn't talk about different oil grades or synthetic Vs mineral or miscibility, or API vs. ACEA specification, top off divergence from spec, reasons to adopt different grade oil from spec if you frequently need to top up.. and the viscosity content was too brief IMHO.