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Moriene · 06-11-2011, 05:04 AM

The high viscosity ensures transfer of lubricant throughout the gear train. This is necessary since the devices needing this heavy oil do not have pumps for transferring the oil with only a portion of the lowermost gears bathed in an oil sump.

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Moriene EcoModding Lurker Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: London Posts: 5 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	The high viscosity ensures transfer of lubricant throughout the gear train. This is necessary since the devices needing this heavy oil do not have pumps for transferring the oil with only a portion of the lowermost gears bathed in an oil sump.