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Old 09-03-2014, 02:01 PM   #34 (permalink)
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I'm still digging for info. In this paper, I found this info. This only pertains to the bearings in a gearbox, but it shows substantial reductions in power loss due to increasing the oil temperature, and that is with the gear oil starting at 40C / 104F, and compared to 80C / 176F.

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