Originally Posted by AEsco48
on a 5 mile decent, a shock might cycle 2000 times...that generates heat which causes expansion...and that heat is also transfered to the oil (in an oil/air shock)...if the oil boils....the shock fails due to the air bubbles int he oil....
oil boils at a very high temperature bacuse the is verry few intermolecular forces between the oild molecules. It ould probably boil at 300C.