Well tempered question?

I have had several experiences setting up the WT Reference tonearm for a friend of mine who has owned the WTR tt and tonearm for nearly 20 years. IMO, the stock damping fluid in the tonearm well is way too viscous. If I had my druthers I would use something less dense and less of it. He may or may not have the stock fluid in his well (100,000 cs?), but it is so viscous that if you raise the tonearm, it will hang in mid-air before VERY slowly settling back down. I do not think this is optimal for tracing an LP that may have small warps or vertical undulations in its grooves.

And the viscosity of peanut butter is....?
I confess I have developed an antipathy toward that WTR tonearm. It does not hold VTF or azimuth, and it is over-damped (admittedly possibly due to something my friend did to it; he is now suffering from early stage of Alzheimer's and cannot remember what fluid he put into it).

I gave up. My dear friend is not using the WTR any longer. He and I watch movies instead.