Amsoil MCS

[berlyn]

Hello everyone,

did anybody notice a difference in this page, maybe it is a typo error..

http://www.amsoil.com/storefront/mcs.aspx

the diagram shows a HTHS of 7.08cP, but if you look the table below the value is:

High-Temperature/High-Shear Viscosity (ASTM D-5481 @ 150°C, 1.0 X 106 s-1), cP 6.80

berlyn

 

[buster]

Looks good. Someone needs to tell Amsoil to stop using that 4- ball wear test or come out with a really good explanation that refutes everything I've ever been told about it from multiple sources.

 

[berlyn]

Hello buster,

yes I agree, and it was a product that completed the good line of oils.
A diagram is a more powerful way to present data, and if the distance between the end of the 2 bars is bigger, well 1 image equals 1000 words, if I translated correctly.

berlyn

 

[Pablo]

Originally Posted By: berlyn
Hello everyone,

did anybody notice a difference in this page, maybe it is a typo error..

http://www.amsoil.com/storefront/mcs.aspx

the diagram shows a HTHS of 7.08cP, but if you look the table below the value is:

High-Temperature/High-Shear Viscosity (ASTM D-5481 @ 150°C, 1.0 X 106 s-1), cP 6.80

berlyn


It's not a typo. 6.80 is the specification or the typical. 7.08 is the test result.

 

[berlyn]

Hello Pablo,

what is exactly the typical, is there always a difference between the specification or the typical and the test result?
Both refer to the ASTM D-5481 @ 150°C.

thanks

 

[Pablo]

Typical is a marketing term - in theory it should be the specification, but no tolerance band given. There almost always will be a difference between an actual measurement and the specification in any manufactured product.

 

[berlyn]

ok now I see, a mean value with a plus, or minus %.

Thanks