Originally Posted by OilUzer
Since the deposits are all at or under the limit, does this fall under the "noise" category again?
No, noise (error bars) are much less than the maximum API limit.
You can look at the actual pictures of the TEOST 33C and TEOST MHT deposits in the appendix here and see how greatly they vary from oil to oil:
AAA oil study
It's too bad that they don't disclose the names of the oils in the study.
Since the deposits are all at or under the limit, does this fall under the "noise" category again?
No, noise (error bars) are much less than the maximum API limit.
You can look at the actual pictures of the TEOST 33C and TEOST MHT deposits in the appendix here and see how greatly they vary from oil to oil:
AAA oil study
It's too bad that they don't disclose the names of the oils in the study.