Lubricants Group Ballot
Volvo T-13 Group II to Group II Base Oil Interchange
Ballot to Establish Volvo T-13 Base Oil Interchange (BOI) for API Group II to API Group II
Lubricants Group Members reviewed the recommendation on Volvo T-13 Group II to Group II BOI from
the BOI/VGRA Task Force. The data analysis from the PC-11 Volvo T-13 Precision and BOI Test
Matrix is attached to this Ballot as Appendix I. After reviewing the Volvo T-13 data the Lubricants Group
agreed to ballot Volvo T-13 BOI with Group II to Group II BOI.
A draft of the Volvo T-13 BOI Table is given below with the Group II to Group II read across highlighted.
E.3.2.5.xxx If only one passing VolvoT-13 test is available on a given technology, Table E-xx applies.
Table E-xx—VolvoT-13 Tests Required for Base Oil Interchange
Base Stock
in Original
Test Oil
Interchange Base Stock
Group I
Group II
Group III
Group IV
Group V
Group I
Required
Required
Required
Required
Required
Group II
Required
Not Required
Required
Required
Required
Group III
Required
Required
Required
Required
Required
Group IV
Required
Required
Required
Required
Required
Group V
Required
Required
Required
Required
Required
Lubricants Group Members should cast their vote using the API eBallot System. All Votes will be
counted and all Comments will be reviewed and considered before the ballot results are final.
Non Lubricants Group Members can comment on the ballot using the API eBallot System. All
Comments will be reviewed and considered before the ballot results are final.
This Ballot will be issued on June 8, 2015 and will close on July 20, 2015. All Ballots and comments
must be received by the close date.
If approved the Effective Date of the Change to API 1509 will be Monday June 8, 2015.
Attachment 1
Attachment 1
Mack T13 Precision / BOI Matrix Data
for BOI / VGRA Task Force
Jim Rutherford
03/03/2015
Outcome
 For both
• Precision analysis for IR Oxidation Peak Height at EOT, and
• Precision analysis for 40° percent viscosity increase from 300
to 360 hours
 Technology was significant.
• Technology 2 was significantly different from the other two
technologies.
• The other two technologies were not significantly different
from each other.
 Base oil was not significant.
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Available Data
The LTMS dataset had 34 tests. Two were XC (aborted) and rerun
from the designed matrix. Three were matrix oils run in nonmatrix stands. There was one repeat with modified filter head.
The task force decided to delete three tests (testkeys 103550,
105822, and 104623) from the precision analysis based on
operational anomalies leaving 29 tests for analyses.
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Precision analysis for IR Oxidation
Peak Height at EOT
o The full model contains effects of technology, base oil,
interaction between technology and base oil, laboratory, and
stand within laboratory.
o The only significant effect in the full model was technology.
o The minimum RMSE model that contained technology, base oil
and their interaction so that oil targets could be estimated also
included laboratory which was marginally significant.
o Although one test was flagged as a potential low outlier (testkey
103587), there was no reason found for deleting it.
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“Best” Model – IR Oxidation Peak Height
at 360 hours (EOT)
irph
Source
Model
DF
Sum of Squares
9
35787.37311
Mean Square
F Value Pr > F
3976.37479
25.87 <.0001
19
28
2920.77861
38708.15172
153.72519
R-Square
Coeff Var
0.924544 11.65773
Root MSE
12.3986
irph Mean
106.3552
Source
BOCode
TechCode
1
2
Type III SS
37.21464
26517.64465
2
4
160.94682
1713.43768
Error
Corrected Total
DF
TechCode*BOCode
LTMSLAB
TechCode
BOCode
TechCode BOCode LS Mean
142.7
1
1
1
2
2
3
3
2
1
2
1
2
133.5
59.7
59.2
121.1
123.6
1
1
0.837
<.0001
<.0001
0.141
0.225
Mean Square
F Value Pr > F
37.21464
0.24 0.628
13258.82233
86.25 <.0001
80.47341
428.35942
0.52 0.601
2.79 0.056
1
2
2
1
2
2
3
1
3
2
0.837
<.0001
<.0001
0.141
0.225
<.0001
<.0001
1.000
0.675
<.0001
<.0001
0.858
<.0001
<.0001
1.000
<.0001
1.000
<.0001
0.675 <.0001
0.858 <.0001
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<.0001
<.0001
1.000
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“Best” Model – IR Oxidation Peak Height
at 360 hours (EOT)
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Precision analysis for 40° percent
viscosity increase from 300 to 360 hours
o The full model contains effects of technology, base oil,
interaction between technology and base oil, laboratory, and
stand within laboratory.
o The only significant effect in the full model was technology.
o The minimum RMSE model that contained technology, base oil
and their interaction so that oil targets could be estimated also
included laboratory.
o Although one test was flagged as a potential high outlier (testkey
103423), there was no reason found for deleting it.
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“Best” Model – Viscosity at 40°C
percent increase from 300 to 360 hours
v40pcd300to360
Source
Model
Error
Corrected Total
DF
Sum of Squares
9
24822.3637
19
10231.5639
28
35053.9276
R-Square
Coeff Var
0.708119 37.68694
Source
BOCode
TechCode
TechCode*BOCode
LTMSLAB
DF
1
2
2
4
TechCode
TechCode BOCode BOCode
86.9
1
1
77.6
1
2
25.2
2
1
23.2
2
2
68.8
3
1
87.1
3
2
Mean Square
F Value Pr > F
2758.04041
5.12 0.001
538.50336
Root MSE
v40pcd300to360 Mean
23.20568
61.57485
Type III SS
35.09333
15655.48953
779.60148
3405.21283
1
1
1
2
0.986
0.986
0.022
0.002
0.844
1
0.084
0.011
0.992
0.991
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Mean Square
F Value Pr > F
35.09333
0.07 0.801
7827.74476
14.54 1E-04
389.80074
0.72 0.498
851.30321
1.58
0.22
2
1
0.022
0.084
2
2
0.002
0.011
1
1
0.2274
0.037
0.0574
0.0062
8
3
1
0.844
0.992
0.227
0.057
0.894
3
2
1
0.991
0.037
0.006
0.894
“Best” Model – Viscosity at 40°C
percent increase from 300 to 360 hours
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