American fuel pump

Rooster

Active Member
Oct 27, 2018
1,188
326
Yorkshire
I wonder how many people have wrongly fuelled their cars with fuel pump hoses this colour!
 

Attachments

  • IMG_2375.PNG
    IMG_2375.PNG
    253.2 KB · Views: 77

Legojon

I only wanted a remap
Staff member
Moderator
Jul 7, 2015
5,284
2,714
I assume thats the octane rating on the nozzle? I like that idea. 91 doesn't seem much for super+ unless their octane system is different to ours. Which wouldn't surprise me.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Peller

Peller

Active Member
Mar 29, 2016
600
191
Edinburgh
I assume thats the octane rating on the nozzle? I like that idea. 91 doesn't seem much for super+ unless their octane system is different to ours. Which wouldn't surprise me.
Definitely different. I've seen a few articles regarding this.

A quick snippet from Google

In Europe, the octane rating on the pump is simply the RON figure. America, by contrast, uses the average of the RON and the MON figures, called the AKI (anti-knock index). Thus, 97 octane “super unleaded” in Britain is roughly equivalent to 91 octane premium in the United States.

Sent from my Moto G (4) using Tapatalk
 
  • Like
Reactions: Legojon

Rooster

Active Member
Oct 27, 2018
1,188
326
Yorkshire
A couple of years ago i filled up the rental car on the way back to the airport with 87, and after that it was as flat as a fart!
 
  • Like
Reactions: Legojon
Chris Knott Insurance - Competitive quotes for forum members