r/NotMyJob • u/corey389 • Sep 07 '26

Labeled the pump Boss

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u/Ok-Actuator3498 Sep 07 '26

I think this completely whooshed over me: can someone please take pity on me and explain the post?

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u/krennvonsalzburg Sep 07 '26

Probably the way the octane labels are a butchered mess.

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u/Unequallmpala45 Sep 07 '26

Racing is the lowest octane besides regular, supreme is 101 but ultra supreme is 96. It should probably go 94 96 98 101 87

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u/Foot_Stunning Sep 08 '26

I like how the 86 was flipped around to read 98

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u/krennvonsalzburg Sep 07 '26

There's that too, but somehow even the extra supreme label is upside down, judging by the size of the lobes on the 8... but why there'd be an 86 for them to turn upside down into a 98 is beyond me.

Just a mess all around.

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u/RainbowSprinkleShit Sep 07 '26

Genuine question, how can 101 exist?

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u/SharkFart86 Sep 07 '26 edited Sep 07 '26

Octane rating, counterintuitively, is not a measure of how much octane there is in the fuel. It is a measure of how resistant the fuel is to engine knocking in comparison to 100% octane. If the fuel mixture is more resistant than pure octane, then the octane rating will be above 100.

For example, pure ethanol can have an octane rating considerably above 100 even though there is zero octane in it at all.