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[-] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 10 points 2 weeks ago

Huh, how does the octane rating work in the US?

Common octane ratings in NZ are 91, 95, & 98.

I'm guessing that there are different ways to calculate the rating, rather than the actual fuel being that different.

[-] RandomStickman@fedia.io 26 points 2 weeks ago

In Canada, The United States, and Mexico, the advertised octane rating is the average of the RON and the MON, called the Anti-Knock Index (AKI). It is often written on pumps as (R+M)/2. AKI is also sometimes called PON (Pump Octane Number).

Because of the 8 to 12 octane number difference between RON and MON noted above, the AKI shown in Canada and the United States is 4 to 6 octane numbers lower than elsewhere in the world for the same fuel.

There's a table in the wiki article that shows the equivalence of different systems

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octane_rating

[-] zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago

That was quite informative, thanks. I'd always wondered about the specifics and had never remembered to look it up.

[-] bstix@feddit.dk 6 points 2 weeks ago

Yes. USA, Canada and Mexico use a different rating. You need to add about 5 to get the same number on the more common RON scale.

[-] SolSerkonos@piefed.social 4 points 2 weeks ago

There's two primary ways to measure octane. RON and MON. Most countries pick one- specifically RON. The US and Canada average the two, for some reason.

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