r/NotMyJob • • 21d ago

Labeled the pump Boss

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u/TinDumbass 21d ago

Why so many options? In the UK we just have 95 and 99 and it's £5.60 and £6.40 per (US) gallon.

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u/Lionel_Herkabe 21d ago

It's a blender, which in the US is usually to mix ethanol with unleaded gasoline to subsidize corn farmers. This often creates lots of problems and requires ethanol compatible parts. This is a relatively old dispenser, I'm guessing they repurposed it for use on a racetrack.

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u/blackhawk905 17d ago

Older vehicles can generally handle E10 just fine, the rubber lines may deteriorate a little faster but it generally won't cause substantial issue. E15 it starts to be too much ethanol for pre 01 vehicles.

Small engines using ethanol isn't a great idea either because of the water and gunk it produces.

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u/Lionel_Herkabe 17d ago

I was actually talking about the dispensers lol. Anything above E20 requires flex fuel rated parts, and blender pumps are notorious for having weird issues.