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fuelling up tips tricks

Started by regw, July 13, 2019, 08:25:06 PM

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July 13, 2019, 08:25:06 PM
Another non vital but slightly annoying problem.

When I'm filling up with deisel I never seem to find the 'sweet spot' for the nozzle
on the Galaxy and so the nozzle keeps shutting off until I pull it out, reposition it and pull the lever again.
Usually on my vehicles I get to know the best nozzle position and just stick it in
pull the lever and fill er up.

Any cunning wheezes for this procedure?


July 13, 2019, 10:45:06 PM #1
When it clicks off once, pull the nozzle out a bit and fill it up more slowly?
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July 14, 2019, 12:03:04 AM #2
With my MK1 the petrol filler neck had a metal flap inside it, which was in the wrong place and made it damn near impossible to get it to fill (you'd get squirts of 5p in at a time). Luckly being a gas conversion it didn't need filling with petrol very often. I used a pair of long nose pliers to pull it out of there and that stopped the problem. Worth a look at least. Or try another pump maybe?
July 14, 2019, 09:40:40 AM #3
I found with mine the natural angle of the nozzle caused it to shut off,if I angled handle up slightly so the nozzle angled down a bit it fuelled no problem.
July 14, 2019, 04:15:27 PM #4
Quote from: johnnyroper on July 14, 2019, 09:40:40 AM
I found with mine the natural angle of the nozzle caused it to shut off,if I angled handle up slightly so the nozzle angled down a bit it fuelled no problem.

OK, ta, will try that
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