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Fuel
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2014 8:50 am
by pcdee
Morning. ....
Went to fill up this morning at my usual petrol station and I couldn't get the nozzle in, thought I picked up the wrong fuel type but it was the right one.
Went to another station as I read on another forum that the nozzle may be damaged but had the same issue.
Any ideas?
Re: Fuel
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2014 9:05 am
by X5Sport
Could be an issue with your anti-misfuelling system on the car. BMW started fitting it across the diesels cars from 2007 onwards.
The fuel port has two latches on it which are designed to prevent the flap just at the top of the filler pipe from opening if the wrong (21mm petrol) pump is put in there. If one of the catches has jammed/locked etc then the little flap will not open. Only a diesel (24mm) delivery nozzle is wide enough to press on both latches.
Richard
Re: Fuel
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2014 9:09 am
by pcdee
Is it possible to manually open the flap hopefully sorting it out
Re: Fuel
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2014 9:25 am
by X5Sport
All I can suggest is finding summat that will press on both. Needs to be 24mm wide. And don't drop it!
Richard
Re: Fuel
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2014 7:34 am
by pcdee
Today I went back to my usual petrol station and this time i waited to use same pump as I usually do and hey presto it went straight in.
Needless to say I filled it up all the way [emoji24]
Re: Fuel
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2014 12:40 pm
by X5Sport
Well at least it works again! Frustrating though.
Richard
Re: Fuel
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2014 1:24 pm
by Steamyrotter
[quote="X5Sport"]
And don't drop it!
[/quote]
That sort of comment really appeals to my sense of humour....
>:D >:D