gangitano85
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Mightyleader
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those rims do look good!
steve_c
Grumpy OAP & A2OC Donor
This morning I had a pretty grim experience. I had driven down to the big Tesco at Harford Bridge to do an early morning shop without incident, but as I approached the Daniels Road junction on the way back, my car suddenly died, and refused to restart. Both my fuel gauge and my DIS were indicating that I had fuel in the tank.
I turned the hazard lights on and sat for a bit, just needing to think things through, before I decided that (despite the display) the car was actually out of fuel. So I used the starter motor to turn the car round and started to limp back to the Shell garage. Thankfully someone offered to give me a push, or I'd still be there now.
At the garage, I bought (another) fuel can to save time and effort, got 5L of fuel and then went to put it in the car. Opening the flap to put the fuel in, I could immediately see that the fuel cap had been swapped, and I can only guess that whoever nicked my original had taken the opportunity to add god knows what to my fuel tank at the same time.
So on top of everything else, I'm going to need to get my fuel tank drained pretty soon. For all that I'm pleased that there was nothing seriously wrong with the car, I find it quite depressing that someone wanted my filler cap that badly.
There's no obvious sign of force being applied to open the fuel flap, but clearly someone managed it.
I turned the hazard lights on and sat for a bit, just needing to think things through, before I decided that (despite the display) the car was actually out of fuel. So I used the starter motor to turn the car round and started to limp back to the Shell garage. Thankfully someone offered to give me a push, or I'd still be there now.
At the garage, I bought (another) fuel can to save time and effort, got 5L of fuel and then went to put it in the car. Opening the flap to put the fuel in, I could immediately see that the fuel cap had been swapped, and I can only guess that whoever nicked my original had taken the opportunity to add god knows what to my fuel tank at the same time.
So on top of everything else, I'm going to need to get my fuel tank drained pretty soon. For all that I'm pleased that there was nothing seriously wrong with the car, I find it quite depressing that someone wanted my filler cap that badly.
There's no obvious sign of force being applied to open the fuel flap, but clearly someone managed it.
Erlingtheyounger
Member
Steve, that is absolutely shocking. How utterly bizarre??? I really hope your car has no long term adverse effects
kp 115
A2OC Donor
Hi Stevec,
Sorry to read of your incident, but how did the dis & fuel gauge still display a drivable fuel level, it sounds like they’ve syphoned the fuel out if you’ve run out !
Maybe check with local police if other incidence have been reported,
I lost my Cat on my Galaxy & found that 6 had been stollen in one night
5 Galaxy’s & 1 transit.
£2000 to replace it.
Regards
Keith
steve_c
Grumpy OAP & A2OC Donor
If they'd just siphoned the fuel, it would have been an irritant but no more than that.
I don't know whether they siphoned anything, I rather suspect not, but both the DIS and the fuel gauge were indicating that there was fuel in the tank - the DIS was telling me 20 miles worth - when whatever remained in the tank certainly wasn't petrol. Normally I run my car until I get close to 0 miles available on the DIS, and even then my tank has around a gallon of fuel left in it, which is in line with what other members here report
Thinking back, I guess it happened about 4 weeks ago, when I had this brief moment of doubt about the displayed fuel level. But I'm not going to waste my time reporting it to the police or anything like that. I've ordered a new fuel cap off eBay, and I'll speak to my garage about getting the tank drained before I put any more petrol in it.
Teresa
Social Secretary
So sorry that you had that experience Steve. Please do give me a shout if there is anything I can do to help
audifan
A2OC Donor
Sorry to hear your news Steve. Are you sure that the tank was syphoned as you were already low on fuel. There is also something in the filler that prevents syphoning ( believe made law after the fuel crisis for all manufacturers to fit ). Possible the car was low and the lack of cap prevented the tank from "pressurising" and confused the emission system and that shut down the engine or the remaining fuel was not capable of combustion due to contaminates. If you have had a lot of rain then high chance it was water in the fuel. As you say more than an inconvenience but something that you could do yourself if you have the time and patience. You have checked to see if there is a different problem and not a fuel issue?
Yesterday night I changed the air filter and diesel filter on my newly aquired A2. It is a tired old reliable diesel with 143k miles on the clock ? I have now done a full interior clean, full filter service, oil and brake fluid service on it with more jobs to come.
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And the hoses won't break ( fracture)? in the original - they are quite bent!
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Does it share the same container as the brake fluid? I am not familiar with the procedure of bleeding the clutch on this car. Will certainly look into it
Yes the original ones looks to be pre-bent, but were crusty with quite a lot of tears after 20 years of service. The new ones are quite flexible, so I assume they will suffice.
When I made temporary ones for myself, I set them longer so that the turning radius was larger and did not break. I am looking for an OEM. Does it make sense to transfer the filter to a newer one? plastic ... What are the pros and cons?
