Fuel cap stuck !!!!

[mark_182_54]

hi there anyone else having problems with there fuel cap getting stuck recently

im hoping its just the cold spell ????

 

[Bux]

I think it is. Ive not had any problems but my mate has. His key wouldnt go in all the way and then when he did get it in, he couldnt turn it.
I think its just the cold

 

[Christopher]

Yeah, mine did this too.

Just warm the key on your heater vent, then it goes right in.

 

[BioHzrd]

I lol'd a lil at the explanations !

 

[Fletcher]

This happended to mine last year. A squirt of wd40 did the trick.

 

[Aluco]

I knelt down in the petrol station and breathed onto mine haha.

 

[Mike_182]

Bike was frozen. Was at a rubber place, just got some AIO sprayed in the slit and I could go straight in!

 

[m4rkie23]

mine was frozen monday evening when i filled up. not too bad tho.

 

[tonyb172]

would of been if it got stuck in there lol

 

[kendz]

Mine was well and truly frozen up a couple weeks back. Poured some hot water out of the kettle onto the cap/into the key hole, this did the trick. I then sprayed WD40 into the key hole.

Worth checking at home before you fill up to save embarrasment at the petrol station!!

 

[Darren85]

P!ss on it? Just a suggestion haha :rasp:

 

[Henry]

thought i'd snapped the filler flap off a couple of weeks ago; was frozen shut and wouldn't return flush with the body once i'd opened it (OK once thawed). a lot of the plastics on these are crappy anyway, but they're more brittle in the cold (snapped an arch liner the other day, which 'might' not have happened in higher temps)

spray something like white grease into the cap lock; should prevent it from freezing. WD's too thin to provide lasting protection

 

[mark_182_54]

Mine was well and truly frozen up a couple weeks back. Poured some hot water out of the kettle onto the cap/into the key hole, this did the trick. I then sprayed WD40 into the key hole.

Worth checking at home before you fill up to save embarrasment at the petrol station!!

haha this was it i was trying to get my cap off and people asking if im ok lol

finally got it done sprayed de-icer in it instead lol not sure that will do me any favours lol

so filled her up just in case does it again lol

thanks for the help !

 

[Jat_172cup]

I had this problem this morning! made me late for work by 2 minutes!!! lol. I just put some hot water and de-icer on, gave it a little twist and job done!

 

[David Ramsey]

thought i'd snapped the filler flap off a couple of weeks ago; was frozen shut and wouldn't return flush with the body once i'd opened it (OK once thawed). a lot of the plastics on these are crappy anyway, but they're more brittle in the cold (snapped an arch liner the other day, which 'might' not have happened in higher temps)

spray something like white grease into the cap lock; should prevent it from freezing. WD's too thin to provide lasting protection

Had the exact same problem earlier today. It was the hinge side that was sticking out but all sorted now.

 

[clio_luke]

yep...

http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?t=478263

be carefull.

 

[TimR26]

This happened to me few weeks ago.

 

[yellowbelly]

P!ss on it? Just a suggestion haha :rasp:

You're thinking of Jellyfish stings lol

 

[Jonff]

Had it happen a few times to me during the latest cold snap. Feel a right tit trying to get your filler cap off when there's loads of car waiting behind you waiting to fill up lol.

 

[clairemae]

happened to me aswell in a petrol station and not having much petrol left, i felt like a fool

 

[ChrisC19]

Had the exact same problem earlier today. It was the hinge side that was sticking out but all sorted now.

i had this same problem also. just gave it a smack and it went back in. but it happens every time now, but im not sure if thats just the cold or not?

 

[marksman]

mine to i just tap it back in think its just the cold

 

[Hainesy.]

Yeah, mine did this too.

Just warm the key on your heater vent, then it goes right in.

This might sound daft, how do you warm your key on the heater vent. don't you need your key in the ignition to have the heaters on !

 

[rory182]

De-icer on the key turn it a few times to free up the lock

 

[Austin-182]

Mine did this tonite for the first time, hot water from the petrol station

 

[sideways danny]

Mine froze up solid on monday. Had to squirt a load of de-icer into the keyhole and work the key back and forth until it freed off. Mind you, my door was frozen shut last night too, lol

 

[ScarySquirrel]

I had this recently as well and I was almost completely screwed. I managed to get the key in halfway though and turn it enough to take it out.

 

[Neizt]

Mine was the same the other day when I pulled up for fuel, Had cars waiting behind me so i just sprayed a load of de-icer into it and hammered the key in with my fist

 

[Darren S]

I'm used to this now - lol. Basically I check the petrol level when I start the car in the morning. If it needs refilling that day, I blast the petrol cap lock with some de-icer. By midday, it's freed-up and comes off quite easily.

D.

 

[toomer]

ahh i also had this problem its seems quite common.

 

[Tigger]

I knelt down in the petrol station and breathed onto mine haha.

Expect to see that one on You've been framed! lol :rasp: