Is there a trick in refuelling???

[tamago]

Is it only me or does it take 5 min to fill up with £38 of Optimax???
The two niggles I have experienced are:
1) Not being able to depress the trigger in the pump fully to expedite refuelling; and
2) If I lift the gun out of the tank just a few inches to help the petrol get into the tank and then get distracted, inevitably I will find fuel spilling out and running down the read lense of the car - NOT very cool....

oh, any by the way, my local Shell garage is charging 79.9 for Optimax and my local Esso wants 81.9 for Super Unleaded... ho ho ho...

[dlewis]

tamago

Lower the nozzle 75% into tank with the lever at about 8 o'clock.

>> Edited by dlewis on Tuesday 25th February 13:20

[incorrigible]

dlewis said: tamago

Lower the nozzle 75% into tank with the lever at about 8 o'clock.

Morning or evening ?

[Roobarb]

Umm, sorry Tamago, I think its you. I don't have any of those problems. The only problem I have found is that if the pump doesn't auto cut off then fuel runs down the boot channel all over the exhaust - which isn't good when hot. Why can't you press the pump handle, and why do you need to pull the nozzle back ? - I don't get it.

[beano500]

Trying offering the nozzle up at a different angle - on my Griff I tend to start by pointing the thing perpendicular to the direction the car is pointing; other directions cause your type of symptons.

[wolosp]

Once (and only once) I managed to get the nozzle in all the way allowing me to open the pump's trigger fully, but normally it does take a while to fill up... so just relax, look unhurried and let your car soak up all the admiring glances from the other drivers!

[tamago]

hmm, Roobarb, I can't seem to depress the pump trigger fully as it keeps cutting out in the same way the pump cuts out when the tank is full and you try and put more fuel in...
I have the later style boot hinge which lets the boot open wider - shouldn't that sort the problem??!!
never mind, shall try all the different suggestions above. Thanks all!
Now the weather is getting better, refuelling is less of a chore, but when it was goddam freezing I really didn't want to spend ages at the forecourt...

[MAZ!]

I have the same problem too with the Chimp .... I'd go with Wolosp's "Swiss Tony" suggestion suggestion .... and think of it in terms of making love to a beautiful woman ...... perhaps I should stop here!!!!

[mattbradders]

This might sound stupid but have you got the nozzle in properly, I found this problem untill I realised that the nozzel was not fully in. It can be a pig to get fully in but when its in it fills up no problem. Now this might be different on each car but on mine you have to put the nozzel in untill it stops and then wiggle it side to side (not front to back) and it drops another inch or two. Don't mean to teach anyone to suck eggs here but thats what I found when I first got the car.

Cheers

Matt

[day_dreamer]

Inserting the nozzle in and twisting it anti-clockwise so that the trigger is pointing to the rear right lights works great for me, and allows full bore re-fills.


Malc

[Roobarb]

Aaaahh, I see. I was maybe a little slow there. I think the guys are onto something with stuffing the nozzle in as far as it goes technical solution. If I don't get in properly it spits fuel all over the place. Blimey, how many connotations ?? yuk yuk.
Happy stuffing and filling hik hik

[RCA]

The problem is indeed putting the nozzle in, The nozzle is a very tight fit and if there are any defects on the pump at the end which there normally are it makes it difficult to get in. When you put it in twist it both ways whilst pushing slightly and it will probably go in another 2-3 inches, this then lets you put it on full bore if not then the petrol comes back as if it is full and cuts it out!!!

[Naith]

Pumps cut out if there is no air circulating from the tank and outside, which is why you need to angle the nozzle at a diagonal angle. Other cars don't have this problem because their fuel outlet is vertical.

The same reason is behind not being able to depress the trigger all the way. When petrol is flooding out of the nozzle, there's no airflow going up the nozzle when the fuel is coming out. It's a bit annoying, and can lead to the petrol down the back scenario. This is not cool when you are trying to look nonchalant when a hatchback full of boy racers and their go-faster chicks are eyeballing your wheels.

Kudos to you all for avoiding the obvious jokes which I expected to pepper this thread...

[Leadfoot]

Once the correct TVR refueling technique (patent pending) is perfected, you should have no more of the described problems:
>Put nozzle into filler with the trigger at 90 degrees to the car - i.e. in line with the edge of the boot lid. At this point the nozzle is not fully in & you will have problems.
>Rotate the trigger anti clockwise untill it's *almost* touching the bootlid, the nozzle should now drop down the last few inches into the filler.
>Pump away :KennethWilliams: ooohhh Matron! :/KennethWilliams: as you would with any other motor.
HTH

[M@H]

Indeedy.. I end up with the handle section of the nozzle about 10mm from the bootlid..

Cheers,
Matt.

[mongoose]

i had the very same problem when i owned my chimeara.no amount of twiddling or ins and outs or anything else cured it(bloody annoying on clold winter days and nights).i now own a griff and have no probs whatsoever,cant understand why as i thought both tanks are same?-or at least v.similar.anyway,the point is,from my experience theres only one answer........go buy a griff!