petrol cap guide - Saxperience

666 · 3rd April 2009, 17:41

thort i would do a guide to petrol caps, i now theres one on here but wanted to do a proper one with pics,

to remove the key from the cap, grab an old knife and your petrol cap, a spear pear of hands will help but isnt a must (and for sum people on here a supervising adult)

insert the knife in betwen the white plastic prong and the metal prong like this

then just use the knife to push the 2 prongs apart(you only need to do one side of the cap), when there about 5mm apart the key will turn and can be pulled from the cap

on to removeing the body colourd cap from the lock mec,

you must have the key out for this

take your kniffe and insert it betwen the lock mec and the plastic cover

then twisting the knife (pull the knife handle towards you)with a bit of force the cap will come away on one side, grab each bit and thay will pull apart(in a braking type movement)

hope this helps a few people
any questions ell free to ask

this will be getting linked to my other guides in the stickys

stokesy · 3rd April 2009, 21:02

u r a legend mate! cheers

Paul^p · 4th April 2009, 17:49

Thanks mate. pm'ed.

johnnyg_vts · 22nd October 2009, 11:12

good guide cheers!

Stevo123 · 22nd October 2009, 12:03

I don't understand why you dont just turn the key like you you would aftre you have filled the tank?

I know you will have to use your hand to stop the body of the lock rotating (as if it were in the filler neck) but it's essy enough and saves messing round with tools.

Please feel free to flame if I have missed the point here guys.

Cheers

johnnyg_vts · 22nd October 2009, 12:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stevo123

I don't understand why you dont just turn the key like you you would aftre you have filled the tank?

I know you will have to use your hand to stop the body of the lock rotating (as if it were in the filler neck) but it's essy enough and saves messing round with tools.

Please feel free to flame if I have missed the point here guys.

Cheers

try doing that mate, take your cap off and try to take the key out.
snot that simple. the knife used in the guide replicates the filler neck action when you put the cap back on.

Stevo123 · 22nd October 2009, 14:05

I give an example, I got a peugeot 106 cap off ebay to replace the horrible metal one that came with my car. It came with a key in it, If you hold the back of the lock and turn the key to the locked position the key will pull out. The cap is then left in a locked state until you put the key back in and turn it again.

There are two raised sections on the lock, sort of like tabs, that when aligned allow the cap to enter the filler neck.

When locked these raised sections are rotated 90 degrees to secure the cap to the filler neck.

If you are looking at the lock from the back:

=o= is unlocked

. |
=o= is the locked position
. |

So we doing the same thing really, you use a knife, i use hand.

Lemonflavour · 19th March 2010, 21:08

top advice mate. Thanks

JamieWiffen · 22nd March 2010, 22:03

Could you pleese put the pics back up or send them to me mate, thanks

johnlambert · 15th June 2010, 12:55

bump if someone will re do the guide...with pics

Paul^p · 15th June 2010, 12:58

I'll redo it tonight after work (11:30pm) if no one has done it by then.

nicole_ · 15th June 2010, 13:00

i needed this a while ago, and needed pics but no-one had any
so yeh would be a good idea for someone to redo pics

Stevo123 · 15th June 2010, 13:04

With the cap off the car grab the body coloured part of the cap in one hand to stop it moving and trurn the key to the locked position (clockwise I think) then the key will come out.

There's no magic trick or extra tools needed - you just need to fool the cap into thinking it is on the car and locked.

nicole_ · 15th June 2010, 13:06

no theres definately a trick to it,
i had someone on here ring me to tell me how to do it in the end, was bloody difficult
youve gotta like hold certain bits of it

Paul^p · 15th June 2010, 13:12

Theres a trick to it.

Its hard to explain and pictures are 100x easier, so if people can hang on til midnight i'll redo the whole guide.

Stevo123 · 15th June 2010, 15:34

**bangs head and gives up** lol

Paul^p · 15th June 2010, 16:28

Stevo, you obviously dont know what you're talking about, so shut up you muppet.

Stevo123 · 16th June 2010, 11:49

I can assure you that I do Paul. I can not see how my last 3 saxo petrol caps are different to everyone elses but the key can be removed without resorting to your above described method.
I would also appreciate it if you did not get personal with your posts. Thanks

nicole_ · 16th June 2010, 11:51

im no retard, and it took me hours to do without pictures..
that was with someone from saxp ringing me up and trying to talk me through it!
im with paul on this one

Stevo123 · 16th June 2010, 16:24

Okay, all I can think is we must be doing differnet things or maybe the cap design changed on some years perhaps.