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 Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 2:29 am |
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Location: Coventry
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Just a heads up, try and remove the fuel cap before you get to a busy petrol station, otherwise you will look like me and get beeped out while you try and force your key in a frozen lock.
Boiling water shifted it along with de-icer when i got home, the colour coded panel then fell off :S Clipped back into place with some Tigerseal for added grip, should be fine in few hours.
Just another reason why i hate winter 
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Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 2:33 am |
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warm flannel or go in and ask at the petrol station for some hot water should give you some lol
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Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 2:38 am |
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I know someone who once had to stop someone else defrosting their petrol cap lock with a cigarette lighter...
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Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 2:38 am |
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I wish i had done that haha instead the beeps just made me drive off, ahwell should be okay when tigerseal has cured, there's a temporary petrol cap on it at the minute
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Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 2:53 am |
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I used de-icer and WD40 the other day, still took 20 mins though 
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Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 2:56 am |
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Hot water works but if you can't get any then use a lighter on the blade of your key to heat it up.
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Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 2:57 am |
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Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 3:00 am |
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Or use natures de icer, p**s on the lock.
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Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 3:00 am |
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They sell little cans of lock de-icer in halfords for £1.29 which works fine for me.
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Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 3:51 am |
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| E5GDM wrote: |
| Or use natures de icer, p**s on the lock. |
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Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 4:07 am |
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| Jayyy1989 wrote: |
| I wish i had done that haha instead the beeps just made me drive off, ahwell should be okay when tigerseal has cured, there's a temporary petrol cap on it at the minute |
Stuff that i wouldnt drive off, same thing happened to me yesterday, i got loads of beeps and all they got was the middle finger treatment. Works wonders that finger i love it  lol
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Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 4:19 am |
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i also had this happen to me, just blasted it with de icer and workd fine.
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Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 4:49 am |
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Happened twice now! I jus heat the blade up (in the car away from the fumes) till it finally releases! Be careful not tk break ya key though, mines started to become very fragile :-(!
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Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 5:18 am |
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I used WD40 inside the lock, the very gradually forced the lock to open. Took about 2 mins.
Still, the woman behind me didn't look too happy.
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Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 5:30 am |
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| staz999 wrote: |
| Happened twice now! I jus heat the blade up (in the car away from the fumes) till it finally releases! Be careful not tk break ya key though, mines started to become very fragile :-(! |
Im starting to carry the spare key with me now just in case
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