#1: HELP!!!!! Author: deadmanj, Location: leedsPosted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 5:03 pm ---- just got home, JUST!, petrol light came on on way home, went to put fuel in, put key in my after market alloy petrol cap, n the little plastic lip snapped onn and went in the lock, n id put the key in and now i an even put the key all the way in, i cant get the cap off, i have no fuel in, what am i going to do? does anybody know how to take the cap off in any other way!!!!! HELP PLEASE!!!!
#2: Re: HELP!!!!! Author: Ste, Location: Hull -or- The World Of Info CodePosted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 5:09 pm ---- Calm down, explain properly lol thats well rushed in your worrying state..
Do you mean, the plastic protective cover that covers the keyhole has snapped off and gone inside the key slot, now because thats in there the key wont fit?
#3: Re: HELP!!!!! Author: Marni..206, Location: S. DevonPosted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 5:10 pm ---- The petrol should last around another 30 miles from when the light comes on. Or thats what the manual says. Mines lasts a while on the petrol light and thats from experience lol (mine comes on every other day)
Can you not stick something in the lock and try get the plastic bit out?
#4: Re: HELP!!!!! Author: Ste, Location: Hull -or- The World Of Info CodePosted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 5:12 pm ---- 30 miles is dependant on how you drive, if your in stop start traffic it wont last no where near that long =[ but it does last a wee while
#5: Re: HELP!!!!! Author: Razpulsedj, Location: Partying with the Info ShufflersPosted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 5:12 pm ---- try and get home and use a bobby pin to try and get it out or even a vacuum cleaner to try and suck it out?
#6: Re: HELP!!!!! Author: Ste, Location: Hull -or- The World Of Info CodePosted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 5:14 pm ---- tbh I'd say the same, just get a few paperclips and make some form of a grab tool and pull the plastic bit out, failing that a sharp object - long saftey pin? and stab the plastic bit inside and pull it out.. Just try not to wedge it in even more o.O
And when you get it off bin it and get a propper fuel cap
#7: Re: HELP!!!!! Author: Alan_206HDi, Location: Hatfield Heath, HertsPosted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 5:16 pm ---- Try some thin tweezers...
#8: Re: HELP!!!!! Author: CD-B3, Location: Salisbury / New ForestPosted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 5:16 pm ---- If all else fails use a screwdriver, the lock is made mainly of plastic.
Then you can replace it with an original one.
#9: Re: HELP!!!!! Author: deadmanj, Location: leedsPosted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 5:16 pm ---- problem is, when the plastic went i i didnt know n pushed the key in, so the plastic bit will hav bent inside, the frost doesnt help at all
#10: Re: HELP!!!!! Author: Ste, Location: Hull -or- The World Of Info CodePosted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 5:21 pm ---- If it's gone in - it will come out, somehow
there's always a way, just think logically and you'll sort it somehow, best thing to do is not worry about the how's and just try anything you can think of until it's sorted
Aslong as you get it off it's all good, doesnt matter if it's fudged when it comes off, just replace it
#11: Re: HELP!!!!! Author: deadmanj, Location: leedsPosted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 5:22 pm ---- its all alloys the cap too, wnt shatter
#12: Re: HELP!!!!! Author: Ste, Location: Hull -or- The World Of Info CodePosted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 5:24 pm ---- If all else fails wack a screwdriver into the lock and twist it until it pops open but do that as a last resort lol.. Basically go all 'I want to steal this yo' on it lol or drill the lock out?
there's always a way, just think logically and you'll sort it somehow, best thing to do is not worry about the how's and just try anything you can think of until it's sorted
Aslong as you get it off it's all good, doesnt matter if it's fudged when it comes off, just replace it
is there a cay of gettin to it from behind? under the wheel artch?
#14: Re: HELP!!!!! Author: CD-B3, Location: Salisbury / New ForestPosted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 5:29 pm ---- No the bolts are under the cap.
#15: Re: HELP!!!!! Author: Ste, Location: Hull -or- The World Of Info CodePosted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 5:29 pm ---- Not that I'm aware of mate, I've never looked around there though I think it's a sealed unit kinda thing with it been the petrol area..
If there was I recon it'd be more work than it's worth - if you get a lock guy out to it all he'd do is drill it out I recon.
EDIT: Thanks Chris didnt think there would be, as a 'anti-theft' kinda thing you'd expect them to be under the cap tbh
#16: Re: HELP!!!!! Author: namgaj, Location: Chasing Ash, Addaz and Lee........... hopefully catching Addaz and havin fun :PPosted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 5:37 pm ----
Ste206 wrote:
Basically go all 'I want to steal this yo' on it lol or drill the lock out?
like your going to do to aquire an sp cap
#17: Re: HELP!!!!! Author: Callum206, Location: West SussexPosted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 5:42 pm ---- Drill it
#18: Re: HELP!!!!! Author: Ste, Location: Hull -or- The World Of Info CodePosted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 5:43 pm ---- lmfao I have an SP cap already, it was one I saw on ebay for 99p with £1.20 P&P no bids and about 15 mins remaining, but no-one wanted it so it went unsold
#19: Re: HELP!!!!! Author: namgaj, Location: Chasing Ash, Addaz and Lee........... hopefully catching Addaz and havin fun :PPosted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 5:44 pm ----
Ste206 wrote:
lmfao I have an SP cap already, it was one I saw on ebay for 99p with £1.20 P&P no bids and about 15 mins remaining, but no-one wanted it so it went unsold
#21: Re: HELP!!!!! Author: Ste, Location: Hull -or- The World Of Info CodePosted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 6:00 pm ----
Antknee wrote:
Callum206 wrote:
Drill it
drilling = sparks = boom
Not the lock, the locks mainly plastic, slow drill speed = no sparks even if you catch the metal.. And you dont use a powerdrill anyway when drilling locks, it's normally a old-skool hand drill
Not the lock, the locks mainly plastic, slow drill speed = no sparks even if you catch the metal.. And you dont use a powerdrill anyway when drilling locks, it's normally a old-skool hand drill
ahh fair play, didnt really think before i spoke
#23: Re: HELP!!!!! Author: Ste, Location: Hull -or- The World Of Info CodePosted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 6:02 pm ---- I never do mate so don't worry I type, think, read, think, delete/edit
and tbf it's good you brought it up, he might of gone in with a powerdill on fullspeed haha!
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#24: Re: HELP!!!!! Author: Antknee, Location: ManchesterPosted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 6:07 pm ---- lol! i meant to do that
#25: Re: HELP!!!!! Author: deadmanj, Location: leedsPosted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 6:35 am ---- fixed it!!!!!!!!
#26: Re: HELP!!!!! Author: tomd0801754, Location: MoscowPosted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 6:38 am ----
deadmanj wrote:
fixed it!!!!!!!!
Good.
How did you fix it mate? Be helpful for others to know in future.
#27: Re: HELP!!!!! Author: MrBSI, Location: What's it to you? ? ?Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 6:44 am ---- Still cant understand why we have so many threads every winter about frozen petrol cap locks / snapped keys
Why don't people just spend a minute of there time to lubricate the lock before winter sets it
#28: Re: HELP!!!!! Author: Jamie1337, Location: Dorchester, DorsetPosted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 7:56 am ----
MrBSI wrote:
Still cant understand why we have so many threads every winter about frozen petrol cap locks / snapped keys
Why don't people just spend a minute of there time to lubricate the lock before winter sets it
Often most of us wont bother until it gets bad enough to warrent it, sometimes by then it's too late :/
#29: Re: HELP!!!!! Author: T_bandery, Location: East londonPosted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 7:58 am ----
Jamie1337 wrote:
MrBSI wrote:
Still cant understand why we have so many threads every winter about frozen petrol cap locks / snapped keys
Why don't people just spend a minute of there time to lubricate the lock before winter sets it
Often most of us wont bother until it gets bad enough to warrent it, sometimes by then it's too late :/
Dont fix it if it aint broken
#30: Re: HELP!!!!! Author: deadmanj, Location: leedsPosted: Tue Dec 28, 2010 1:02 pm ---- i sprayed loads of de-icer in the lock in the morning, then puched the key hard, plasic case out the back of the lock and presto!
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but do that as a last resort lol.. Basically go all 'I want to steal this yo' on it lol or drill the lock out?
I think it's a sealed unit kinda thing with it been the petrol area.. 
