- Feb 26, 2004
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Hey peeps,
I'll be totally honest that I am prob the biggest virgin when it comes to car, I don't know anything about them other than the essentials to keep the car moving forward lol.
But I have a problem when filling up my car, everytime I fill up, I have to hold the nozzle back to the very front of the petrol hole and also only give half power of the pump, otherwise the petrol fills the hole too quickly and cut outs the pump.
If I hold it in all the way, it cuts out almost instantly...and I THINK I found the problem.
If you look at the image, you can see the splash guard that prevents petrol coming back up, but my theory is thats TOO far down the hole and the petrol pump doesn't even reach the hole, so when filling, the petrol isn't strong enough to push the hole open and thus fills up when on full power and simply leaks petrol into the tank lol.
If you don't know whether this can be moved up or not, can you at least leave the proper name for it so I can look it up lol
I've been led to this theory because on my mums and brothers car, there splash guards are at the very top, leaving no issue for the petrol pump to push through it
I'll be totally honest that I am prob the biggest virgin when it comes to car, I don't know anything about them other than the essentials to keep the car moving forward lol.
But I have a problem when filling up my car, everytime I fill up, I have to hold the nozzle back to the very front of the petrol hole and also only give half power of the pump, otherwise the petrol fills the hole too quickly and cut outs the pump.
If I hold it in all the way, it cuts out almost instantly...and I THINK I found the problem.
If you look at the image, you can see the splash guard that prevents petrol coming back up, but my theory is thats TOO far down the hole and the petrol pump doesn't even reach the hole, so when filling, the petrol isn't strong enough to push the hole open and thus fills up when on full power and simply leaks petrol into the tank lol.
If you don't know whether this can be moved up or not, can you at least leave the proper name for it so I can look it up lol
I've been led to this theory because on my mums and brothers car, there splash guards are at the very top, leaving no issue for the petrol pump to push through it