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danr · Post by **danr** » Wed May 25, 2005 7:32 pm

Can anyone fill theyre car right to the brim???

On all my rovers ive never been able to fill the car to the brim. No matter how long ive stood there and puped slowly it never fill right up??

All my other cars have, where does it go???

fluke · Post by **fluke** » Wed May 25, 2005 7:34 pm

danr wrote:Can anyone fill theyre car right to the brim???

On all my rovers ive never been able to fill the car to the brim. No matter how long ive stood there and puped slowly it never fill right up??

All my other cars have, where does it go???

Back in the pump

danr · Post by **danr** » Wed May 25, 2005 7:36 pm

fluke wrote:
danr wrote:Can anyone fill theyre car right to the brim???

On all my rovers ive never been able to fill the car to the brim. No matter how long ive stood there and puped slowly it never fill right up??

All my other cars have, where does it go???

Back in the pump

sarcastic so and so

Sheaf · Post by **Sheaf** » Wed May 25, 2005 7:38 pm

I can... and do. I have a terrible time with petrol pumps.. they click off constantly. I have to hold the nozzle at a stupid angle to stop it.. then sometimes they never click off and overflow

Oh, and without fail petrol splashes out and all over the rear quarter.

Actually thinking about it... I think that may just be asda pumps as last time I filled up at shell it was ok.

But in answer to your question... yes.. and the needle goes above the full line on the guage too.

Quiche81 · Post by **Quiche81** » Wed May 25, 2005 8:54 pm

Same as Sheaf really, Apart from the really anoying
'Clunk' 'Clunk' 'Clunk' 'Clunk' 'Clunk' 'Clunk' 'Clunk'
When the nozzels all the way in, i generally dont have
trouble getting the old TeaEye upto the brim.

rover220coupe · Post by **rover220coupe** » Thu May 26, 2005 12:52 pm

I get the clicky clicky from from the nozzle. Ususlly have to resort to slowly filling the last bit and watching for it to bubble up round the nozzle! Was the same on a mates coupe and a 25 hire car I had a couple of years ago.

eepetman666 · Post by **eepetman666** » Thu May 26, 2005 1:46 pm

it can take me up to 20mins to fill me tank then when i set off from the pump its just under full, think ive only managed to do it once from a hand pump when the fuel crisis was on

CESSNA185 · Post by **CESSNA185** » Thu May 26, 2005 1:51 pm

My MGB is a right c**t to fill, takes about 5 minutes just to put 20 litres in. The coupe is ok tho, no clicking off

mach1rob · Post by **mach1rob** » Thu May 26, 2005 1:58 pm

Never had a problem brimming the 214, and not yet brimmed the vit, however, I was talking to the woman behind the counter at my local Shell station, and apparently Rovers and some other maker she said but I can't remember quite often have probs with the pumps clicking off if the tank has been run fairly low

xr4x4 · Post by **xr4x4** » Thu May 26, 2005 3:00 pm

fill your tank to much and it ill be sploshing around and leaking out the overflow for ages.

alex2 · Post by **alex2** » Thu May 26, 2005 4:46 pm

I've never had a problem filling either of my coupes tanks to the brim.

With both of them Ive had to hold the nozzle at an angle - annoying but I'll live with it! Once you've got the angle right it takes no time to fill it to the top.

Martin · Post by **Martin** » Thu May 26, 2005 6:17 pm

I would feel too robbed filling my tank to the brim everytime. Â£20 a time for my my dear any day of the week.

The other advantage is if some scrote "got away" with one of my cars - they wouldnt have free petrol for the entire night!

chris_coupe_uk · Post by **chris_coupe_uk** » Mon May 30, 2005 4:13 pm

Dan - i carnt fill mine to the top,But i do have to turn the Nozel up side down so it wont click. . . . . Hassel!

iainp · Post by **iainp** » Mon May 30, 2005 8:28 pm

My 400 can be a pain at certain pumps, I have to hold the pump not quite fully open. The 800 I've had no problems filling the tank.

Iain

rotty2k3 · Post by **rotty2k3** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 9:41 pm

when i fill my coupe its fine i just rest it inside the inner flap no clickin at all but my old 214 sei was s nightmare no matter how i ha dthe nozzle all i got was bloody "click" "click" "click"

grant.archer · Post by **grant.archer** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 12:45 am

yeah im same as martin, always stick Â£20 in for most occassions, ive found that BP garages cause the biggest fil up probs, clickedy click click...

gta · Post by **gta** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 8:44 pm

I used to fill with a tenner and struggle to make it last 100 miles :mrgreen:

Jynx · Post by **Jynx** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 9:12 pm

I HATE filling my 600 up it clunks all the time. You get weird looks, they make me cry :cry:

T16 Dave · Post by **T16 Dave** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 9:26 pm

Jynx wrote:I HATE filling my 600 up it clunks all the time. You get weird looks, they make me cry

you and me both. It takes an age to get Â£40 in the Ti. Pull the trigger to much and it clunks.

Brother had an early mk2 820i last year. Filling the thing up to the brim, I discovered a rotten filler neck that deposited about a gallon of petrol all oevr the floor of the local Sainsburys filling station. The attendant monkey was not impressed

fluke · Post by **fluke** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 9:35 pm

Jynx wrote:I HATE filling my 600 up it clunks all the time. You get weird looks, they make me cry

Pull the nozzle out about an inch from fully home.
Works for me

Leo · Post by **Leo** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 11:22 pm

Exact same on my old 214 and the 420 for me. If you hold the nozzle "straight" (as in, 90degs to the floor) then it will click like mad and you'll be there forever.

I've found you have to hold it at a 45deg (ish) anti clockwise angle, then you can fill as normal.

Another note... These cars are meant to have a 55 litre tank. On one occasion I managed to put 56 litres into the 214. On the 420, last week I ran it so low on the guage that I was getting scared. It had been under the redline for 10 miles or so. Filled it up and couldn't get any more than 45 litres in, and that was topped to the brim.

Gary · Post by **Gary** » Fri Jun 03, 2005 12:31 am

Its usually certain pumps that cause the problems. Luckily i dont get any stopping problems on the Ti.

jpmonkey69 · Post by **jpmonkey69** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 9:37 am

I have to put the pump into the car then make it so the nozzle is pointing more right, when I do that it fills up with no clunk clunking

MGTurbo · Post by **MGTurbo** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 10:36 am

The MGF is the same. It says in the handbook to put the nozzle in half. 3/4's of the way and then rest it in the grooves of the pump nozzle. It then fills up fine.

BlueRover · Post by **BlueRover** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 10:24 pm

Same with my 800, if I put the noz in all the way it will click off almost straight away but if I do as you do, there is no probs. As for filling it up? Ok, not really Â£20 gives me 150 miles or so, more if I take it easy.

AL. · Post by **AL.** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 7:05 pm

Jynx wrote:I HATE filling my 600 up it clunks all the time. You get weird looks, they make me cry

, I know how you feel...
The first time I filled the Coupe up, I had no idea what was going on when it kept clicking off... Took me about 10 minutes to put Â£5 of petrol in!!!
I never had a problem in the Metro, so I thought it was a faulty pump, I've now found that if I just put the nozzle in a little bit instead of all the way it's ok.

Post by **IrishRover** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 9:02 am

Leo wrote:Another note... These cars are meant to have a 55 litre tank. On one occasion I managed to put 56 litres into the 214. On the 420, last week I ran it so low on the guage that I was getting scared. It had been under the redline for 10 miles or so. Filled it up and couldn't get any more than 45 litres in, and that was topped to the brim.

I changed the tank in the "stuart the fish" 216 gti as it was leaking from the seam. The fuel gauge needle was well in the red so I was hoping that there wouldn't be much petrol left in the tank. Actually there was a hell of a lot. I spilt about half of it and still managed to fill two 6 litre petrol cans.
So I reckon you can count on at least 10 litres, probably 15 when the needle shows "empty". That explains why I can rarely even fit 40 litres into my tank.

I believe all the fuel tanks are the same.

will_c · Post by **will_c** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 12:12 pm

i have had it pouring all over the floor befor. I hate it when you go over aswell!. I rekon pumps should have a keypad on them and you type in your limit, i.e Â£20 and then the pump clicks of when it reaches that amount.

AL. · Post by **AL.** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 12:15 pm

That'd be a good idea, but loads of oldies wouldn't be able to use it and it would probably end up taking them longer... :roll:

Post by **IrishRover** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 12:26 pm

will_c wrote:i have had it pouring all over the floor befor. I hate it when you go over aswell!. I rekon pumps should have a keypad on them and you type in your limit, i.e Â£20 and then the pump clicks of when it reaches that amount.

There is that system on pre-pay pumps here.

will_c · Post by **will_c** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 2:12 pm

yeh but if you have it prepay you have to gues how much the tank needs.Say you think it wants 20 quids worth but it actually only takes 18 etc.

That'd be a good idea, but loads of oldies wouldn't be able to use it and it would probably end up taking them longer...

Yeh if its anything like the chip and pin! I just cant see why its so hard to type a number in!
You could have an optional system on the pumps though that means you can use it as a nmormal pump aswell.

Post by **Punx0r** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 8:50 pm

I have the same constant clicking-off problem. So do most of the Rover owners I speak too.

IMO, I think the rover tanks are insufficiently vented, so as you fill, the tank pressurises and the pump clicks off. If I hold the nozzle only 2/3rds of the way in, it fills much better, but you can see air frothing out past the nozzle and escaping.

Some pumps are worse than others. The nozzle has a little breather tube in the end. Over time the ends of the nozzles get bashed up, and the tubes can become partially blocked.

Can fit almost Â£50 in the vitty if it's on reserve - it can be a long time standing in the wind/rain if you've only got a T-shirt on

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