Is it just me....

Rally Annie · Post by **Rally Annie** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 9:16 pm

or does anyone else struggle with the fuel filler on the CC? At the petrol station this evening, the pump kept clicking off after every fuel pence of fuel. Frustrating when you know you've got tank space for twenty quid or more.

Is it necessary to hold it at a particular angle or is there any knack anyone has developed? What started out as a quirk is getting to be pretty annoying.

Thanks in advance.

Post by **Lyndon** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 10:23 pm

u sure the tank at the petrol station wasn't almost empty

seriously tho i think this as been covered b4, seems to be pot luck if ya can fill up or not, never had trouble with my CC though

Kia78 · Post by **Kia78** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 11:17 pm

I had trouble with this problem too, I find it helps if you squeeze the pupm nozzle softly, only half-in! Hope this helps...!!!

Kia78

DPH · Post by **DPH** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 11:43 pm

It's normally due to the air in the tank, if you put the nozzle in slowly the air can flow. Once the nozzle is in I always turn it between 45 and 90 degrees counter clockwise - I find it doesn't click off so much then although some pumps seem to click off for no apparant reason.

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 1:31 am

Kia's right, squeeze it halfway. I've only come across a few bad pumps but this seems to work

bif · Post by **bif** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 12:03 pm

Yes, I always struggle and kinda have to be a bit more gentle with it.

Andy-W · Post by **Andy-W** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 2:03 pm

My car is weird in this respect. While at home near London, at any petrol station, I can stand there for ages clicking away every 10p of fuel and still not fill the fuel gauge but it stays 1 notch below full.

However both time I have been "up North" to Cumbria I have abosolutely no problem with either the clicking or actually filling the car, and while up there both times I filled at several stations so it was not just a lucky pump.

bif · Post by **bif** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 11:17 pm

In Cumbria?? Maybe it filled up with water

Sorry if you live there and have been flooded

Ben302 · Post by **Ben302** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 12:58 am

I tend to vent it a bit - hold nozzle as near the the top of the filler inlet as possible so it allows buildup to escape - tends to click less that way - only seem to have trouble at 1 filling station near me

andrew · Post by **andrew** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 11:15 am

Tesco's ... i cant use there pumps without it taking ages to fill up due to it cuttong off ...... most other pumps are fine ....

Rally Annie · Post by **Rally Annie** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 8:00 pm

glad i'm not the only one finding it a bit hit and miss. interesting you mention tesco: that's where i buy most of my petrol and so maybe i should shop around, try a few other forecourts.

thanks
:-)

london-99 · Post by **london-99** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 1:54 pm

I had this problem with a 53 reg 206cc it was down to the fuel pipe from the filling point and the way the pipe was run to the tank.
If you could allow air to get into the point of filling it was fine, but you try to hold the pump at around 12 o'clock to fill you car and let air in at the same time!
I DONT THINK SO
I dont have this problem on my 04 206cc it seems that peugeot may have solved this problem on new models.

Louisg · Post by **Louisg** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 9:04 pm

How much petrol does a 1.6 roughly hold?

I have found from a empty tank mine hold Â£32.46

Louis

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 9:40 pm

fuel tank capacityis 47 litres for both models.

you can't use price when price varies region to region and often PFS to PFS.

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 11:01 pm

yeah.... mine always comes out at Â£32