refuelling diesel octavia 3

[IanVW]

Hi Guys

 

Not sure if this has been asked before. The octavia 3 is fitted with a misfuelling gaurd at the filler neck. Now ive had a few cars for sale etc run out of diesel and cannot open this gaurd as it needs the proper nozzle inserted etc. Has anyone a way around this? I know fords included a special size funnel in the tool kit in the boot etc.

 

 

[IanVW]

anyone have this problem??

[Sheldon.Cooper]

There's a really cool feature on the dashboard.  A moving needle which points to how much fuel you have left.  There's also a computer which magically tells you how far you can travel on how much fuel is left.

 

The only thing you need to do is put fuel in before it reaches empty then your problem isn't a problem any more.

[themanwithnoaim]

Its no good Sheldon, your talking to a second hand car salesman, their just like battered wives ?

 

15 years of a research project at Cambridge Universerty found the only common denominator between 131 battered wive syco symmetrically surveyed was that "none of them Fn listened"

[SC03OTT]

In the manual of my Focus (that I used to have) there was a small section detailing how to go about doing this. Does the Octavia manual not have the same?

[IanVW]

Thanks for the useful help! SC03OTT now i had a look but they dont seem to have such an accesory. There doesnt seem to be a way around this

Edited 22 March, 2015 by john999boy
Unhelpful part removed

[Smeghead]

I bought one of these for emergencies and carry a 5 litre can in the boot.  It's not likely that I'll need it but it's nice to know it's there just in case!

 

It's a Ford one but it fits the Octy perfectly well.

 

Edited 22 March, 2015 by Smeghead

[DEZMONDE]

I bought one of those funnel things Smeghead has pictured. Works fine.

[Astec123]

I bought one of these for emergencies and carry a 5 litre can in the boot.  It's not likely that I'll need it but it's nice to know it's there just in case!

 

It's a Ford one but it fits the Octy perfectly well.

 

 

 

http://www.bp.com/content/dam/bp-country/en_au/media/fuel-news/long-term-storage-diesel.pdf

 

Just be sure to use it up from time to time to avoid it going bad and being a waste of money.

[Diango]

Its no good Sheldon, your talking to a second hand car salesman, their just like battered wives ?

 

H - H - H - Hattrick!

 

 

Edited 23 March, 2015 by Diango

[themanwithnoaim]

Pedantic, nuff said ?

[Crogers]

I still like the idea that someone can run out of fuel!

[Greg R]

Pedantic, nuff said ?

Careful... The grammar police have you in 'there' ([emoji6]) sights

Snet with speeling mistkaes from my phoen

[Diango]

I still like the idea that someone can run out of fuel!

 

I've got two twenty-liter army canisters but they carry their own nozzles I can use when it's time to refuel, they fit right in there without a hassle.