Fun and games at my Tesco fill-up a couple of days ago [no, not their fault!]. The fuel flap wouldn't open. Eventually I sprung it open with the missus' nail file, fortunately without damaging anything. It was a very cold day, but....

Anyway, when I got home I gave the plunger and the inside of the flap catch a good dose of WD40, the universal anti-nervous breakdown fluid, and it is all back to normal. Anyone else had a similar problem?

Perhaps it iced up rather than seized, but this weather even lubricated parts will seize if the lube is viscous grease

its iced up mate, i had it the other night too and found a bic biro was a great tool to open it.

its iced up mate, i had it the other night too and found a bic biro was a great tool to open it.

Could be - I didn't think it was quite that cold, but who knows.

Since spraying it, it has behaved perfectly.

its iced up mate, i had it the other night too and found a bic biro was a great tool to open it.

Same happened me before, the one time the Tesco Clubcard came in handy