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Welly
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by Welly Mon Jan 16, 2017 4:04 pm
I never knew until today that all relatively modern-ish cars have an arrow beside the fuel pump symbol to show you which side the fuel filler cap is! I went straight out to check my gauge which I'd never even noticed before, this says my fuel cap is to my right side:
Google suggests the 406 has the pump 'handle' shown to the right of the pump symbol and possibly indicating which side the cap is but alas this seems to be unfounded and possibly pre-dates the time when motorists actually had a brain and could figure it out for themselves.....blah blah....blame the EU....blah blah...
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by Doggy Mon Jan 16, 2017 5:13 pm
I never knowed that neither.
406's don't, but I see that Mr Rees's conveyance has.
Sure it's not a Volvo thing, what with their target market being
experienced motorists who may be apt to forget things?
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by jonsowman Mon Jan 16, 2017 5:14 pm
Girlfriend's mk7 Fiesta has the arrow too
P.S. I already knew about this </smug mode>
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by steve_earwig Mon Jan 16, 2017 8:36 pm
Welly wrote: If you've learnt something today you can blame me
Sherlock Holmes: "Now that I do know it I shall do my best to forget it."
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by dirtydirtydiesel Tue Jan 17, 2017 2:20 am
My 85 Toyota celica had it
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Doggy
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by Doggy Tue Jan 17, 2017 12:40 pm
Come to think of it, my 67 Jaguar S type either didn't need one, or needed one on each side.
My 62 Capri would have been tricky too, since the fuel filler was at the back.
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dirtydirtydiesel
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by dirtydirtydiesel Wed Jan 18, 2017 10:10 pm
Oh you old bxxxxxd
Twin fuel tanks at today's price's with twin su's aboard 3.6litre in line 6 time for a remortgage
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Welly
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by Welly Thu Jan 19, 2017 7:01 am
The Jag twin-tank thing; was that because the tank was split either side of the rear diff? and had a balance pipe in between them?
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by Doggy Thu Jan 19, 2017 1:08 pm
dirtydirtydiesel wrote: Oh you old bxxxxxd
Twin fuel tanks at today's price's with twin su's aboard 3.6litre in line 6 time for a remortgage
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Welly wrote: The Jag twin-tank thing; was that because the tank was split either side of the rear diff? and had a balance pipe in between them?
No, it had a separate 7 gallon fuel tank on each side. Came with a L-R selector switch that swapped fuel pumps and gauge units.
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Welly
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by Welly Thu Jan 19, 2017 1:19 pm
Doggy wrote:
No, it had a separate 7 gallon fuel tank on each side. Came with a L-R selector switch that swapped fuel pumps and gauge units.
And WCPGW with that?
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by Doggy Thu Jan 19, 2017 9:39 pm
Well, I ran out of petrol twice in 200 yards.
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Welly
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by Welly Fri Jan 20, 2017 8:47 am
"sh*t Tank 1 is out, no matter Tank 2 is showing full........oh wait"
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by DaiRees Mon Jan 23, 2017 9:29 pm
Doggy wrote: I never knowed that neither.
406's don't, but I see that Mr Rees's conveyance has.
Sure it's not a Volvo thing, what with their target market being
experienced motorists who may be apt to forget things?
Indeed lol! As does the wife's Fiesta, although hers points the other way
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