Hi,
I'm getting on well with my 500, except for one little but rather important thing...putting fuel in it! At my local Texaco garage I can barely put 50p's worth of fuel in the tank without the petrol pump "clicking" off.
I know 500's are supposed to be economical but this is crazy, I just want to fill it up!:bang:
I've tried filling it slowly but thats not helped, is there a technique or something?

Thanks in advance,
Glenda

So the 500 is playing hard to fill !! you need to be gentle and try diff angles with the nozzle and not insert fully, otherwise it stops too quickly The problem I have is how to stop the pump on a round figure without spending an extra penny.

If there is a better way to explain then the forum is yours, see you cant even use forum in this sentence. *FRA*

arorat said:

So the 500 is playing hard to fill !! you need to be gentle and try diff angles with the nozzle and not insert fully, otherwise it stops too quickly The problem I have is how to stop the pump on a round figure without spending an extra penny.

If there is a better way to explain then the forum is yours, see you cant even use forum in this sentence. *FRA*

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Thanks for re, solved it! Turned the fuel pump to a 7-8oclock angle and it went in a charm!

i had the same problem with mine when i first got it find the easiest way is to insert pump and push down or let it rest on the bottom ie don't hold the pump in the air let the weight rest if that makes sense seems to work fine now lol

glenda said:

Thanks for re, solved it! Turned the fuel pump to a 7-8oclock angle and it went in a charm!

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Took an hour to fill it up!!! that is slow.

ha ha mine is the same - I keep telling the garages their pumps are not working properly lol I've got a twin air plus now but had a 1.2 Sport before and never had that problem with the Sport!

yeah I have to hold the pump at different angles too - every time I fill up I tell myself "this is f****in ridiculous!" LOL

Yep 7-8 o'clock position works on mine too.

Fuelling a 500 is like making love to a beautiful woman...

Heidi said:

Yep 7-8 o'clock position works on mine too.

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RobW said:

Fuelling a 500 is like making love to a beautiful woman...

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That's all very well for you Rob....

Between 7 and 8 o'clock I'm usually still at work !!!

RobW said:

Fuelling a 500 is like making love to a beautiful woman...

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Takes less than 3 minutes to fuel a Panda. You don't even need to unlock it first .

arthur daley said:

Took an hour to fill it up!!! that is slow.

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'Er Indoors is a lucky woman...

If it's anything like my filler, come the cold winter mornings / evenings you won't be able to get the key in the cap to unlock the damn thing to fill it anyways.....

Engineered said:

That's all very well for you Rob....

Between 7 and 8 o'clock I'm usually still at work !!!

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Well, 7 and 8 positionwise... better check my KamaSutra book.

RobW said:

Fuelling a 500 is like making love to a beautiful woman...

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And then you click and the car needs more fuel :devil:

Ciao

jrkitching said:

Takes less than 3 minutes to fuel a Panda. You don't even need to unlock it first .

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Only on the poverty spec. Those of us that do lock and unlock take 3min20