Not much effort really.

I cannot open the fuel cap as the key will not fit in it (it used to do).

30 miles to home with 44 miles showing on the range.

Had to drive like a girl and limp it home.


--
Adam

On 24/04/2020 20:46, ARW wrote:
Not much effort really.

I cannot open the fuel cap as the key will not fit in it (it used to do).

30 miles to home with 44 miles showing on the range.

Had to drive like a girl and limp it home.


soy boy

ARW wrote

Not much effort really.

I cannot open the fuel cap as the key will not fit in it (it used to do).

30 miles to home with 44 miles showing on the range.

Had to drive like a girl and limp it home.

Why does everything you drive turn to dog **** ?

On 24/04/2020 21:05, Rod Speed wrote:
ARW wrote
Not much effort really.

I cannot open the fuel cap as the key will not fit in it (it used to do).

30 miles to home with 44 miles showing on the range.

Had to drive like a girl and limp it home.

Why does everything you drive turn to dog **** ?
some people just don't have the grasp ... but more to the point it's a
peugeot....

On Sat, 25 Apr 2020 06:05:54 +1000, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again:


Why does everything you drive turn to dog **** ?

Why are you hanging out in normally evolved humans' ngs, you subnormal
86-year-old trolling senile pest from Oz?

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interaction as all real people run a mile to get away from from you boring
them to death."
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On 24/04/2020 20:46, ARW wrote:
Not much effort really.

I cannot open the fuel cap as the key will not fit in it (it used to do).

30 miles to home with 44 miles showing on the range.

Had to drive like a girl and limp it home.


I've had that problem with my Renault Master (ISTR they share some
bits). A dose of WD40 cured it though.

On 24/04/2020 23:04:32, newshound wrote:
On 24/04/2020 20:46, ARW wrote:
Not much effort really.

I cannot open the fuel cap as the key will not fit in it (it used to do).

30 miles to home with 44 miles showing on the range.

Had to drive like a girl and limp it home.


I've had that problem with my Renault Master (ISTR they share some
bits). A dose of WD40 cured it though.

Are you sure? Peugeot and Renault rarely collaborate.

On 24/04/2020 23:09, Fredxx wrote:
On 24/04/2020 23:04:32, newshound wrote:
On 24/04/2020 20:46, ARW wrote:
Not much effort really.

I cannot open the fuel cap as the key will not fit in it (it used to
do).

30 miles to home with 44 miles showing on the range.

Had to drive like a girl and limp it home.


I've had that problem with my Renault Master (ISTR they share some
bits). A dose of WD40 cured it though.

Are you sure? Peugeot and Renault rarely collaborate.

No, not sure. Not suggesting collaboration necessarily, just that they
might use same suppliers for third party-ish bits. Half remembering a
conversation with my mechanic mate when I had a problem with something else.

On 24/04/2020 23:32:30, newshound wrote:
On 24/04/2020 23:09, Fredxx wrote:
On 24/04/2020 23:04:32, newshound wrote:
On 24/04/2020 20:46, ARW wrote:
Not much effort really.

I cannot open the fuel cap as the key will not fit in it (it used to
do).

30 miles to home with 44 miles showing on the range.

Had to drive like a girl and limp it home.


I've had that problem with my Renault Master (ISTR they share some
bits). A dose of WD40 cured it though.

Are you sure? Peugeot and Renault rarely collaborate.

No, not sure. Not suggesting collaboration necessarily, just that they
might use same suppliers for third party-ish bits. Half remembering a
conversation with my mechanic mate when I had a problem with something
else.

I have known drive-shafts and struts to fit numerous cars.

By way of example, as soon as Peugeot took over Vauxhall the Vivaro was
quickly changed to the Peugeot equivalent from the Renault Tragic.

"Jim GM4DHJ ..." wrote in message
...
On 24/04/2020 21:05, Rod Speed wrote:
ARW wrote
Not much effort really.

I cannot open the fuel cap as the key will not fit in it (it used to
do).

30 miles to home with 44 miles showing on the range.

Had to drive like a girl and limp it home.

Why does everything you drive turn to dog **** ?

some people just don't have the grasp ...

He claims its because he does a hell of
a lot more miles than anyone else does.

But doesnt explain why the wall
jumped out and attacked his van.

Or why all the ladders came off either.

but more to the point it's a peugeot....

Doesnt explain the far worse result he gets with the Fiats.

"newshound" wrote in message
o.uk...
On 24/04/2020 20:46, ARW wrote:
Not much effort really.

I cannot open the fuel cap as the key will not fit in it (it used to do).

30 miles to home with 44 miles showing on the range.

Had to drive like a girl and limp it home.


I've had that problem with my Renault Master (ISTR they share some bits).
A dose of WD40 cured it though.

You should use graphite in a lock, not WD40.

WD40 attracts more dirt over time, graphite doesnt.

On 24/04/2020 21:05, Rod Speed wrote:
ARW wrote
Not much effort really.

I cannot open the fuel cap as the key will not fit in it (it used to do).

30 miles to home with 44 miles showing on the range.

Had to drive like a girl and limp it home.

Why does everything you drive turn to dog **** ?

Only the French stuff.

--
Adam

On 24/04/2020 23:04, newshound wrote:
On 24/04/2020 20:46, ARW wrote:
Not much effort really.

I cannot open the fuel cap as the key will not fit in it (it used to do).

30 miles to home with 44 miles showing on the range.

Had to drive like a girl and limp it home.


I've had that problem with my Renault Master (ISTR they share some
bits). A dose of WD40 cured it though.

It cured the Pug:-)

Plenty into it and stood overnight with a bit more this morning.

--
Adam

"ARW" wrote in message
...
On 24/04/2020 23:04, newshound wrote:
On 24/04/2020 20:46, ARW wrote:
Not much effort really.

I cannot open the fuel cap as the key will not fit in it (it used to
do).

30 miles to home with 44 miles showing on the range.

Had to drive like a girl and limp it home.


I've had that problem with my Renault Master (ISTR they share some bits).
A dose of WD40 cured it though.

It cured the Pug:-)

Plenty into it and stood overnight with a bit more this morning.

You should have used graphite instead.

WD40 picks up dirt and you will see the problem again.

Graphite doesnt.

The other thing is that the petrol cap system would seem to be a pretty
standard device. Are we sure nobody has been tampering with it on the
street. I'm told superglue down the keyhole is not a good thing.
I have a friend whose now late mother used to say that in a crowd of
thousands, if a meteorite hit somebody, it was bound to be her.
Some people have a sphere of influence which defies logic.
Brian

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ARW wrote
Not much effort really.

I cannot open the fuel cap as the key will not fit in it (it used to do).

30 miles to home with 44 miles showing on the range.

Had to drive like a girl and limp it home.

Why does everything you drive turn to dog **** ?

Don't mention Fiat.
I am not a driver but the two times I've ever been in one, things
inexplicable go south.
1, on holiday with a friend in Guernsey. Hire a Fiat Tipo... should Have
known from the name it was a tip. First, driver cuts chin on a large burr on
the drivers door corner. Then 200 yards don't the road, the control stalk on
the steering column comes off, the moulding has a thin section where the
plastic is missing. Had to go back and get a ford..
In Malta. One of those little Fiat minibuses with the rear lift up door for
luggage? Off to airport, climbing a hill and the lock on the rear door
spontaneously unlocks tipping all the luggage of the passengers into the
middle of the road.
One of the people in the vehicle lost a china plate in that one. The lock
was buggered so ten minutes were wasted procuring some rope and tying it
closed again.
Bah Humbug.
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"Jim GM4DHJ ..." wrote in message
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On 24/04/2020 21:05, Rod Speed wrote:
ARW wrote
Not much effort really.

I cannot open the fuel cap as the key will not fit in it (it used to
do).

30 miles to home with 44 miles showing on the range.

Had to drive like a girl and limp it home.

Why does everything you drive turn to dog **** ?

some people just don't have the grasp ...

He claims its because he does a hell of
a lot more miles than anyone else does.

But doesn't explain why the wall
jumped out and attacked his van.

Or why all the ladders came off either.

but more to the point it's a peugeot....

Doesn't explain the far worse result he gets with the Fiats.

Fiat is Italian.
I have to say that Citroens seem to have some very odd problems too.
Firstly, you see a lot of them stuck in the floods we had a few months ago,
since they have a very low air intake. Next they have a nasty habit of
unlocking themselves without warning. and also if you need to repair
anything you can guarantee half the car needs to be taken apart to replace
the broken part.
I have to say though, that when they work the ride in the older ones with
gas suspension was very nice.
Brian

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On 24/04/2020 21:05, Rod Speed wrote:
ARW wrote
Not much effort really.

I cannot open the fuel cap as the key will not fit in it (it used to
do).

30 miles to home with 44 miles showing on the range.

Had to drive like a girl and limp it home.

Why does everything you drive turn to dog **** ?

Only the French stuff.

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Its probably just a standard bit like a light bulb or something like that.
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On 24/04/2020 23:04:32, newshound wrote:
On 24/04/2020 20:46, ARW wrote:
Not much effort really.

I cannot open the fuel cap as the key will not fit in it (it used to
do).

30 miles to home with 44 miles showing on the range.

Had to drive like a girl and limp it home.


I've had that problem with my Renault Master (ISTR they share some bits).
A dose of WD40 cured it though.

Are you sure? Peugeot and Renault rarely collaborate.

On 25/04/2020 08:32, Brian Gaff (Sofa) wrote:
Don't mention Fiat.
I am not a driver but the two times I've ever been in one, things
inexplicable go south.
1, on holiday with a friend in Guernsey. Hire a Fiat Tipo... should Have
known from the name it was a tip. First, driver cuts chin on a large burr on
the drivers door corner. Then 200 yards don't the road, the control stalk on
the steering column comes off, the moulding has a thin section where the
plastic is missing. Had to go back and get a ford..
In Malta. One of those little Fiat minibuses with the rear lift up door for
luggage? Off to airport, climbing a hill and the lock on the rear door
spontaneously unlocks tipping all the luggage of the passengers into the
middle of the road.
One of the people in the vehicle lost a china plate in that one. The lock
was buggered so ten minutes were wasted procuring some rope and tying it
closed again.
Bah Humbug.
Brian

total junk had two Cinquecento's...was enough for me...engine mount went
and seat adjustment lever broke etc etc ...nice wee chain cam engine
though ..

On 25/04/2020 08:39, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
On 25/04/2020 08:32, Brian Gaff (Sofa) wrote:
Don't mention Fiat.
Â* I am not a driver but the two times I've ever been in one, things
inexplicable go south.
Â* 1, on holiday with a friend in Guernsey. Hire a Fiat Tipo... should
Have
known from the name it was a tip. First, driver cuts chin on a large
burr on
the drivers door corner. Then 200 yards don't the road, the control
stalk on
the steering column comes off, the moulding has a thin section where the
plastic is missing. Had to go back and get a ford..
Â* In Malta. One of those little Fiat minibuses with the rear lift up
door for
luggage? Off to airport, climbing a hill and the lock on the rear door
spontaneously unlocks tipping all the luggage of the passengers into the
middle of the road.
Â* One of the people in the vehicle lost a china plate in that one. The
lock
was buggered so ten minutes were wastedÂ* procuring some rope and tying it
closed again.
Â* Bah Humbug.
Â* Brian

total junk had two Cinquecento's...was enough for me...engine mount went
and seat adjustment lever broke etc etc ...nice wee chain cam engine
though ..
went to London in it once.....

You might like to use real oil though as a follow up, as WD40 tends to dry
up and the sticking of sliding parts returns again.
Brian

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On 24/04/2020 23:04, newshound wrote:
On 24/04/2020 20:46, ARW wrote:
Not much effort really.

I cannot open the fuel cap as the key will not fit in it (it used to
do).

30 miles to home with 44 miles showing on the range.

Had to drive like a girl and limp it home.


I've had that problem with my Renault Master (ISTR they share some bits).
A dose of WD40 cured it though.

It cured the Pug:-)

Plenty into it and stood overnight with a bit more this morning.

--
Adam

On Sat, 25 Apr 2020 13:47:58 +1000, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again:


But doesn¢t explain why the wall
jumped out and attacked his van.

We DO know what explains why YOU get up every night between 00:00 and 04:00
in Australia to start with your nightly trolling, you clinically insane
sociopathic cretin with NOBODY in real life to talk to!

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woman you know even if it is the only thing with a Female name that stays
around around while you talk it to it.
Poor sad git who has to resort to Usenet and electronic devices for any
interaction as all real people run a mile to get away from from you boring
them to death."
MID:

On Sat, 25 Apr 2020 13:53:02 +1000, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again:


You should use graphite in a lock, not WD40.

He can use what he wants, senile wiseacre!

WD40 attracts more dirt over time, graphite doesn¢t.

More senile bull****!

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On Sat, 25 Apr 2020 16:46:36 +1000, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again:


It cured the Pug:-)

Plenty into it and stood overnight with a bit more this morning.

You should have used graphite instead.

He can use what he wants, senile ****head!

WD40 picks up dirt and you will see the problem again.

Graphite doesn¢t.

Yet more senile NONSENSE!

On 25/04/2020 08:40, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
On 25/04/2020 08:39, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:

total junk had two Cinquecento's...was enough for me...engine mount
went and seat adjustment lever broke etc etc ...nice wee chain cam
engine though ..
went to London in it once.....

And walked back?

Brian Gaff (Sofa) wrote

You might like to use real oil though as a follow up,

That’s mad, the only thing to use
on a physical lock is graphite.

as WD40 tends to dry up and the sticking of sliding parts returns again.

Yep, and real oil is even worse.

"ARW" wrote in message
...
On 24/04/2020 23:04, newshound wrote:
On 24/04/2020 20:46, ARW wrote:
Not much effort really.

I cannot open the fuel cap as the key will not fit in it (it used to
do).

30 miles to home with 44 miles showing on the range.

Had to drive like a girl and limp it home.


I've had that problem with my Renault Master (ISTR they share some
bits). A dose of WD40 cured it though.

It cured the Pug:-)

Plenty into it and stood overnight with a bit more this morning.

--
Adam

Brian Gaff (Sofa) wrote

The other thing is that the petrol cap system would seem to be a pretty
standard device.

Are we sure nobody has been tampering with it on the street.

Yep, because WD40 fixed it for a while.

I'm told superglue down the keyhole is not a good thing.

Yes, but WD40 doesn’t fix that.

I have a friend whose now late mother used to say that in a crowd of
thousands, if a meteorite hit somebody, it was bound to be her.

That’s why she is late, silly.

Some people have a sphere of influence which defies logic.

They do indeed.

"Rod Speed" wrote in message
...
ARW wrote
Not much effort really.

I cannot open the fuel cap as the key will not fit in it (it used to
do).

30 miles to home with 44 miles showing on the range.

Had to drive like a girl and limp it home.

Why does everything you drive turn to dog **** ?

On Sat, 25 Apr 2020 19:31:03 +1000, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again:

FLUSH the trolling senile asshole's latest troll**** unread

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On Sat, 25 Apr 2020 19:28:18 +1000, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again:


That¢s mad, the only thing to use
on a physical lock is graphite.

More senile NONSENSE, from the senile resident sociopath! tsk

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In article ,
ARW wrote:
Not much effort really.

I cannot open the fuel cap as the key will not fit in it (it used to do).

30 miles to home with 44 miles showing on the range.

Had to drive like a girl and limp it home.

Pal had a near new Peugeot camper van stolen. Oddly, no audible alarm, as
it was parked outside his house. But did have a (extra) tracker fitted.

So quickly recovered. Insurance company took over a month to repair
things. And changed all the locks. But forgot the filler cap. And kept all
the old keys.

AA got the cap off in seconds.

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In article ,
Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
total junk had two Cinquecento's

It takes a real fool to buy a second car they consider junk.

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In article ,
Fredxx wrote:
On 24/04/2020 23:32:30, newshound wrote:
On 24/04/2020 23:09, Fredxx wrote:
On 24/04/2020 23:04:32, newshound wrote:
On 24/04/2020 20:46, ARW wrote:
Not much effort really.

I cannot open the fuel cap as the key will not fit in it (it used to
do).

30 miles to home with 44 miles showing on the range.

Had to drive like a girl and limp it home.


I've had that problem with my Renault Master (ISTR they share some
bits). A dose of WD40 cured it though.

Are you sure? Peugeot and Renault rarely collaborate.

No, not sure. Not suggesting collaboration necessarily, just that they
might use same suppliers for third party-ish bits. Half remembering a
conversation with my mechanic mate when I had a problem with something
else.

I have known drive-shafts and struts to fit numerous cars.

By way of example, as soon as Peugeot took over Vauxhall the Vivaro was
quickly changed to the Peugeot equivalent from the Renault Tragic.

the Anglia 105E used the same dynamo (a Lucas part) as the Mini.
It was cheaper from a Ford Dealer.

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In article , Brian Gaff \(Sofa\)
wrote:
Fiat is Italian. I have to say that Citroens seem to have some very odd
problems too. Firstly, you see a lot of them stuck in the floods we had a
few months ago, since they have a very low air intake.

Had that with a Seat Toledo, but not with the C5 which replaced it.

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Richard wrote in news:r80vjr$14pa$1
@gioia.aioe.org:

On 25/04/2020 08:40, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
On 25/04/2020 08:39, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:

total junk had two Cinquecento's...was enough for me...engine mount
went and seat adjustment lever broke etc etc ...nice wee chain cam
engine though ..
went to London in it once.....

And walked back?


Most problems give some sort of warning. I bet the petrol cap lock had been
a bit stiff for a while. Ignoring warning signs is pretty common now.

In article ,
charles wrote:
the Anglia 105E used the same dynamo (a Lucas part) as the Mini.
It was cheaper from a Ford Dealer.

Even cheaper from Lucas if you could blag trade from them. ;-)

They used to have a depot not far from TV Centre.

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On 25/04/2020 11:24, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
ARW wrote:
Not much effort really.

I cannot open the fuel cap as the key will not fit in it (it used to do).

30 miles to home with 44 miles showing on the range.

Had to drive like a girl and limp it home.

Pal had a near new Peugeot camper van stolen. Oddly, no audible alarm, as
it was parked outside his house. But did have a (extra) tracker fitted.

So quickly recovered. Insurance company took over a month to repair
things. And changed all the locks. But forgot the filler cap. And kept all
the old keys.

AA got the cap off in seconds.


Does the crock of **** rover parked outside your house have an alarm.

I would think it would take a while and be very expensive to replace
windows that have been broken by bricks. Or a respray due to be being keyed.

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On 25/04/2020 11:26, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
total junk had two Cinquecento's

It takes a real fool to buy a second car they consider junk.


So is that why you have a Black Rover.

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On 25/04/2020 10:24, Richard wrote:
On 25/04/2020 08:40, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
On 25/04/2020 08:39, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:

total junk had two Cinquecento's...was enough for me...engine mount
went and seat adjustment lever broke etc etc ...nice wee chain cam
engine though ..
went to London in it once.....

And walked back?

no

On 25/04/2020 11:26, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
total junk had two Cinquecento's

It takes a real fool to buy a second car they consider junk.

but the second one was from a guy who died .....

In article ,
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
charles wrote:
the Anglia 105E used the same dynamo (a Lucas part) as the Mini.
It was cheaper from a Ford Dealer.

Even cheaper from Lucas if you could blag trade from them. ;-)

They used to have a depot not far from TV Centre.

I remember a motor factor in Hammersmith Grove and a Ford dealer in Percy
Road.

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