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Polo fox, fuel cap

  • 03-05-2011 1:27pm
    #1
    baltimore sun
    Closed Accounts Posts: 483 ✭✭


    I've got a really crappy VW Polo Fox.....when i bought it it was full of petrol but the other day i was running low and needed to buy some but the bloody key wont open the lock...well, it'll open it but the fuel cap won't come off....has this happened to anyone before? I'm going to have to rip the fuel cap off ain't I?


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  • #2
    dharn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,574 ✭✭✭dharn


    this sound like a funny post.. how many years do you have the car ;) when i bought it it was full of petrol... sounds like you just bought it and it needs a different key to open the fuel cap which the previous owner may have


  • #3
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,520 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    sounds like you're not familiar with how to get the cap off, contact the previous owner. it must be able to be opened if there was petrol in it :D


  • #4
    Anan1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,815 ✭✭✭✭Anan1


    If I understand you correctly, the key will turn in the lock on the cap but the cap won't come off?


  • #5
    baltimore sun
    Closed Accounts Posts: 483 ✭✭baltimore sun


    :D yea i suppose it's funny to read it alright....naw I got it about 2 months ago and I don't really drive very much.....I've tried all the different keys that came with it and only one fits, it'll turn and unlock but the cap will neither twist off, nor pull off or if I press down on it nothing too. I've tried lubing the lock too but zilch. I'll prob have to buy a new can and then go to a mechanic and get him to rip off the one thats there.

    I would contact the previous owner but I'm certain he doesn't speak any English :rolleyes: and I don't speak any German :( .....I know it has to be able to open but maybe the mechanism froze in the lock.....I live in Poland, so it was really cold until a while ago.

    Anan1 wrote: »
    If I understand you correctly, the key will turn in the lock on the cap but the cap won't come off?
    yep, that's exactly it.


  • #6
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,520 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Text him using this


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  • #7
    baltimore sun
    Closed Accounts Posts: 483 ✭✭baltimore sun


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    Text him using this
    :D:D
    great idea.....
    Sehr geehrter Herr,
    Wie können Sie Kraftstoff gesetzt wird diese beschissene Auto?

    Thanks, jesus, I can't believe I didn't think of that.....actually, I can't get a fuel cap off, so actually it's not that surprising really is it?......don't answer that. :rolleyes:


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