MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: bacillus on January 02, 2009, 10:40:45 am
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I normally fill my tank to the brim but have been reading that this can lead to problems with the charcoal cannister and N80 evaporative emmission cannister purge regulator valve.
Anyone have any more definitive info on this?
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Dunno but when I joined up on a forum for my previous car, they all recommended not filling to the brum.
I now stop at the second click rather than the first, third or fourth.
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I have brimmed mine ever since I got it with no issues (so far 24K).
If I don't I wouldn't have enough range to get all the way back home from work on the second trip to the only garage around me that sells 99 octane.
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I was led to believe if you brim it make sure you dont stop for quite a while or the expansion will just release it to mother earth.
Sorry non of this is help ing your original question Ballicus. :ashamed:
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I brim it every time and wasn't aware of such issues :confused:
I have also brimmed it, and then driven 1 mile home and turned the engine off many times, and the car has been fine.
Hope no one has any issues! :smiley: :smiley:
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I brim it every time and wasn't aware of such issues :confused:
I have also brimmed it, and then driven 1 mile home and turned the engine off many times, and the car has been fine.
Hope no one has any issues! :smiley: :smiley: times 2
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was in France in the summer in my Leon, proper brimmed it. Came back to the car after paying and found out a litre of fuel pissing out under the car. No idea what happpened. Havent brimmed it since lol
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the click on the nozzle tells you when it is full apart from room for expansion, in the warmer weather i believe it expands i read somewhere you are ok if you keep driving so it must expand when stationary.
however i have never understood why so many people brim it unless like StevePG above and you really need to too. :smiley:
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I always brim it.
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Never heard of this problem, and yes I always brim it until the second click! :happy2:
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Always fill mine too
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same here always brim it, cant be bothered to go back lol
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summertime i never ever brim it as of fear of vapour expansion :jumping:, i only use £35 a week in mine so thats all she gets weekly.
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speaking of petrol went past my local tescos today and normal petrol was 81.9 :happy2: :happy2: :surprised: :surprised:
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speaking of petrol went past my local tescos today and normal petrol was 81.9 :happy2: :happy2: :surprised: :surprised:
Yeah they announced this morning that they were reducing their fuel prices by 3p per litre!
Good times!
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only ever EVER filled to brim with shaking the car to get more in twice, once to get me as far as poss loaded to france, then for return.
carnt see the point in draggin the weight about, (unless you travel)
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thats cool, both cars need filling up :smiley:
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Does anyone find the car's more responsive when there's more fuel on board?
I've driven the car the petrol station and it's 'normal', park up, fill up and drive normally but it feels more powerful?
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Does anyone find the car's more responsive when there's more fuel on board?
I've driven the car the petrol station and it's 'normal', park up, fill up and drive normally but it feels more powerful?
Thats because your wallet is lighter. :chicken:
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Peugeut only advise to brim it no more than twice as this will coz problems.They dont say why :confused: So I have kept it to that.
some cars you can vent the tank, this is popular with high mile drivers as you can get more in the tank.
Venting is where you push the wee button inside the fuel kneck and it releases the trapped fumes allowing extra fuel to be taken onboard.
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Where is this "wee button" keith?? never noticed it :confused:
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Mine seems incapable of being brimmed! iv stood there for what seems an eternity, slowly feeding more fuel in and it just keeps going in! eventually i get bored and go and pay! lol
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Does anyone find the car's more responsive when there's more fuel on board?
I've driven the car the petrol station and it's 'normal', park up, fill up and drive normally but it feels more powerful?
Petrol degrades over time lowering its octane level so if you were a low milage user then there may be a bit of fact in your observation.
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Car's a daily driver. For some reason, I've just noticed that whenever I refuel, it's always before a long journey (ie motorway, more than one hour's driving) and that the rest of the fuel is then used for daily driving. By the time I need to go on another long trip, it's time to refuel!
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Where is this "wee button" keith?? never noticed it :confused:
....Er....Put aside the wifi and unlock the door and ask wifey :evilgrin:
[Sorry but I couldn't resist that one!] :grin:
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Never heard of this problem, and yes I always brim it until the second click! :happy2:
....You're already The Rim King and now you want to be The Brim King :evilgrin:
I only fill mine when I'm under a quarter-tank full and do so according to a quantity - Usually just over 30 litres, which maximises my V-Power points as they view 30 litres+ as an average full tank and award bonus points. I seem to get about 3 free tankfuls of V-Power per year - Every bit helps.
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[- Every bit helps.
Indeedi ! I recommend the Shell Mastercard too - triple points at Shell garages (giving 3% cashback) :evilgrin:
+ the V-Power card points as well :happy2:
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Where is this "wee button" keith?? never noticed it :confused:
Not all cars come with them, its normally inside the flap in a wee groove. ooh er misses :rolleye:
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I have brimmed mine a couple of times only to come back and find about a litre of fuel dumped on the floor after paying ... I now don't brim it !