petrol station nozzle won't go into fuel tank

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boreas7

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I went to fill up my 2014 E89 and found the petrol staion nozzle I usually use would not enter the fuel tank at all.

Any ideas please?
 
As above, the nozzle size differs for the explicit reason of preventing you from putting diesel in a petrol car.

You are therefore obliged, by the unwritten rules and for the general amusement of all of us on the forum to feel like a bit of a muppet if this is the case?

:lol:
 
No wind up, there is a small silver flap inside the tank filler and this seems to be preventing the nozzle entering. I have a Diesel as well so never ever get muddled !
 
No wind up, there is a small silver flap inside the tank filler and this seems to be preventing the nozzle entering. I have a Diesel as well so never ever get muddled !
 
boreas7 said:
No wind up, there is a small silver flap inside the tank filler and this seems to be preventing the nozzle entering. I have a Diesel as well so never ever get muddled !
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The anti syphon valve is a little way down the filler neck & wouldn’t stop the correct sized nozzle from entering the filler at all? :?
If the valve was stuck, the nozzle would still go in a certain amount.
Rob
 
The only other answer is that the pump has been worked on and someone has fitted the wrong nozzle to the pump.
If this has happened though you would think that a lot of people would have noticed and complained.
 
Joking aside I had this problem on a hire car, in the end I went to a different filling station and it eventually worked. Apparently an odd filler nozzle size or profile can fail to activate the flap or even jam it when being removed. The flaps are supposed to be an anti-siphon or anti-spill gadget and can presumably get damaged or stuck.

My hunch was that the hire company were regularly siphoning out returned vehicles and had damaged the anti-siphon gadget.
 
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