Blatman Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 It's a nice safety margin to have, IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterOz Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 More of a problem is when the fuel sloshes back out of the filler, falls onto the fog light mounted beneath - and then you can watch while the petrol dissolves the plastic in front of your eyes...!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Keene Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 It's a nice safety margin to have, IMO. My thoughts exactly... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldman Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 Try diesel like Catering van owners do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man On The Clapham Omnibus Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 It has never harmed my lights! They're glass! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David T. Posted August 11, 2004 Author Share Posted August 11, 2004 No problems here, have Westfield changed their fueltank design? Mine has a breather with ballvalve on the portside. Fuel goes in as fast as BP can give it to me. can you expand on the breather pipe please, where is it fitted and did it come with the car / tank Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geelhoed Posted August 12, 2004 Share Posted August 12, 2004 can you expand on the breather pipe please, where is it fitted and did it come with the car / tank The ball valve came with the tank and is standard on westfields tanks. Photo taken from their parts store I just added a length of clear tubing onto it, and tiewrapped it to the chassis under the rollbar, so no fuel could ever come out. A slight addition to my tankfilling experiences: I was at a texaco station this week and I had to trickle it in because the pump kept cutting out. took me 5 minutes, Ah well back to BP then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuzzinRich Posted August 12, 2004 Share Posted August 12, 2004 I got the same tank with valve and filler welded at the top and I have no problems either... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blatman Posted August 12, 2004 Share Posted August 12, 2004 I got the same tank with valve and filler welded at the top and I have no problems either... You obviously haven't tried accelerating hard out of a long left hander with less than half a tank of fuel then... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geelhoed Posted August 12, 2004 Share Posted August 12, 2004 You obviously haven't tried accelerating hard out of a long left hander with less than half a tank of fuel then... Yesterday I took the wife of a mate and she wanted a few laps around a roundabout. I have to admit it was fun sliding a bit but the tank had only 5liters left in it and after 2.5 laps it started coughing FYI: roundabouts are left corners in most civilised countries Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigger Posted August 13, 2004 Share Posted August 13, 2004 It's all in the wrist action ..... Apparently! Tigger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felters Posted August 15, 2004 Share Posted August 15, 2004 Had the same problems... had the fuel pipe rewelded so that it points vertically upwards and the filler cap is now horizontal on the boot cover. Haven't broken any more lenses and it fills as quick as you like... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeylegend Posted August 15, 2004 Share Posted August 15, 2004 I would rather empty my tank than fill it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve@svc Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 If you do spill petrol onto the rear fog light lens - wash it as soon as poss. with water and let it dry off. Don't try and wipe it off. All plastic light lenses will be attacked by petrol and crack - or craze. Regards Steve @ sVc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blacknblue Posted August 24, 2004 Share Posted August 24, 2004 although next time I'm going to try pointing the pump at the back of the neck. But won't you just get a wet back and no fuel in the tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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