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Offline symsymma

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fuel cap button????
« on: 29 April 2012, 10:51 »
Have to press loads of times to get to open.dodgey switch or solenoid thingy?anyone else had this prob?thanks :smiley:
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Offline cullygti

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Re: fuel cap button????
« Reply #1 on: 29 April 2012, 10:53 »
yeah i think its the solenoid mate mine was doing it then started to work again


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Re: fuel cap button????
« Reply #2 on: 29 April 2012, 11:00 »
Yea sometimes works fine other times can take 20 trys lol.was wondering if there might be an easy fix.dont want to be in a posistion where i cant put fuel in the bloody car. :undecided:
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Offline cullygti

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Re: fuel cap button????
« Reply #3 on: 29 April 2012, 11:01 »
i was just pulling mine open for about a year then suddenly its started to work again bloody golfs  :grin: think rhyso did a fix on his check his build thread  :wink:


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Offline simon_709

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Re: fuel cap button????
« Reply #4 on: 29 April 2012, 11:12 »
Mines been fine so far, but I did think the other day..I wonder if this will ever break lol, would be a pain in the arse if it did.
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Re: fuel cap button????
« Reply #5 on: 29 April 2012, 11:44 »
i was just pulling mine open for about a year then suddenly its started to work again bloody golfs  :grin: think rhyso did a fix on his check his build thread  :wink:

Nope; mine never failed  :smug:  I bought one for my MK5 boot handle mod  :smiley:

The solenoid is about £15 from the dealer is a revised part

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Re: fuel cap button????
« Reply #6 on: 29 April 2012, 11:52 »
i knew you bought one for summat  :grin:


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