Fuel Filler Dramas

Fuel Filler Dramas

Postby Goldy714 on Thu, 04 Feb 2021 4:41 +0000

G'day all,

My nephew popped in to see if I had a solution to a problem with his recently purchased 10/2015 GUN126R Single cab fuel filler. The problem is that at the servo he cannot get the fuel pump nozzle into the filler hole to refuel the damn thing. I took a ride with him to see for myself and yep, he's right.

I tried turning the pump nozzle 90 degrees clockwise/anti-clockwise, 180... and every angle in between. The nozzle will sit just inside the filler opening but as soon as you pull the trigger it shuts off. The best you can do is just a dribble...it took us 10 minutes to rack up $10 of diesel.

I've attached a pic of the filler and would love to know what that oval shaped insert in the filler neck is there for and if anyone has had a similar experience and/or a decent solution.

Cheers.

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Re: Fuel Filler Dramas

Postby gen7xtracab on Sat, 06 Feb 2021 10:04 +0000

Its got an unleaded fuel restrictor plate in it.
Either:
1) The car is actually a petrol.

2) The filler neck was swapped out due to accident and they used the wrong neck.

The neck is about $90, so easiest fix is remove from vehicle, and use a hole saw or carbide file to enlarge hole.
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Re: Fuel Filler Dramas

Postby dmac666 on Sat, 06 Feb 2021 12:01 +0000

On our previous Hilux (2007) I dropped the filler down about 20mm which helped but was still painful. The current one (2010) has a tipper tray so it sits about 30mm higher which allow good access with the nozzle. Plus you could always tip the tray a smidge but have never bothered.
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Re: Fuel Filler Dramas

Postby oggy on Sun, 07 Feb 2021 4:42 +0000

Hi flo pumps are a nightmare with mine after putting a frontier tank in. Gravity tank at home is a piece of pìss though..
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Re: Fuel Filler Dramas

Postby Bushwalker8 on Sun, 07 Feb 2021 6:56 +0000

No problems at all with hi flow in my Frontier
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Re: Fuel Filler Dramas

Postby Goldy714 on Sun, 07 Feb 2021 7:32 +0000

gen7xtracab wrote:Its got an unleaded fuel restrictor plate in it.
Either:
1) The car is actually a petrol.

2) The filler neck was swapped out due to accident and they used the wrong neck.

The neck is about $90, so easiest fix is remove from vehicle, and use a hole saw or carbide file to enlarge hole.


Thanks for the replies all.

@ gen7xtracab - It's definitely a diesel. When you say it's got an unleaded fuel restrictor in it - do you mean it is a filler neck for an unleaded vehicle that restricts diesel nozzles or it for a diesel vehicle and it restricts unleaded nozzles?

Does anyone have a pic of the inside of their diesel fuel filler neck? Preferably for the 2015+ 4WD 2 door cab chassis model. Cheers.
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Re: Fuel Filler Dramas

Postby Gipsy on Sun, 07 Feb 2021 9:34 +0000

Unleaded vehicles have a restricted filler to prevent using leaded and diesel fuel. So if it is a diesel and has a restricted filler then it's likely that the filler has been replaced with the incorrect one at some time. To clarify, diesel fillers do not have the restricted type and should accept even the hiflow pumps.
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Re: Fuel Filler Dramas

Postby gen7xtracab on Sun, 07 Feb 2021 10:04 +0000

Yes, to clarify, as Gypsy did above.

The plate stops you putting the wrong nozzle in, IF YOU HAVE A PETROL UNLEADED CAR.

You can remove that plate completely. Your car does not require it.

In any car manufactured in the last 25 years or so, there's a plate under the gas cap that prevents anything but the small unleaded-gasoline nozzle from fitting into the tank. When unleaded gasoline first appeared, this plate helped to prevent drivers from putting the leaded gasoline nozzle in -- the unleaded and leaded nozzles were different sizes.
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