Thread: Misfueling tool troubles

A word of warning re the pesky misfueling device that Nanny LR have fitted to stop idiots putting petrol in their diesel vehicles: take very good care of the two front "teeth" on the yellow plastic resetting tool, coz if you lose even one it won't work!!

My misfueling device was triggered after I filled up at a remote pastoral station where the nozzle was obviously not a standard diesel job. When I discovered this I searched the glove-box for the tool, and found that one of the teeth had been snapped off - perhaps not surprisingly after floating around among all manner of items in there for 18 months or so. Not a problem, I thought - should still work. Hah - no way! Needs both teeth to release that accursed yellow flap.

Being about 1500 km from home I was very thankful that it is in fact quite possible to refuel with the device triggered, so long as you're patient, and you experiment with the angle of the pump nozzle. When I went to order a replacement my dealer said they'd just supplied another, about a week ago - to replace one that had lost both teeth! So it seems they are not the sturdiest items - might pay to bubble-wrap and take care where you store it. Never good to have tool troubles in remote locations...

On perhaps half a dozen occasions in various parts of rural and remote(r) WA I've had to use the hi-flow pumps as they were the only option, and I've found that while you can't shove the nozzle down the neck you can still get a tank full - so long as you're patient and gentle on the trigger. Mind you, even being gentle on the trigger of these hi-flows is not that much slower than some ordinary diesel pumps I've encountered - grow old and die before the tank's full! Sometimes think it's a blessing not taking on 150 litres or more at a time.

So, having not yet found any of stig's monster nozzles, I can say that yes, it seems to be generally possible, with patience and a good aim.