Finding the petrol cap

NEW AND WANNABE DRIVERS (INTERACTIVE)
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Silly question I know but just to avoid any embarrassment in case anyone is looking.could anyone tell me the first place to look on a truck for the petrol cap? :confused:

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its the big fuel tank u cant miss it! usally drivers side low down near the front of the truck and the cap is on top hope that helps! :slight_smile:

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ā€¦could be very expensive filling a truck up with petrol though :open_mouth: :wink:

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could be very expensive in pay too. how long would you spend looking before you realise there isnt one? :laughing:

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Oh sweet temptaion! :smiley:

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Surely 22 days too late with this question :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

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slackeye:
its the big fuel tank u cant miss it! usally drivers side low down near the front of the truck and the cap is on top hope that helps! :slight_smile:

Thanks! They never tell you these things during training :slight_smile:

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Are you talking about tankers?

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JeffA:
Silly question I know but just to avoid any embarrassment in case anyone is looking.could anyone tell me the first place to look on a truck for the petrol cap? :confused:

This is going to be let loose with 40 tonnesā– ā– ?

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Ok, Iā€™ll assume this is not a wind up :wink:

Jeff, you donā€™t put petrol in a truck :exclamation: you put diesel in :wink: :laughing: :laughing:

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I never think to look for the fuel cap on a vehicle thatā€™s new to me, until Iā€™m about to pull in for fuel! :blush:

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Andyroo:
I never think to look for the fuel cap on a vehicle thatā€™s new to me, until Iā€™m about to pull in for fuel! :blush:

Jesus, I cannot believe you said that, Andy!!!
Where else would you find a fuel cap than on top of the bloody fuel tank?? and a fuel tank on any truckā€¦even a puddle jumperā€¦ isnā€™t hard to find!!!

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This has to be a wind up thread, doesnā€™t it??
I know I been away a long time so do you have a ā€˜the silliest post of the weekā€™ competition now?

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TheBear:

Andyroo:
I never think to look for the fuel cap on a vehicle thatā€™s new to me, until Iā€™m about to pull in for fuel! :blush:

Jesus, I cannot believe you said that, Andy!!!
Where else would you find a fuel cap than on top of the bloody fuel tank?? and a fuel tank on any truckā€¦even a puddle jumperā€¦ isnā€™t hard to find!!!

In all fairness to andy he said ā€œany vehicle new to himā€ so that could be a car a van or a truckā€¦and ive done the same thing ā€¦pulling into forecourt hanging out of door looking behind me to see if the tank/filler flap is on my side or not

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Denis F:
Ok, Iā€™ll assume this is not a wind up :wink:

Jeff, you donā€™t put petrol in a truck :exclamation: you put diesel in :wink: :laughing: :laughing:

Maybe he does have to put petrol in. His firm might run old wagons from the 1940ā€™s!

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TheBear:
This has to be a wind up thread, doesnā€™t it??
I know I been away a long time so do you have a ā€˜the silliest post of the weekā€™ competition now?

yes, but someone from Wales has won it so many times heā€™s kept the trophy :wink: :laughing: :laughing:

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Denis F:

TheBear:
This has to be a wind up thread, doesnā€™t it??
I know I been away a long time so do you have a ā€˜the silliest post of the weekā€™ competition now?

yes, but someone from Wales has won it so many times heā€™s kept the trophy :wink: :laughing: :laughing:

Who me?? :open_mouth: :confused:

yayā€¦wheres me prize :stuck_out_tongue: :smiley: :smiley:

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Denis F:
yes, but someone from Wales has won it so many times heā€™s kept the trophy :wink: :laughing: :laughing:

Give him a break, after all, heā€™s a full time House-Husband. Iā€™m sure that by the time the weekend comes, heā€™s mentally exhausted. Iā€™d plumb for an RDC any time rather than THAT.

Not with trucks, but I can remember a few ā€˜head scratchingā€™ moments with various vehicles. One was a minibus where I did about three circuits of the vehicle before I found the filler cap just behind the nearside ā€˜Bā€™ post.

The other was a light van, forward control type, when I wasnā€™t sure if it was petrol or diesel. I finished up with the engine cover off and using a torch checking for the presence of Injectors and the absence of spark plugs. :unamused:

:smiley:

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Reef:

TheBear:

Andyroo:
I never think to look for the fuel cap on a vehicle thatā€™s new to me, until Iā€™m about to pull in for fuel! :blush:

Jesus, I cannot believe you said that, Andy!!!
Where else would you find a fuel cap than on top of the bloody fuel tank?? and a fuel tank on any truckā€¦even a puddle jumperā€¦ isnā€™t hard to find!!!

In all fairness to andy he said ā€œany vehicle new to himā€ so that could be a car a van or a truckā€¦and ive done the same thing ā€¦pulling into forecourt hanging out of door looking behind me to see if the tank/filler flap is on my side or not

Thatā€™s what I meantā€¦:wink:

Also I used to drive a lot of rental vans and some have the filler cap at the front and some at the back.

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normally they are behind the front axle or in front of the rear axle on either (or both) side. i hate to think how many times i have been on the last leg and heading home to the fuel pump and realised i dont know which side the tank is on. very annoying and when you guess, you are wrong :laughing: