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| Hairy Dan Member Since: 25 Apr 2013 Location: NW Durham Posts: 1414   
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Don't all modern cars have an anti syphon device fitted in them now? I thought it was some EU directive that they had to have one.
Have you heard of anybody having fuel syphoned out of their modern car lately? Last time I had fuel syphoned off from one of my cars was in 1976 when some  syphoned my last gallon of petrol out of a Hillman Avenger I was using at the time, it was parked on our filling station car park overnight so wasn't a big deal 
The biggest worry is somebody sticking a spike through the bottom of the tank, they take what they want and just let the rest drain out  Cheers Ian
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6th Aug 2022 9:44pm |
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| Nuclear Nick Member Since: 21 Aug 2021 Location: Southwest Posts: 282
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Yes, these models from April on do not have locking filler flap: Specification update as part of JLR's response to chip shortage. This feature will be disabled from the following Vins. L551 - SALZA2BN8NH169600 L550 - SALCA2AX9NH909101 L560 - SALYA2BN9NA328791 L663 - SALEA6RX5N2092300 L462 - SALRA2BW8N2463249 L460 - SALKA9BU9NA000566 The LR directive to dealerships effectively instructs them to tell customers to f**k off and stop complaining! PowerfulUK are also looking into a mod for this as the hardware and loom is present, just not the signal from the BCM. The tailgate soft close was deleted for the same reason but in this case the hardware is not fitted so a retrofit will be more involved. |
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7th Aug 2022 8:25am |
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| J77 Member Since: 04 Nov 2019 Location: Fife Posts: 3394 
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My 23MY won’t have it I’m guessing, haven’t checked, for me it’s not an issue. The locking fuel flap wouldn’t stop anyone, a quick tug and it would be open in seconds.
The soft close it definitely doesn’t have but again no issue, never made use of it on my 90, never saw the point of it. 24MY 90 D250 HSE, Tasman Blue |
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7th Aug 2022 2:16pm |
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| whiterdesign Member Since: 10 Jun 2021 Location: Preston Posts: 269
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That’s why I was looking at a locking cap, as you say a screwdriver would soon open the flap. 110 XS 250 MY 23 Gondwana Stone, Cold climate pack and towbar
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7th Aug 2022 2:19pm |
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| Tim in Scotland Member Since: 23 May 2007 Location: The Land that time forgot Posts: 3753 
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I sure as hell won’t miss the soft close that my 110 has and my ordered 90 probably won’t have. Sometimes it can be a frustrating battle to get the tailgate open before the soft close decides I’m really trying to close the door, not open it. Pangea Green D250 90 HSE with Air Suspension, Off-road Pack, Towing Pack, Black Contrast roof , rear recovery eyes, Front bash plate, Classic flaps all round, extended wheel arch kit and a few bits from PowerfulUK Expel Clear Gloss PPF to come
2020 D240 1st Edition in Pangea Green with Acorn interior. Now gone - old faithful, no mechanical issues whatsoever ever but the leaks and rattles all over the place won’t be missed! |
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9th Aug 2022 7:23am |
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| spudfan Member Since: 10 Sep 2007 Location: Co Donegal Posts: 4655 
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Our work vans had the anti syphon thing on them. One of them was impeding filling and causes splashing
out while being filled. A mechanic came out and removed the anti syphon thing...with a coat hanger . 1982 88" 2.25 diesel 1992 110 200tdi csw -Zikali 2008 110 2.4 tdci csw-Zulu 2011 110 2.4 tdci csw-Masai |
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9th Aug 2022 6:02pm |
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