No more sticky fuel cap anxiety at the petrol station

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No more sticky fuel cap anxiety at the petrol station

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An easy fix for any tight fuel fIller that threatens to snap your ignition key off:

A few drops of light silicone oil (same stuff used to ease wind or constipation in infants) into the lock and also the sliding/rotating part of the cap will let it work smoothly.

It wont dissolve or wash off, it also makes any faded cap look like new again!

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Your not seriously saying people feed silicone to their babies ?

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syncroandy wrote:Your not seriously saying people feed silicone to their babies ?

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You'd be suprised what one can use. I find domestos is great for getting Tomato Sauce stains off Gabriel's chin

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Dimethicone is the pharmaceutical name iirc. Silicone oil is biologically inert, its basically administered orally as an in-system bowel lubricant... our first born got through a lot of it, he was a nightmare for trapped wind.

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Almost never remove my petrol cap when I fill up :D
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My petrol cap has half a key inside it - was like that when I bought it!
Why would the glass be anything other than half full?

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