Deterring petrol thieves

Right, someone's nicking petrol out of my car. I first noticed it a few
months ago when I had my van and this last lot of petrol has disappeared
quick, the flap was open this morning as well.

A locking petrol cap is the obvious answer but it's a twisty one that's
going to be a pain (but not impossible) to buy, but in the meantime,
what can I do to deter petrol thieves? Sleeping in a nearby bush is not
an option[1] and I did consider dog shit and / or razor blades on the
cap / flap but this will inconvenience me as well.

[1] Nor is moving to a less pikey area.

 

Air rifle from a distant bush? ;-)

 

Fill it with diesel.

 

Your lucky it was just the cap, the last time petrol cost this much the
scrotes used to spike the tanks and drain it off that way.

 

have you a pop rivet tool ?
http://images.acmehardware.com/200x200/4895462.jpg

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, Vass amazed us all with this pearl of wisdom:

Heh, not a bad idea. It's got to go on a Mondeo though. If was a really
shite car I would but.... actually, it's not a bad idea at all. If I
can't get a locking cap, I'll do that. A pop rivet gun can't cost more
than a fiver, can it?

 

Hmmm. You sure?

You're the bloke who was adamant that he hadn't made all the posts
that the stats said he had last month, if you remember.

 

Install a dummy hose for a week that goes through to a 5l can of
sugared petrol in the boot. Keep topping it up with Total & Lyle and
then see where the breakdown van goes. In fact, a bit of white spirit,
some 2T oil and all sorts in various quantities could probably make
quite a bit more of a mess, taking the cat out as well if the scrote
has one.

 

Whinging Courier wrote

Video camera and a bit of disk space.

 

Wotcha.

Many moons ago, I had something similar. I always carried my two stroke
oil ( BSA Bantam - that's how long ago ) in a plastic bottle which I
wedged between the headlight and its mounting bracket. Some thieving
toad would always steal the bottle, and always from the same pub car
park. Now I had a good idea who it was, but couldn't prove anything -
so I filled my oil bottle with Castrol R, and added a good handful of
grinding dust from off the surface grinding machine at work. Sure
enough, the bottle vanished. Within a day or so, a certain Suzuki 380
was emitting a lovely aroma of castor oil - by the following week the
main bearings, big ends, bores, and most other moving parts seemed most
unwell. The most surprising thing was . . . . . . . . . .it wasn't the
fellow I suspected. Being a jolly honest sort of a chap, I told the
owner of that Suzuki exactly what was wrong with his bike and why.
Shall we say he wasn't very pleased ? I bet he never nicked anymore two
stroke oil after that though.

 

Linseed oil does a nice job too.

 

On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 19:19:06 +0100, "^..^ Lone Wolf"

I bet you hated to tell him as well. But I can see that it was clearly
your public duty to do so.

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Right, someone's nicking petrol out of my car. I first noticed it a few

1 Measure the tube opening.
2 Go down to the local general store and buy a large gauzed tea strainer
slightly larger than the measurement (Metal)
3 Cut off handle leaving just the strainer part
4 Remove filler tube and insert the strainer into the pipe fastening with
Araldite or Pop Rivets
5 Reassemble

Watch the fuel figures change


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In uk.rec.motorcycles, Beav amazed us all with this pearl of wisdom:

Cheers.

 

Siphon it all out every night, and take it in the house.

Are you a smoker?

 

Mate, you're gonna get a reputation if you carry on being as helpful as
this ;-)

Cheers

Paul.

 

Oooooooooooer who are you?
Newbie?
Infiltrator?

I am always helpful ;-)
Especially at the Black Horse


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B.O.S.M 2003, 2004, 2005
FURSWB#1 KotL..YTC449
PM#7
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HTF can anybody tell who you're asking when you persist in cutting the
attribution line(s) off?

 

Mate, you're gonna get a reputation if you carry on being as helpful as

Did I?
Damn that dyslexic keyboard


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B.O.S.M 2003, 2004, 2005
FURSWB#1 KotL..YTC449
PM#7
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yes, and again, you're not far short of a fucking idiot are you?


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