fuel tank capacity OPEL GT 2012 Owners Manual

59Instru men ts, c ontrols
Sp ee dome te r
Indicates the vehicle speed.Fue l gaug e
Nev er run the ta nk dry!
Because of the fue l re maining in the tank,
the amount of fuel re quire d to fill the tank
may be le ss than the spe cified ta nk
capacity.Driver information centre
Dis plays ve hic le information and als o
che ck control warning mes sa ges when the
ignition is on.
The type of information and how it is
dis playe d depe nds on the se ttings made in
pe rsonalis ation m od e. Some information
and w arning mes sa ges appe ar on the
dis play in abbrev iated form.
Information disp lay - s e e pa ge 6 0 ,
Pe rs onalisation mode - s ee pag e 6 4 ,
C he ck c ontrol warning me ss age s -
s ee page 6 8.Pointer in le ft zone = Fill up –
se e page 11 4 .
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11 5Dr i vi ng and o pe r ati on
Fuel fille r neck at left re ar s ide of v ehicle.
Ope n the tank flap .
The fuel filler cap is locke d and unlocked
us ing the key provided . Turn key in lock
cylinder c lock wise to unloc k cap.
Uns cre w the fuel fille r cap b y turning it
anti-clock wise , and re move .
The fuel tank has a limiting sy ste m which
preve nts ov erfilling of the tank.C orre ct filling de pends to a large exte nt on
proper operation of the fuel disp ensing
pump:
1 . Fully ins ert the pump nozzle and s witch
it on.
2. At autom atic switch off, the specifie d
tank capacity is reache d. Le ave the fille r
nozz le in plac e until the flow s tops.
Place fuel filler c ap in pos ition and turn it
clockw ise until tight and turn ke y in lock
cy linde r anti-clockwis e to lock cap.
C los e tank flap.
W ipe off any ov erflowing fue l imme diately .
9 Wa r ning
Fu el is f l a m m a bl e a n d ex p l o si ve . A v oi d
nak ed flam es or s parks when handling
fuel or just in its vicinity. Do not smoke.
This a ls o applies where fuel is pe rceptible
only from its c harac te ristic od our. If fue l
od ours occur in the vehicle its elf, ha ve the
cause eliminate d imm ediate ly by a
work shop.