Locking Gas Cap - broken :(
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Locking Gas Cap - broken :(
I went to get gas tonight as my c4 was spluttering and running on fumes, but I couldn't open my gas cap 
The key will turn as it should, but instead of opening, the cap just clicks.
I guess something inside has broken off.
Any ideas how to get the bugger off?
The key will turn as it should, but instead of opening, the cap just clicks.
I guess something inside has broken off.
Any ideas how to get the bugger off?
Drifting
Joined: Nov 2004
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From: Nanaimo, BC
Wow, you're a bigger man than I.
I would have been too embarrased to admit I was turning it the wrong way, but it happens to us all.
I was going to suggest that you just light a match..... okay, I'm joking.
Glad you got it off.
I would have been too embarrased to admit I was turning it the wrong way, but it happens to us all.
I was going to suggest that you just light a match..... okay, I'm joking.
Glad you got it off.
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From: OR
Originally Posted by bugmenot1
I went to get gas tonight as my c4 was spluttering and running on fumes, but I couldn't open my gas cap
The key will turn as it should, but instead of opening, the cap just clicks.
I guess something inside has broken off.
Any ideas how to get the bugger off?
The key will turn as it should, but instead of opening, the cap just clicks.
I guess something inside has broken off.
Any ideas how to get the bugger off?
Race Director
Joined: Jun 2004
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From: WI
I got tired of that clicking cap and having to carry my keys to the back of the car, and the extra time in the cold. It's snowing this weekend! I stopped at Walmart and got a cap that doesn't lock! I was getting tempted to leave the key stuck in the darn thing. I don't live in a high risk area for someone tampering with my gas cap. Also while at Walmart I got a radiator cap, the stock one had some rust on it.
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Originally Posted by Aardwolf
I got tired of that clicking cap and having to carry my keys to the back of the car, and the extra time in the cold. It's snowing this weekend! I stopped at Walmart and got a cap that doesn't lock! I was getting tempted to leave the key stuck in the darn thing. I don't live in a high risk area for someone tampering with my gas cap. Also while at Walmart I got a radiator cap, the stock one had some rust on it.
I have had a number of these. They are pretty much a joke.
If you push down and twist enough they eventually come off without the key.
