Gas caps....

[Mike]

I got some weird stuff going on with my fuel tank cap. When it is locked down tight, the nubs are in a verticle position, touching the fuel door, making it stay open a little. I need a little feedback on the orientation of both the fuel filler neck cut outs and the caps tabs. Maybe my cap is bad, wrong (factory- but from junkyard), or the neck is coming apart and actually rotated (fat chance).

(|) - Right now, when my cap is tight is in this position.
(-) - Should probably be like this when down tight.

(- -) - This is how my filler neck's cut outs for the tabs are oriented.


I'll wait patiently for my trophy for most retarded question ever to be asked on R3V....

Honestly, I think the seal on the cap somehow magically walked around 180 deg. This is for an 89' with the 16l tank....

[TwoJ's]

Mine is the same as yours. Handle is vertical when tightened down. And the cut outs on the filler neck are they same as yours too.

[///M42 sport]

if your cap is in this position then its fked. I can thank the monkeys would did my emissions testing for this.

[Mike]

When I got the car it had some mickey mouse cap on it, so this weekend I went to the local yard and got a oe cap, and its in that same position. What is happening here, some kinda chromagnon bigfoot screwing up gas caps, I need more answers. How does your fuel door shut with the cap like that?

[Mike]

they look the same. Is there anyone who's cap is in a diff. position?

[Mike]

much better pic...

[///M42 sport]

I bought a new one from dealer. Its like about 10. Some dumbass probably overtorque the cap.

[gearheadE30]

Mine's horizontal when it's tight. Bought it new from the dealer.

[Mike]

I called my local independent shop, and asked them to check. Sounds like 4 e30's had no gas cap at all, and two others had the handle at the 1 oclock and 7 oclock position. Almost verticle, slightly offset.