Capless gas fill problem:

[Charlie Daubitz]

I filled up many times, never had a problem till today. Inserting the pump nozzle wouldn't open the inner cap, I'm going to call it a surge cap. The gas wouldn't go in the tank. I went home to try and see why with a flashlight. On the side of the fuel tube just past the seal cap there are 2 spring loaded tabs that have to be depressed but the gas pump nozzle so that inner cap will open. I used 2 screwdrivers to press those tabs and the inner cap would open fine. I went back to pump 14 where it wouldn't work and the gas nozzle on that pump was worn and egg shaped enough that it wouldn't press the tabs to let the inner cap open. I took pictures. I went to a different pump and all was fine.

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[AutobahnSHO]

Did you check out the picture in the owner manual? There's a "technique" to putting the nozzle in. And if it's bent up or 'worn' it might not work right?...

 

[Redline]

Good to know. Thanks for the tip, so to speak.

 

[paneubert]

Yeah, I bet if you turned the "egg" sideways, it would have pushed the tabs. But that would have made for a very awkward fill angle.

 

[rlhdweman]

That pump nozzle looks like it has been dropped or run over a number of times.

 

[NJBob]

Living in NJ happy I don't have to pump gas. But now I don't have to worry about the attendant forgetting to put the cap back on.

 

[Allen King Jr]

I know what's wrong with it, it ain't got no gas in it!!!!...Well, it sounded better in my head

 

[StillWaiting]

Nice investigation work

 

[rclee]

Thanks for the info. This will come in handy on one of those frigid winter nights when trying to fill er up

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