The gas cap on my 02 type s is grey....On my Dads 03 the gas cap is black...It is the same size and shape and whatnot, but why are they different? If it makes any difference, on our 2000 Odyssey it is black as well...
I have been wondering this for a while, because I doubt they give a different cap to a type-s?
Any ideas?

 

oem one from the factory vs replacement honda one , also mine is black and an 03

also a different color quite often means that the part also has been updated/redesigned cause they saw an issue with it
btw the different colors happen quite often on electrical components, so it is easy to tell if it has been updated and such

 

That means your OEM gas cap was left at the gas station, and someone had to buy one from autozone. (previous owner)

 

never mentioned, if his gray one had honda written on it and such, but yeah it is a replacement cap because of the origional being ethier damaged (leaking for evap system) or lost

hell my boss's 88 mazda has a nissan gas cap on it, works perfectly fine too

 

all that was just a guess.

I forgot mine at the gas station when I first started driving. I had the Check Engine Light come on too. Went to autozone and got a replacement. It was black though.

 

my 02 type s is black

 

Really?!?!

 

cuz its crazy how many ppl didnt buy this car cuz of the grey gas cap, so they started offering it in black.

 

you guys losing all these gas caps, should try a newer AUDI ; f***ing $45 for a new cap, and no you can't get it aftermarket, cause the cap has a magnet inside it that a sensor on the car picks up, otherwise it will throw a CEL for a missing cap, even though there is one on there and it's tight (and only way to turn off that light is with a FACTORY SCAN TOOL, not an aftermarket tool, so dealer prices again)

but you can disable the sensor reletively easily though (thank god)(but give that a few years though, and it won't be so easy), so you can use a aftermarket cap, with some modification/unplugging

 

My 00 TL's is gray, with Honda writing on it.

 

some of you may have failed emissions and needed to have your gas cap replaced because it was leaking fumes. last year i got mine replaced, acura only charged 10 bucks, by the way its black.

 

as said in post #4 (mine); or lost at a gas station and such

 

and there are two choices of gas caps from acura BTW, so proably the reason for a gray one and a black one

http://www.hondapartsunlimited.com/i...&submit=submit

 

How do you loose a gas cap I in 1 million miles of driving have never had to replace a gas cap

 

Ive lived in NJ forever until 17 when I moved to NC. I had just got my first car when I moved to NC. I had to fill up the gas myself instead of having someone do it for me. Call me spoiled?

A month after I got my car, I left the gas cap it at the station and drove off with my gas lid open as well. I noticed it a mile down the road on my side mirrors and I already knew it was gone....forever

 

, and you are proably having it pumped for you again, being that you are back in NJ :shakehead

 

Yea thats right lol

 

Spoiled. haha. NJ is the only state that does that, right?

 

if you are disabled, i think it is federally mandoatied (sp?) for them to, but i am not 100% sure, so don't take my word for it though

 

Mandated.

 

I think Oregon is the same way.

 

I go to Jersey just for full service gas.

 

I hear ya man, when I go to from here in South Florida to Cali in summer time, I always drive through NJ for the full service.

 

yeah, read sig, but also that is the reason fot the "sp?" after it, i knew the spelling of it was wrong, just did not know how to spell it correctly


and as said only if you are disabled, and you beep your horn at them to come out and such, but yeah they don't do it for perfectlly capable people

also the station HAS to have two attendents on duty for them to do it for you, and not just one (think safty, with one attentdent being able to call for help and such, if something happens to the other attendent)

 

I have an 02 and my gas cap is grey with Honda print on it...

 

Haha, I never realized your siggy.
Doesn't it put a red dotted underline under your in-correctly spelled words? All you have to do is right click the word and it spell checks it.

 

have to download the spell checker, and me feel no likey for downloading it yet , i don't remember the exact reason but i will check again though