badboy

Fuel tank lid….GONE!!!

When you open the fuel cap to refuel, do you see a metal lid that keeps you from looking inside the fuel tank? It moves away when you insert the fuel hose.

Well, I swear I have seen it before, but recently I don’t anymore. I can see inside the tank, although it is dark.

I wonder where that metal lid went. Could it have broken and fallen into the tank?
And how can something like that break?

I am worried and I think a trip to the dealers will be coming up. If you guys have any kind of information on this subject please share.

Thanks

Ron A

They don't put those in anymore. They did it when stations still sold leaded gas, to prevent using leaded gas in an unleaded car. The unleaded has a thinner nozzle so the little door, or sometimes just a smaller opening, was used but now that leaded is a thing of the past, it's not necessary to have the restriction.

elsensei

There is no metal lid on the newer TL's. I know what you are talking about most older cars had it. But my wife's 05 Odessy and my 05 TL did not come with it. I think the last car we had with it was a 1998 chevy blazer?

Not sure why car makers had it or why they now got rid of it.

badboy

So was I just imagining that the little metal door was on my tl?

I am pretty sure I saw it before.

chill_dog

Drop a match down there...that should help you see what's going on inside...

TLTrance

Its not there. Mine doesn't have it.

mickey3c

I guess I picked the wrong week to quit drinking...

TampaMike

I always thought that metal flap was to prevent siphoning from the tank? And with a locking fuel door, maybe it is not needed?

dezzzmond

haha, lol

crazymjb

No, it isn't for siphoning, I think there is something else for that. I needed gas for my scooter so I stuck a hose down into the tank of the Ford, it pushed the metal flap out of the way and went down and eventually stopped, However no gas was coming through, and when i pulled it out, it didnt have any gas on it.

2thguy

ROTFLMAO......best laugh I have had in days........and Ron A is exactly right about what the metal disk was for........BTW my 05 TL doesnt have one

mickey3c

Well trying drilling a hole in the bottom of the tank... Gas should come out... more than enough for your scooter...

mio

relax~ u think too much...