Got a "non-vented" gas cap-wont screw on all the way but "vented" one does?
Got a "non-vented" gas cap-wont screw on all the way but "vented" one does?
89 iroc it came with a vented aftermarket murray brand gas cap. I am having trouble passing emissions through the tailpipe and I was thinking putting the stock type non-vented gas cap may help (?) but the aftermarket non-vented caps won't fit. It goes on but won't go all the way down and seal before clicking. I am thinking the gas tank may have been replaced by a reproduction one at one time though. Maybe that is why the non vented one doesn't fit?
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Re: Got a "non-vented" gas cap-wont screw on all the way but "vented" one does?
89 iroc it came with a vented aftermarket murray brand gas cap. I am having trouble passing emissions through the tailpipe and I was thinking putting the stock type non-vented gas cap may help (?) but the aftermarket non-vented caps won't fit. It goes on but won't go all the way down and seal before clicking. I am thinking the gas tank may have been replaced by a reproduction one at one time though. Maybe that is why the non vented one doesn't fit?
To fix it spent a minute or so with some files on the gas cap. Used a round file (rat-tail) to deepen the grooves a little. Then a flat file over the tops of the peaks of the threads. Doesn't take much being plastic and all.
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