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Avensis petrol filler cap won't open. Ideas?

  • 14-01-2011 8:10pm
    #1
    Rowley Birkin QC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,259 ✭✭✭


    The filler cap on my parents 1.6 petrol Avensis won't open. There still seems to be some resistance when the release lever is lifted but the filler cap won't open.

    Any ideas as to how I would get at it?

    It's the 2000 model too if that makes any odds.


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  • #2
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 84,763 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
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    There might be an emergency pull in the boot on same side as fuel tank normally has a yellow tag on it to pull.


  • #3
    jimmyw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,382 ✭✭✭jimmyw


    I think the sister had the same problem on a 99 one of those.If I remember, I think I just levered it gently out at the flap and moved it over and back a few times.I think its just the hinge sticking.


  • #4
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 23,339 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I saw a lad I know with the same problem, as jimmyw mentioned it's more than likely the hinge not being strong enough to release the cap when the lever is pulled. Get a small screwdriver and lever it in (cover it in cloth to protect paintwork), with someone pulling the lever inside the car and someone with a vague mechanical aptitude on the screwdriver it should open :)

    Once open there is a metal clip thing near the hinge, bend that a bit more to make it under pressure when the flap is closed :) Should be no bother than for another few years ;)


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