Fuel tank cap

janderson41 · Feb 27, 2012

Hi all, can someone clarify for me about fuel caps.
Lost my fuel cap through my own fault, forgot to fit it back on and drove away with cap on bumper which then disappeared. Have fitted a cap from Halfords £4.99, does the job but says on the package "temporary Fuel cap".
As i still have the locking flap why do i need to replace with a genuine or lookalike cap. Is there a proper reason for this?.

thanks

Jim A
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1996300Tdi auto(Jap reimport)

discool · Feb 27, 2012

1. Temp caps are an MOT fail.
2. A disco cap has a vent valve in it.

shocker · Feb 27, 2012

Get the fuel cap retaining strap from a D2 , a very useful but easy modification to any D1

janderson41 · Feb 27, 2012

thanks for the quick answers, will get a proper one ordered and rig some kind of retainer strap. put the loss down to now being 70 and starting to forget some things. the temp has an airhole drilled into it.

cheers
JIM A
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1996 300Tdi auto(Jap reimport)

discool · Feb 27, 2012

janderson41 said:
thanks for the quick answers, will get a proper one ordered and rig some kind of retainer strap. put the loss down to now being 70 and starting to forget some things. the temp has an airhole drilled into it.

cheers
JIM A
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1996 300Tdi auto(Jap reimport)

Did the same thing when I first got my disco left it on top of the pump, I went back to the garage but they didn't have it although they gave me a box with around 20 filler caps in for look see if it was there

shocker · Feb 27, 2012

Why do you think I need the retainer strap ?

shagger999uk · Feb 28, 2012

Left mine at the petrol station. Of course by the time I needed to refuel, the station had been rebuilt and they had thrown out their box of buckshee filler caps. I got the Halfords locking cap mostly so that I had to use the key, attached to my vehicle keys, so I couldn't drive off without replacing the filler cap.

Jongould · Feb 28, 2012

If its one of the push in temp caps then its no good...

If its one of the screw up tightening caps then its legal and OK...

Either way its best to get a new one...

EMC · Feb 28, 2012

we are breaking 2 discos at the moment £8 for a used one posted ! hows that for helpful

discool · Feb 28, 2012

NTC5418 was the pt.no. now superceded by WLD100820.

Fuel tank cap

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