- Jul 20, 2006
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Legs, do you want it in Canadian or American $?
Red car price please.
Legs, do you want it in Canadian or American $?
Yes, it was a fuel sensor safe RTV silicone that I used.
Thanks for your comments Bill. :thumbsup
Spend the whole afternoon today on my filler neck.
I believed that may be there was no damage to the flapper mecanism.
I managed to get the inserted piece out without breaking it. And I was right! Nothing broken. Assembling the loose flapper pieces took me 2 minutes:banana:banana:banana. I guess that in most of the cases, nothing is broken. :cheers:cheers
I will publish some pictures later on.
IMHO, replace the OEM with OEM and be careful when filling up. Much, much larger percentage of cars having no problems at all as opposed to those who have experienced a problem. The odds are in your favor.
The cause of the failure seems to be the small pin that comes out after some years.
I have secured mine now using a stainless steel wire, which goes through a small hole I drilled through the pin.
Actually, the engineering of the whole system seems to be better than its reputation. I have actuated the flap at least 100 times to the mecanical stop with my finger, can’t imagine how it could fail once more.
Now, if you want to repair it by yourself, take half a day (2 hours for the splashshield, 15min to take the filler assembly out, 30min to tap out the flapper system insert, 15min to repair with a wire and grinding…..) and after the job done, you should be quiet. Note that it is important to tap out the insert evenly (I used a screwdriver), it is not glued, the fact is that the brown gasket is heavily compressed.
As stated before, I cannot post pictures, if you are interested, email me.
Good luck everybody!