Filler Cap Flap Adjustment?

KelV6 · 16th February 2015, 10:37

Is there any adjustment?
As you can see it does not sit flush

thanks
Kelv

Yella Fella · 16th February 2015, 10:41

I dont think there is any adjustment. I wonder if someone has bumped into it when it was open and forced the hinges beyong their original setting.

KelV6 · 16th February 2015, 10:47

Yella Fella that's what I was thinking. Have lived with it up to now but it's beginning to annoy me now :-)

dadragon · 16th February 2015, 10:49

KelV6, could you not fit a rubber grommet inside as a stopper so it doesn't go too far in?
Regards DaDragon

T-Cut · 16th February 2015, 10:58

The filler flap is available as a spare part, which appears to include the hinges. I suspect replacement with a new one will fix the problem.

Rimmer: http://www.rimmerbros.co.uk/Item--i-BPA500050

TC

brgcdti · 16th February 2015, 11:38

Actually a few mm of adjustment is provided by the rubber ring around the locking pin. It varies in thickness as you rotate it. If it is a lot more than that then gently bend the metal on the inside of the flap where the pin locates .. it will be obvious if it has been flattened out .

stocktake · 16th February 2015, 11:48

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dattrike · 16th February 2015, 12:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by brgcdti

Actually a few mm of adjustment is provided by the rubber ring around the locking pin. It varies in thickness as you rotate it. If it is a lot more than that then gently bend the metal on the inside of the flap where the pin locates .. it will be obvious if it has been flattened out .

Avulon · 16th February 2015, 12:21

Just a quick check is the flap retention clip in place?

http://www.rimmerbros.co.uk/Item--i-BPX500010

only £0.36 (inc vat).

Frank Incensed · 16th February 2015, 12:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by brgcdti

Actually a few mm of adjustment is provided by the rubber ring around the locking pin. It varies in thickness as you rotate it. If it is a lot more than that then gently bend the metal on the inside of the flap where the pin locates .. it will be obvious if it has been flattened out .

And the adjuster ring comes loose, falls off and gets lost (luckily mine fell off on the driveway, not at a filling station). As has been said, a grommet will do the trick, if you can't find an original part to replace it.

16th February 2015, 10:41	#2
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KelV6 Avid contributor Audi A4 Avant - formerly a ZT-T Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Cambridge Posts: 144 Thanks: 17 Thanked 17 Times in 14 Posts	Yella Fella that's what I was thinking. Have lived with it up to now but it's beginning to annoy me now :-)

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T-Cut This is my second home Rover75 and Mreg Corsa. Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Sumweer onat mote o'dust (Sagin) Posts: 21,753 Thanks: 341 Thanked 3,660 Times in 2,924 Posts	The filler flap is available as a spare part, which appears to include the hinges. I suspect replacement with a new one will fix the problem. Rimmer: http://www.rimmerbros.co.uk/Item--i-BPA500050 TC

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brgcdti Gets stuck in N/A Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: N/A Posts: 658 Thanks: 50 Thanked 133 Times in 103 Posts	Actually a few mm of adjustment is provided by the rubber ring around the locking pin. It varies in thickness as you rotate it. If it is a lot more than that then gently bend the metal on the inside of the flap where the pin locates .. it will be obvious if it has been flattened out .