Thoughts on capless gas fill

[Humvee21]

I got the keyed cap from Ford. It's much better to use the keyed cap than worrying about ******* college students messing with my fuel tank. Especially if you go to a school as liberal as emory univ.

 

[Dane]

I'm still curious what happens when emissions time comes (4 year exemption in Colorado). They test the gas caps here. Are they going to look at me like a monkey doing a math problem?

 

[Wilson]

or on top of a football

 

[1stSFG]

I've not had any problems with either of my trucks.

If you're in the middle of nowhere and can't figure out a way to get gas in there, you got more problems than being out of gas! I can open the fuel filler nozzle lock thing with my finger and a butterknife. There is just two little nubs that need to be pushed in and it opens.

Hell, disconnect the fuel filler line, dump in the gas and reconnect. Done.

Pushing those two little nubs to avoid the majority of what you're trying to get in the tank is a pain in the ass. My first experience was last winter not knowing about the,"By pass",and sticking the correct amount of Stabil in only to find all of it under the truck on my garage floor. A little off topic,but the design sure could've been better. And come with a friggin cap. I will be buying a locking plug from Ford.

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stick a ****** over it

**** that....lol

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I guess if one was really worried they could put some duct tape over the opening before going off roading

Fucthat to.....LOL

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I kinda liked it. That is until earlier this month I was on the way to Jackson Hole and stopped at a Flying J. Never made it back in I15 when the check engine light went on and I almost had to change my jeans. The book says one of three issues - emissions, bad fuel or stuck fueler. Seeing as how I hadn't driven 1000 yards I figured it couldn't be bad gas - not that soon, plus the engine was purring just as it always doe. Looked further in the book and found the only way to turn off the light was 3-cold starts, 8 hrs apart. I figured I was doomed to see the idiot light for a couple days. We got back on the I15 and decided to stop at the next gas station just to see if it was the filler.

Stopped at a station and acting like a safe cracker I had my ear close to the filler as I put the nozzle to see if I could feel or hear anything different. Nope. Went ahead to put a gallon of high test in (that's all it'd take) and off on the road again. With the light still on. I went through the menu on the dash and found a systems reset (or something similar). Figuring I couldn't make it worse I clicked ok to reset everything back to factory specs. The light stay on.

We drove this way to ID Falls where we stopped to refuel (10 gals). All the way I'm driving seeing that damn light but not feeling anything different in the drive. Got back in the truck, turned it on and no light!

The moral of this little story is I don't think I like the capless gas fill. However I'm also not willing to spend any money on a locking cap. What I've caught myself doing since then is being careful when I'm done filling up. I've caught myself pulling out the nozzle and reinserting it a couple times just to make certain it closes.

Other than that - driving in fine sand, dirt, snow, and slush - I'v not seen any evidence that anything got in past the cover. I filled up after leaving Jackson WY and the entire side of the truck was covered with dirty slush. Hell I couldn't tell where the cover was it was that bad. I opened the cover and found it dry underneath.

The problem I had may have be one-off. The truck is from Southern Arizona and not used to cold nasty weather so maybe it was telling me something....

Cruse set at 70 no idiot light and 20.1 mpg

20 mpg? Yeah that right after hitting the reset.

 

[Boss327]

I'm still curious what happens when emissions time comes (4 year exemption in Colorado). They test the gas caps here. Are they going to look at me like a monkey doing a math problem?

Nope.

 

[beemerman]

just got the locking gas cap from ford. part # 8u5z-9c268-b. list price is $24.99. all plastic of course. 2 keys. jack

 

[FarFromStock]

just got the locking gas cap from ford. part # 8u5z-9c268-b. list price is $24.99. all plastic of course. 2 keys. jack

Good call Jack. I put them on both the Raptor and Shelby. For those that think it's a hassle, it's not. Put key in, give it a quarter turn, pull on key and the cap comes with it. When finished filling, just reverse. Easy peasy!

I keep the key in the little dash cubby to the right of the shifter.

 

[Wilson]

if you want to mess up an engine put stable in it that crap sucks. you don't need any additives if you run e-30

 

[1stSFG]

if you want to mess up an engine put stable in it that crap sucks. you don't need any additives if you run e-30

I respectfully disagree. If you're storing a vehicle for a couple months or longer and don't want to drain your entire fuel system it's a no brainer. (Stabil)

 

[Prybar]

I respectfully disagree. If you're storing a vehicle for a couple months or longer and don't want to drain your entire fuel system it's a no brainer. (Stabil)

I disagree as well. I use Stabil in everything that is seasonal around here. Works amazingly!