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69elf
 Post subject: Flip Top Petrol Caps
PostPosted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 5:31 am 
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I see the very nice Monza flip top petrol cap on ebay at the moment. They look so cool but I wonder if they leak.
Does any one have any experience with these caps?
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 7:06 am 
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I Have 2 Aston flip top caps, and also the locking cap from the uk and they work great no leaks at all.

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had mine for a lot of years now...it has a key lock and has not leaked at all

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Ive got these..... Mine still seems to leak if the tank is filled up.... So only put like 15L in at a time...

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<offtopic>My god Hanra, how do you keep that thing so clean!?! :shock: :shock: </offtopic>

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Hanra
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Easy...... DONT DRIVE IT.....

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Hanra - what type are those and how do they fit on - I love em.
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Hanra
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They are the Monza style caps. There is a threaded brass collar that has to be flogged onto the neck of the tank, then the cap screws onto the collar.... BUT..... u have to ensure that the collar is positioned in the correct spot, so that when u screw the cap on tight, the cap sits in the correct position.... Cause otherwise, u will never get the collar off again..........!!!!

This is the collar.
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Hanra, why do you put petrol in your car? :P :lol:

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Hanra
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Well petrol only goes in a few times a year, but i feel that i have to do my bit for global warming.

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Hanra wrote:
Well petrol only goes in a few times a year, but i feel that i have to do my bit for global warming.


:lol: I'll pay that
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I drive my car everyday but I only fill it six times a year.
:shock:

The flip top fuel caps are not legal for some CAMS events but most scruitineers wouldn't know anyway. They can pop open in a crash. Historics have to lock wire theirs. :wink:
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Morris 1100 wrote:
I drive my car everyday but I only fill it six times a year. :shock:


Did u do one of those Toyota Prius engine conversions?

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