Does the gas tank have a metal cap covering the hole? - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

Gregory Gawaran · 05-13-2013, 02:13 AM

It does right? I filled up the other day and noticed it was missing but the dealer said it doesn't have one. I do drive my girlfriends MR2 and my 1st gen celicas from time to time so maybe I am mixing information up.

Could anyone verify this for me?

636 · 05-13-2013, 02:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Gregory Gawaran

It does right? I filled up the other day and noticed it was missing but the dealer said it doesn't have one. I do drive my girlfriends MR2 and my 1st gen celicas from time to time so maybe I am mixing information up.

Could anyone verify this for me?

Ehhhh, I don't remember any metal cap.

LeeMaster · 05-13-2013, 02:26 AM

No, it never had any. Because race car..

mrlewistan · 05-13-2013, 02:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Gregory Gawaran

It does right? I filled up the other day and noticed it was missing but the dealer said it doesn't have one. I do drive my girlfriends MR2 and my 1st gen celicas from time to time so maybe I am mixing information up.

Could anyone verify this for me?

you mean like a little spring door on the inside of the tank?

Gregory Gawaran · 05-13-2013, 02:52 AM

Should have elaborated more. So you pop the tank, pop the plastic cap, and the spring loaded metal cap where you put the pump into. I know my older cars have it so I don't know if I am just assuming it has one out of association haha.

Gregory Gawaran · 05-13-2013, 02:53 AM

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Originally Posted by mrlewistan

you mean like a little spring door on the inside of the tank?

I believe your on to what I am talking about.

mrlewistan · 05-13-2013, 03:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Gregory Gawaran

I believe your on to what I am talking about.

i know my camry has it but i really dont recal ever seeing it on the frs.

edit: so just ran to the garage to check for you. mine dont have the little door. so either i have same issue as you or the frs just dont have those things. im betting on the latter

Gregory Gawaran · 05-13-2013, 03:06 AM

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Originally Posted by mrlewistan

i know my camry has it but i really dont recal ever seeing it on the frs.

edit: so just ran to the garage to check for you. mine dont have the little door. so either i have same issue as you or the frs just dont have those things. im betting on the latter

Thanks man, I was going crazy like, Does it have one? haha

pascalbrax · 05-13-2013, 09:00 AM

My (very) old Toyota Paseo has the metal cap, my european GT86 doesn't.

chenshuo · 05-13-2013, 10:19 AM

because saves weight

strat61caster · 05-13-2013, 11:59 AM

It's probably located further down the "neck" of the fuel tank. If I remember correctly it HAS to be there by law to prevent fumes from escaping the tank, they figured out in the 80's that the fumes that were being emitted while filling up and letting a gas tank "breath" were incredibly damaging to the environment so they came up with systems to trap them.

Now when you fuel up that big rubber donut creates a seal which channels the fumes in your empty tank to the tank under the gas station as your tank gets filled up, same thing happens when the gas station gets their tanks refilled and then the fumes get transported back to the refinery. Not sure what happens to them if they're re-processed into something or just disposed of in a less damaging way to the environment than venting to the air.

Freetime · 05-13-2013, 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by strat61caster

It's probably located further down the "neck" of the fuel tank. If I remember correctly it HAS to be there by law to prevent fumes from escaping the tank, they figured out in the 80's that the fumes that were being emitted while filling up and letting a gas tank "breath" were incredibly damaging to the environment so they came up with systems to trap them.

Now when you fuel up that big rubber donut creates a seal which channels the fumes in your empty tank to the tank under the gas station as your tank gets filled up, same thing happens when the gas station gets their tanks refilled and then the fumes get transported back to the refinery. Not sure what happens to them there re-processed into something or just disposed of in a less damaging way to the environment than venting to the air.

WTF. How high are you?

strat61caster · 05-13-2013, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Freetime

WTF. How high are you?

High enough to have taken classes on engines and gotten a relevant degree to the topic (mechanical engineering).

[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onboard_refueling_vapor_recovery"]Onboard refueling vapor recovery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]
http://www.arb.ca.gov/vapor/vapor.htm
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/money...on-fumes_n.htm

Looks like you live in a state that doesn't require vapor recovery systems (the proper name escaped me for my initial post) so I'm not surprised you are surprised by this information.

Freetime · 05-13-2013, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by strat61caster

High enough to have taken classes on engines and gotten a relevant degree to the topic (mechanical engineering).

Onboard refueling vapor recovery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://www.arb.ca.gov/vapor/vapor.htm
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/money...on-fumes_n.htm

Looks like you live in a state that doesn't require vapor recovery systems (the proper name escaped me for my initial post) so I'm not surprised you are surprised by this information.

Well thanks for teaching me something new today. You are right, apparently FL doesn't require this as I have never seen it. Feel free to slap me back

05-13-2013, 02:13 AM	#1
Gregory Gawaran Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Drives: 2018 Subaru BRZ tS Location: Anna, TX Posts: 142 Thanks: 4 Thanked 24 Times in 12 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Does the gas tank have a metal cap covering the hole? It does right? I filled up the other day and noticed it was missing but the dealer said it doesn't have one. I do drive my girlfriends MR2 and my 1st gen celicas from time to time so maybe I am mixing information up. Could anyone verify this for me?

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LeeMaster Red wine Join Date: Oct 2012 Drives: Subaru BRZ(R.I.P) Location: Denied Posts: 1,176 Thanks: 1,268 Thanked 342 Times in 240 Posts Mentioned: 13 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	No, it never had any. Because race car.. __________________

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Gregory Gawaran Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Drives: 2018 Subaru BRZ tS Location: Anna, TX Posts: 142 Thanks: 4 Thanked 24 Times in 12 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Should have elaborated more. So you pop the tank, pop the plastic cap, and the spring loaded metal cap where you put the pump into. I know my older cars have it so I don't know if I am just assuming it has one out of association haha.

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