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Offline Kobe

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Petrol cap gone.
« on: 29 April 2013, 07:51 »
Petrol cap won't click shut no more or does the button inside the car work. Do I need some kind of motor for it to work again? Someone said the solidnoid ( probably not spelt right :whistle:) has gone????
Any guides on doing this?

Thanks
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Offline Dalo Harkin

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Re: Petrol cap gone.
« Reply #1 on: 29 April 2013, 12:59 »
open the boot and on the right hand side you need to remove that panel, there is a solenoid that drives a pin up and down for the petrol cap release.
Either that has gone or is stuck, I took the cover off the solenoid and the cogs are made of plastic and when used repeatedly small pieces come off and get stuck, a few small sprays of WD40 and a small paintbrush and it started working again, been fine since  :wink:
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Offline Kobe

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Re: Petrol cap gone.
« Reply #2 on: 29 April 2013, 20:48 »
Il do just that tomorrow, nice one dude.
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Offline sketchy63

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Re: Petrol cap gone.
« Reply #3 on: 29 April 2013, 20:49 »
Do you know if the solenoid is in the same place in a bora? Got the same problem :(
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Offline Kobe

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Re: Petrol cap gone.
« Reply #4 on: 30 April 2013, 12:24 »
Got the solonoid out just hacking trouble splitting it in half.  :angry:
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Offline Kobe

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Re: Petrol cap gone.
« Reply #5 on: 30 April 2013, 12:30 »
Right as I was trying to split the unit in half the solonoid popped out (scared me half to deaf) must of just been as you said Dalo probably should get a new one soon tho but that will do for now :)
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