Gas cap September 23, 2022, 06:24:58 pm Hi all, I left my gas cap for my 2002 MB in a gas station sometime ago on the road. It’s not an E4 50 gas cap. Does anybody have a part number for the locking gas cap that I left in a gas station?Any help would be greatly appreciated!Happy trails!Cal
Re: Gas cap Reply #1 – September 23, 2022, 10:11:26 pm Hi Cal; Rock Auto has been good to me. Your standard non locking gas cap for a 2002 E450 Super Duty: 2002 FORD F-450 SUPER DUTY 6.8L V10 Fuel Tank Cap | RockAuto is about $11. They also have a Gates # 31734 locking gas cap for $12.13. RonB 1 Likes
Re: Gas cap Reply #2 – September 27, 2022, 09:46:38 am Quote from: aokcal - September 23, 2022, 06:24:58 pmHi all, I left my gas cap for my 2002 MB in a gas station sometime ago on the road. It’s not an E4 50 gas cap. Does anybody have a part number for the locking gas cap that I left in a gas station?These days, jerks steal your gas by punching a hole in the tank and draining it. Few will try to siphon from the filler, but most feel that giving thieves the option of making off with a few gallons that way, if they are so inclined, sure beats replacing the no-longer-in-production fuel tank you might lose as an altenative...Go with non-locking.Steve 3 Likes
Re: Gas cap Reply #3 – September 27, 2022, 01:11:10 pm Quote from: Steve - September 27, 2022, 09:46:38 amThese days, jerks steal your gas by punching a hole in the tank and draining it. Few will try to siphon from the fillerGo with non-locking.Siphoning through the filler is very difficult, the filler tube has a flapper that prevents all but the smallest tubing from being force past the flapper, into the tank. Punching a hole in the tank is the most practical way of stealing gas.The type of gas cap is mostly irrelevant, save your money.Larry
Re: Gas cap Reply #4 – September 27, 2022, 01:24:38 pm Hi Steve; And the flipside of that is: a bunch of motorhomes in storage: "Pick that one, this one has a locking gas cap." A large Channellock plier will rip them right out, so I've heard. It also keeps juvenile maliciousness under tighter control as to adding foreign substances to the tank, you know, water, sugar, etc. Those traveling to Mexico 'back in the old days' used to warn to check at full service filling stations, that the pumps were zeroed out, before an attendant inserted the gas nozzle. The necessity of removing the locked cap first would allow for the owner to check that. I'm sure that wouldn't happen anywhere in the U.S. right? That last admonition applies just right here in Poway. The attendant filled my propane tank with eleven gallons! A ten gallon tank will only hold 8, and it wasn't empty. I didn't go back there again, until that owner was forced to sell. Maybe the owner never knew why people wouldn't go to his station. p.s. Whatever brand of locking gas cap I have is very complicated to unlock. And a lightweight (1/16") vinyl coated steel cable keeps it attached to the motorhome. RonB Still available, under $1k More Information for LILAND GLOBAL FOR03A
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