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SaltyNC · 10-04-2017, 05:52 PM

I went to fill up, today, and the rubber retainer on my gas cap broke. It looks like someone cut it with a knife, it broke so cleanly.

I know the entire cap can be ordered, but does anyone know if just the little rubber retainer can be ordered separately?

Thanks!

Salty

SaltyNC · 10-04-2017, 06:02 PM

I think I found the answer to my own question in a hilarious old thread on Bimmerfest. They don't sell the rubber tether separately.

Salty

StickMon · 10-04-2017, 06:21 PM

I hate when that happens.
Mine broke a while back.
Thought about fashioning a new one, but I really don't miss it.
I didn't let the cap dangle, anyway. I put it in the little holder on the flap while filling up.

Boosted 1 · 10-04-2017, 07:16 PM

Salty I read your heading and I was expecting you to say she was pregnant!!!!

Huz-Z · 10-05-2017, 06:38 AM

I had the same thing happen to mine and I replaced it with a new one. I bought a brand new gas cap with the retainer for around $50 here in Canada so its probably a lot cheaper from a US dealer.

Dunno why everything here in Canada has to cost more than anywhere else on the planet. Are Canadians simply too polite to complain about getting ripped off perhaps?

SaltyNC · 10-05-2017, 08:49 AM

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Originally Posted by StickMon

I didn't let the cap dangle, anyway. I put it in the little holder on the flap while filling up.

Same here, StickMon. Someone on another forum said it was to prevent us from putting the fuel cap in the trigger mechanism of the nozzle on a gas pump. I've never even thought of doing that. If it doesn't have the trigger lock, I just squeeze the nozzle trigger until the tank is full of gas.

Salty

SaltyNC · 10-05-2017, 08:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Huz-Z

I had the same thing happen to mine and I replaced it with a new one. I bought a brand new gas cap with the retainer for around $50 here in Canada so its probably a lot cheaper from a US dealer.

Dunno why everything here in Canada has to cost more than anywhere else on the planet. Are Canadians simply too polite to complain about getting ripped off perhaps?

And I thought $30 was expensive for a gas cap.

Salty

SaltyNC · 10-05-2017, 08:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Boosted 1

Salty I read your heading and I was expecting you to say she was pregnant!!!!

I would never say anything salty like that.

Salty

wdb · 10-05-2017, 09:02 AM

The one on my si broke soon after I got the car. It's still broken. What is up with German rubbers anyway.

TRiCC · 10-05-2017, 12:13 PM

Salty i have just a rubber strap from a previous cap i replaced for a small evap leak. Pm me if you want it

SaltyNC · 10-05-2017, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by wdb

The one on my si broke soon after I got the car. It's still broken. What is up with German rubbers anyway.

Did you see the AfD campaign posters in Germany with the pregnant female stating "New Germans? We'll make our own." They purposely are making their rubbers weak.

Salty

SaltyNC · 10-05-2017, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by TRiCC

Salty i have just a rubber strap from a previous cap i replaced for a small evap leak. Pm me if you want it

I very much appreciate your kind offer. I sent you a PM. I think I'm just going to cut off the tether for now, and you may need that tether as a spare if your new one breaks.

Thanks again!

Salty

Finnegan · 10-05-2017, 06:10 PM

Best thread title in some time!

kaybat · 10-05-2017, 06:37 PM

yep,i've noticed around 10 years or so,they get brittle and break

unluky · 10-06-2017, 05:23 PM

LOL - I cut mine off - I hated it. I should have saved it and sold it! =)

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