This sounds really ridiculous, but does anyone else have any bother removing the oil filler cap on their fd? :o
Its usually quite tight and i have to put on my bike gloves to get a good enough grip of it, but this time it won\'t budge!
I know what you mean, it always seems to be tighter than I remember leaving it and the strut brace doesn\'t help get a grip.
An adjustable water type wrench should sort you out though.
I also struggle with mine, i now use a large screwdriver and tap it with a hammer, seems to do the trick :Giggle
Dave.
Ah glad its not just mine then, im going to try the screwdriver and hammer tonight!
try doing it with the engine warmed up should budge a bit easier, its because its cold outside and im pretty sure the neck is metal meaning it will shrink and tighten around the cap, just get it up to temp and it will come off easier.
filler neck is plastic on the FD ;) It\'s one of those things you learn to get around :P
What I do is spin it down so the seal touches & then give it a few degrees, I know it sounds like it would be too lose, but when you come to undo it, you will be glad you did it that tight!!
Jono
Yeah, the necks only placcy so I wouldn\'t be giving it too much abuse and whacking the cap with hammers and drifts if possible :eek:.
I found the best tool to use (as I discovered when mine wouldn\'t undo at RotorPop) is an Ada7 :Giggle. Not toooooo convenient fitting one in the boot due to their size and all the bits sticking out all over the place, but their Herculesian powers are useful for all sorts of things besides just undoing stuck oil filler caps :rollin
Its true.... an Ada7 does have lots of bits sticking out all over the place :rollin
Adam
Well the bloody thing still won\'t move! :2Mad Luckily my oil level is fine at the moment, and at least its my only gripe with my fd so far...
Put some effort into it
My only gripe with the oil cap is that I usually put too much effort into getting it off, it suddenly lets go and I grate my knuckles on the corner of the bracket which attaches the throttle cable to the UIM :( :(
LOL are you all just overly weak?
remember going through a halfords carpark once walking back to the car and there was 2 girls struggling with a 206 convertable thing they couldnt get the oil cap off to top up their oil, i undid it for them and walked off got in the car and drove off, drove past them and they waved me to stop to ask how you know when you have to much oil in the engine, i said check the dipstick, they looked confused, as i got out and walked over i could already see it was too full as the cam cover was full to the brim with oil they had poured near enough 5l in to an already filled engine lol! didnt know what to say or do lol!
Quote from: MaLicE;659790LOL are you all just overly weak?
remember going through a halfords carpark once walking back to the car and there was 2 girls struggling with a 206 convertable thing they couldnt get the oil cap off to top up their oil, i undid it for them and walked off got in the car and drove off, drove past them and they waved me to stop to ask how you know when you have to much oil in the engine, i said check the dipstick, they looked confused, as i got out and walked over i could already see it was too full as the cam cover was full to the brim with oil they had poured near enough 5l in to an already filled engine lol! didnt know what to say or do lol!
"Do you want pumped?" :Thumbsup!
Quote from: MaLicE;659790LOL are you all just overly weak?
remember going through a halfords carpark once... ...could already see it was too full as the cam cover was full to the brim with oil they had poured near enough 5l in to an already filled engine lol! didnt know what to say or do lol!
"looks like you\'re well lubricated"
Put on a rubber glove of some sort (a washing up glove will do) when undoing it if its tough. Gives you extra grip and will help lots :D
Adam
Quote from: Ada7;659869Put on a rubber glove of some sort (a washing up glove will do) when undoing it if its tough. Gives you extra grip and will help lots :D
Adam
Is this a direct quote from the *ahem* forum you first met Lord Jonny on, dude? :rollin Does the rubber glove have to be full of vaseline first, or does that come afterwards? :D
Success! Well after about 4 other people trying to unscrew with no luck, tonight a mate managed it in about half a second!! Hopefully i\'ve not put it back on too tight. :Giggle
Quote from: Nik da Greek;659874Is this a direct quote from the *ahem* forum you first met Lord Jonny on, dude? :rollin Does the rubber glove have to be full of vaseline first, or does that come afterwards? :D
He taught me all he knew ;)
Adam
Jesus, I\'m under 10 stone and built like, well, the twig framed IT chimp that I am, and I can honestly say I\'ve never had trouble undoing the oil cap. SURELY no-one on this thread is weaker than me? :confused:
Quote from: SiH;659891Jesus, I\'m under 10 stone and built like, well, the twig framed IT chimp that I am
LOL :Giggle After all the lair you\'ve given me, now I find this out. I\'ll be round to manner you up tomorrow :rollin
Quote from: Nik da Greek;659895LOL :Giggle After all the lair you\'ve given me, now I find this out. I\'ll be round to manner you up tomorrow :rollin
Ooh err Mrs! :rollin
Adam
Well, he was mean an spiteful to me about those OMP lines :p Just cos he knows more about wheels than any other living human being, doesn\'t give him the right to show me up for how stupid I am. I don\'t need anyone\'s help for that :rollin
Bless ya :D
Adam
Thanks, but I haven\'t sneezed :confused:
Dude, by the time you get past Watford Gap, you\'ll have such a nosebleed that you\'ll pass out from blood loss. Chances of you getting anywhere near my pad are non existent :D
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