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by Old Chestnut
23 Dec 2018, 23:27
Forum: Mechanical
Topic: Small piece of plastic in the diesel tank
Replies: 7
Views: 1610

Re: Small piece of plastic in the diesel tank

Unless the fragment sinks and drifts/gets sucked backwards toward the tank outlet... How big a piece broke off the filler cap? I don’t think it was much as I have since looked at the other unbroken caps. It looks like a lip of plastic that secured the two pieces broke off. If only Fantastic Voyage ...
by Old Chestnut
21 Dec 2018, 23:40
Forum: Mechanical
Topic: Small piece of plastic in the diesel tank
Replies: 7
Views: 1610

Re: Small piece of plastic in the diesel tank

The same one who would design a fuel cap to more easily break off in the tank than be extracted? :wink:
by Old Chestnut
21 Dec 2018, 11:44
Forum: Mechanical
Topic: Small piece of plastic in the diesel tank
Replies: 7
Views: 1610

Re: Small piece of plastic in the diesel tank

Thanks for that :wink: I was just concerned that the diesel might dissolve the plastic and affect something :oops:
by Old Chestnut
20 Dec 2018, 20:13
Forum: Mechanical
Topic: Small piece of plastic in the diesel tank
Replies: 7
Views: 1610

Small piece of plastic in the diesel tank

The diesel tank filler cap lock seized after topping up at the garage, so I bought an ‘emergency’ cap to replace it to get home. After freeing the lock, I tried to get the emergency one out. Unfortunately, it broke in two and a small piece of plastic on the end must have fallen back into the fuel fi...