Gas lock/ Gas Cap

Dimas · Post by **Dimas** » Sun May 18, 2008 4:25 pm

Apparently there's the gas price problem and some ppl around me have been getting the gas stolen from their cars just sitting in the parking lot. Atm I feel safe since I'm in arizona doing reserve work while my car is on base, but you never know, my question is, anyone know where I can get a good gas lock and I wanted to change the actual gas cover to black also wanted to know where I can look for that thanks.

03 r/t

Post by **racer12306** » Sun May 18, 2008 4:26 pm

Head to your local Walmart and look up in the Stant book for the right locking gas cap for a neon. Any neon gas cap will work, I actually have an SRT gas cap on my car right now.

Dimas · Post by **Dimas** » Sun May 18, 2008 4:36 pm

nice thanks anything on changing gas cover

Midnight_Rider · Post by **Midnight_Rider** » Sun May 18, 2008 6:18 pm

I've had a Mopar locking gas cap on all of my Neons, even my 1GN. You might check at your dealership if you are an OEM guy like me.

Dimas · Post by **Dimas** » Sun May 18, 2008 11:14 pm

P/N and cost of it?

rich tideswell · Post by **rich tideswell** » Sun May 18, 2008 11:16 pm

Mopar makes 2 types of locking gas caps for our cars. They have one that has it's own key, and the have one that uses the ignition key.

Locking cap with key 05278655AB
Locking cap keyed to ignition key 05015636AB

Personally, it's worth the extra money to get Locking cap keyed to ignition key that way there's only one key for the car. I bought mine about 2 years ago, price was about $50 and the dealer keyed it for free for me.

http://www.srtforums.com/forums/f221/lo ... ty-239607/

Midnight_Rider · Post by **Midnight_Rider** » Sun May 18, 2008 11:19 pm

Dimas wrote:P/N and cost of it?

I bought my current one on 6-7-06.
5278655AB Cap- Fuel T, List= $20

SteelBlue · Post by **SteelBlue** » Mon May 19, 2008 1:06 am

I've had a locking cap on my car for about 3 years now and its great, just don't lose the key when you're sitting on empty.

I've heard from quite a few gas attendants that locking caps are becoming more and more popular. Its cool that you can actually get them keyed to the ignition, mine was a cheapo but I can see where that would come in very handy. Wish I'd known of that option before I bought mine.

Midnight_Rider · Post by **Midnight_Rider** » Mon May 19, 2008 10:32 am

I didn't know that the ignition key option existed- never showed up in any Mopar Accessories catalogs that I've seen over the years or I would have bought one of those instead.

LaidNeon · Post by **LaidNeon** » Mon May 19, 2008 11:03 am

the locking gas caps you buy from the local parts dealer is trash.............i lost my key one time & needed to get fuel. all i had to do was pop the top cover off & the locking mechanism came out. Complete waste of money..............not sure about the mopar ones

Post by **Diablo0** » Mon May 19, 2008 11:09 am

I don't know about anyone else that's tried but a few years ago when I did my swap I tried to drain the tank by siphoning it out through the fill tube. However, the fill tube has a small check valve using what looks like a floating ball where the tube enters the tank. I wasn't able to get the small tube into the tank due to the check valve mechanism... so someone else would have that same problem unless they have some other method of getting it out of the filler tube. Finally I just used another method making the fuel pump turn on...

Just a little food for thought since it was a little hard to get fuel out... however I'm not a pro so there could be other tricks I'm not aware of.

rich tideswell · Post by **rich tideswell** » Mon May 19, 2008 5:22 pm

Diablo0 wrote:I don't know about anyone else that's tried but a few years ago when I did my swap I tried to drain the tank by siphoning it out through the fill tube. However, the fill tube has a small check valve using what looks like a floating ball where the tube enters the tank. I wasn't able to get the small tube into the tank due to the check valve mechanism... so someone else would have that same problem unless they have some other method of getting it out of the filler tube. Finally I just used another method making the fuel pump turn on...

Just a little food for thought since it was a little hard to get fuel out... however I'm not a pro so there could be other tricks I'm not aware of.

right, there is a blockage in the filler neck that prevents you from syphoning gas...not impossible to syphion but damn near is. the locking caps would prevent fuel contamination (sugar, sand, whatever) more than anything on our cars.

here's mine, bonus points for the teather

Midnight_Rider · Post by **Midnight_Rider** » Tue May 20, 2008 2:14 am

rich tideswell wrote:the locking caps would prevent fuel contamination (sugar, sand, whatever) more than anything on our cars.

Exactly why I've always had them. Someone tried to put tomatoes down the filler neck of my dad's '63 Newport when I was a kid and I've never forgotten that.

Post by **Diablo0** » Tue May 20, 2008 9:30 am

Correct but for using them as a reason for having their gas stolen I thought I'd point that out that it's extremely difficult to get the gas out of the tank of our cars due to that blockage.

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Tue May 20, 2008 9:37 am

Midnight_Rider wrote:
Dimas wrote:P/N and cost of it?
I bought my current one on 6-7-06.
5278655AB Cap- Fuel T, List= $20

Sweet, I think I am going to pick one up!

Thanks Midnight for the number and all! I was planning on getting one but I hear about people getting check engine lights from the damn gas caps, but I think that with aftermarket ones.

Midnight_Rider · Post by **Midnight_Rider** » Tue May 20, 2008 10:24 am

Diablo0 wrote:...I thought I'd point that out that it's extremely difficult to get the gas out of the tank of our cars due to that blockage.

I was unaware of that. It is good to know.

MyNeonSaysHi wrote:I was planning on getting one but I hear about people getting check engine lights from the damn gas caps, but I think that with aftermarket ones.

I've had Mopar locking gas caps on all three of my 2GNs and never had a CEL problem so it must be that the aftermarket ones that are responsible for that. Just be sure to tighten the cap until you hear the clicking sound and you should be all right.

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Tue May 20, 2008 4:58 pm

Midnight_Rider wrote:
Dimas wrote:P/N and cost of it?
I bought my current one on 6-7-06.
5278655AB Cap- Fuel T, List= $20

I just picked this up yesterday from my dealership. Even if its damn near impossible, if people want something bad enough they'll find a way. Regardless its an extra added assurance that nothing will get in there.

List price was: 15.37
I paid: 13.06 w/a small discount.

The other one, the one I'd really like to get thats matched to your ignition key is somewhere around $90 (they told me) and its on national backorder. Apparently everyone else wants one too. Ha ha

ZeroChad · Post by **ZeroChad** » Tue May 20, 2008 10:44 pm

Just some food for thought.

People around here are apparently extremely desperate. If they can't siphon it out they drill into the tank and drain it. A**holes.

Post by **occasional demons** » Tue May 20, 2008 11:42 pm

Drilling.... hmmmm, sparks and fuel. Ice picks work better, tho there is always that static electricity that sparks when the fuel stream hits the catch can.... Burn, bastard, burn. Too bad it take the car with it. Truck drivers don't have it so good. There arent many locking caps for Semis, ppl are just unscrewing the caps and hooking pumps up and draining hundreds of gallons.

rich tideswell · Post by **rich tideswell** » Wed May 21, 2008 1:02 pm

ZeroChad wrote:Just some food for thought.

People around here are apparently extremely desperate. If they can't siphon it out they drill into the tank and drain it. A**holes.

occasional demons wrote:Drilling.... hmmmm, sparks and fuel. Ice picks work better, tho there is always that static electricity that sparks when the fuel stream hits the catch can.... Burn, bastard, burn. Too bad it take the car with it. Truck drivers don't have it so good. There arent many locking caps for Semis, ppl are just unscrewing the caps and hooking pumps up and draining hundreds of gallons.

our tanks are plastic, and most manufactures seem to be swinging that way as well on newer cars (cheaper, safer)..sssooooo no a$$hat car-b-que for you.

Post by **occasional demons** » Thu May 22, 2008 11:10 pm

A plastic tank won't prevent static build up. A lot of ppl found that out filling gas cans in the bed of their pick ups with bedliners: when the fuel hits the can it competes the circuit. The safest way to fill a can, plastic or metal is with it on the ground, that way the pump and the can share the same ground. An electric drill has sparks in the motor that will easily ignite fumes.
Don't kid yourself, the Fire Devil will own you, when you least expect it.
I'm not "flaming" you, (pardon the pun) just don't put too much confidence in plastic. If anything it makes it more dangerous as the static charge has only the filler tube to dissapate through. As long as they're still steel.

Post by **racer12306** » Thu May 22, 2008 11:18 pm

static is the worst because most of the time your not expecting it.