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petesimac
07-18-2007, 12:36 AM
Does your gasoline nozzle accepter -- what the hell do you call that tube that goes down into your tank -- move when you insert the nozzle to gas up? It looks like it has some sort of rubber flange and that rubber gives about a millimeter or so in all directions. Is this normal? How are yours' (yourses).

BailOut
07-18-2007, 12:59 AM
Mine does the same.

njyaris
07-18-2007, 01:09 AM
i tripped out when i realized that there was no shutter or opener or door .. i dunno .. you know when you put the nozzle in there's usually a plate that moves open and when your done it closes .. missing on my car.

sambo42xa
07-18-2007, 09:44 AM
...mine is fine.

jdium
07-18-2007, 05:30 PM
Dunno, havn't looked in the gas door for anything...I love Oregon :biggrin:

kimona
07-18-2007, 05:38 PM
i tripped out when i realized that there was no shutter or opener or door .. i dunno .. you know when you put the nozzle in there's usually a plate that moves open and when your done it closes .. missing on my car.

I wish you could post a photo of what you're trying to explain...

My Yaris has a little door and a gas cap, and all seems right.

brickhardmeat
07-18-2007, 06:09 PM
I wish you could post a photo of what you're trying to explain...

My Yaris has a little door and a gas cap, and all seems right.

he is talking about when you open the door and take of the gas cap that you are just staring at a gaping whole, many cars have a little shutter the flaps open when you stick the nozzle into the hole to fill your tank
:thumbsup:

I filled mine today, no shutter

slvryaris
07-18-2007, 06:19 PM
Is this there to stop gas vapors from escaping?? I just figurd it was to mess with people trying to syphen gas from your tank .:thumbup:

brickhardmeat
07-18-2007, 06:22 PM
yes, I am sure it is there for vapors and probably to keep cigarette ashes from blowing in there while your pumping and having a smoke.:laugh:

slvryaris
07-18-2007, 06:24 PM
:laughabove: :laughabove:

Thotprawsis
07-18-2007, 08:45 PM
You made me go out and look. Mine moves around and also has no flappy thing in the filler tube. It looks fine, wierd but fine.

churp
07-18-2007, 09:23 PM
Never noticed....but glad to be rid of them after about 25 years of wondering why they were there in the first place!!!!