How to remove the gas tank cover

How to remove the gas tank cover

Each driver ever came across a problem related to the gas tank. Despite this, for many it happens quite difficult to make the procedure for removing the lid. This article will tell about how this can be done without making special efforts.

What can it be needed for? Sooner or later, scratches and chips appear on the car, so you have to buy paint and tip these defects. But since in most cases it is very difficult to choose the desired shade, you need to turn to Colorist. Colorist will ask you to bring some detail of your car. Obviously, the lid of the gas tank is the most suitable element for this.

Consider several ways to open the lid:



1
Open the lid the key

The benzobac has two covers: external and internal. The external usually opens without any additional devices and efforts, just a small press or raising. The inner - opens with a key. Simply insert the key and turn it away. After that, it is necessary to unscrew the part of the inner cover, which is located in the neck and remove the gas tank cover.



2
Manual removal on old cars

If you have lost the key and could not find it, you have to remove the inner lid of the gas tank manually. This is done as follows:

  1. To the plug (the inner lid of the gas tank) you need to screw the screws. For this, we make the appropriate hole anywhere closer to the edge.
  2. Before you make sure that the lid is freely scrolling in different directions.
  3. After you with a screwdriver tightly screw the screws, the lid will stop moving and secured in one place.
  4. Turning the lid in such a state you can open it.
  5. Having finished it back and removing the self-tapping screw, you will return it to the original, closed position.

3
Opening manually on new cars

We open the gas tank and unscrew the screws (there may be several of them). Then we unscrew the lower gas tank cover. Then it is necessary to keep the inside of the gas tank and the outer cover to disconnect the rubber from the neck of the gas tank, carefully pull over.

As can be seen from the instruction, this process will not take much effort and time. Despite the fact that all major methods were presented, there may be additional options for removing the gas tank covers for modern models of cars, 2016-2017 release. The removal of their covers should also not differ in difficulty from predecessors.

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