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 filling pipe.
Any suggestions gratefully received!
Small piece of plastic in the diesel tank
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Re: Small piece of plastic in the diesel tank
Sell the van I would not worry, a bit of plastic will probably float at the top and should not cause you any problems.
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Re: Small piece of plastic in the diesel tank
Thanks for that I was just concerned that the diesel might dissolve the plastic and affect something
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Re: Small piece of plastic in the diesel tank
Have a think
who would make a fuel cap of plastic that disolves in fuel?
who would make a fuel cap of plastic that disolves in fuel?
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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?
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Re: Small piece of plastic in the diesel tank
Old Chestnut wrote:The same one who would design a fuel cap to more easily break off in the tank than be extracted?
Good point, alot of plastic products are total crap these days, if you have a piece left over drop it in some diesel over a week or so and see what happens. Even if it did degrade I still doubt it will cause a problem, you can run a diesel on chip fat they are not that fussy.
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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?
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Re: Small piece of plastic in the diesel tank
silverbullet wrote: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.
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