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Fuel filler cap not opening? FIXED!


Siman350z

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Apparantly quite a common issue on the 350z, you press the fuel filler cap open button and it needs several presses to open or worst case scenario, won't open at all. You seem to be able to grease the 'spring' (a small peice of metal you can clearly see when you open the flap) but this doesn't work most of the time and certainly won't last.

 

Did it tonight, for £10 of parts ordered from Nissan and this:

 

http://www.myzroadster.com/Files/tsbs/04_Tsbs/NTB04-059.htm

Fixed it in 10mins. It's an extremely easy DIY, only 2 screws needed to undo and replace!

 

Stupidly minor issue which can be such a PIA, very satisfying to sort it...Happy days :D

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Occasionally had this problem.

 

Found that pressing the button for a couple of seconds and not taking my finger off the button too quickly does the trick.

 

But would be nice to not have the problem.

Spotted there is a manual over-ride in the boot too. A little white plastic bar you can pull to open it (behind all the trim) just in case it dies completely. ;)

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