With the rising cost of gasoline these days, I was considering the purchase of a locking fuel door to deter someone from siphoning gas. They are functional and look good. A friend is a Dodge mechanic and he tells me the Ram pickups have a device to prevent gas from leaking during a rollover that also prevents siphoning. Does anyone know if the Canyon has this feature? If it does, then the locking fuel door is strickly an cosmetic addition.
Siphoning Gas
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I would suppose that there is the check-ball in the fill tube like so many other cars out there, but if you had some small clear tubing (IV tubing is good, Tygon clear tubing similar) I have a feeling that you could slip it past the check-ball.... went down to the gas in my truck.ptkid2 said:
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In my 95 s-10 there was a plastic float ball in the filler neck. Gas could go around it, but if gas tried to come back up the gas would push the ball up and block the passage. In the case of the s-10, this ball would prevent siphoning
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I briefly thought of purchasing a locking gas cap for my canyon, but i remembered when I last had one.
back when I drove my 93 bravada, I bought a locking gas cap for the fear of loosing gas. unfortuntly, one day the key to it would not unlock the cap. I was on E and could not go back home. what did I do? I did the Macgyver move, I pulled out my swiss army pocket knife and started to bash the heck out of it. five minutes later I had the cap in about ten pieces and was pumping gas into my tank.
If a thief reallly wanted your gas bad enough, he/she could just use a tool or two to break the gas cap. Believe me, they are not made of much. Sorry to even bring this up, but if they hated your guts enough they could just puncture your tank and drain it.
back when I drove my 93 bravada, I bought a locking gas cap for the fear of loosing gas. unfortuntly, one day the key to it would not unlock the cap. I was on E and could not go back home. what did I do? I did the Macgyver move, I pulled out my swiss army pocket knife and started to bash the heck out of it. five minutes later I had the cap in about ten pieces and was pumping gas into my tank.
If a thief reallly wanted your gas bad enough, he/she could just use a tool or two to break the gas cap. Believe me, they are not made of much. Sorry to even bring this up, but if they hated your guts enough they could just puncture your tank and drain it.
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