At 9/16/2010 11:34 AM, Andrew Martin wrote: >OK. Some numbers to further confuse the matter... > >I have 4 locking gas caps in front of me. > >The (3) caps with VW part # 251 201 553 will open with an ignition key and >with any of the 4 different ignition keys that I have. > >The single cap with VW part # 251 201 551C will only open with the smallish >GAS key but none of the 4 different ignition keys I have will even fit in >the cylinder. No surprise after looking closely at them cuz the inside of >the cap is considerably shorter and smaller than the other caps. > >I like the cap that requires the ignition key so I don't forget the cap >after filling up. > >Andrew I was in Oregon getting gas with my '87 (the cap used the ign key) and the girl doing the filling was having troubles, she was really forcing it. I was worried that she might break the key off in the gas cap lock. The '84 I have now uses the short key, that's on the same key ring as my ign key so the cap has to be back on or I won't have my keys to start the VW but the gas attendant in Oregon won't be able to break the ign key off in the gas cap <g>!
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