Re: OT: Locking Gas Caps

"Spehro Pefhany" <speffSNIP@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Don't most cars made in the last 20 years have filler doors that lock
automatically when you lock the car?

Some do, some don't... although I'd guess it's greater than half that do.
(Honda Civics do but Honda Fits don't, for instance.)

I once worked on an old Ford Crown Victoria, and having taken out the gas
tank, I'm quite certain there's no way to drain it "from the bottom" -- there
was only one opening, and it was most definitely on top. Conceivably a thief
could steal its gas tank... there were just two large metal straps holding it
to the undercarriage, so undoing the bolts securing the straps (and getting
the filler tube out of the way... I seem to recall that it wasn't exactly
obvious the first time I did this, although quite easy once you had everything
apart once and could see how it all went together) and you'd be set. Of
course, with a full tank of gas, you'd be talking well over 100lbs. as well,
so there's definitely some danger involved. (Plus you first have to jack up
the rear of the car to get under it in the first place...)

Seems to me siphoning is far easier. ... I don't know if there's a check ball
in modern cars, though.

---Joel


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