Fuel filler cap retainer

[D3mon]

Looks like the rubber retainer 'cable' for my fuel filler cap is starting to perish and will probably go soon. Did anyone else replace one of these before?

 

[NHN]

They do look like they will go, but mines been like this for ages now & still hasn't broken, unless yours has already split on the hinged part.

 

[D3mon]

Ah OK thanks. Maybe I'm being a little preemptive. Mine is kind of twisted and perished about half way down the strap, but still holding. Look like an entirely new cap to fix it, so I can hold on for a while.

 

[NHN]

Unless the cap itself is damaged & it doesn't pop onto the bottle top properly, then don't bother as it doesn't come of until you remove.

 

[D3mon]

Yeah, the cap itself is still 100% so be crazy to replace it just now.

 

[sidibear]

Mines the same. £30+ for a new cap or learn to live with it until it snaps.

 

[Dan-Jnr]

Mine snapped. Never bothered to replace it as it just dangles against the paint work anyway. Why they didn't have a place to point it like the new S3's is beyond me.

 

[LEE69]

ermmm they do have a point they sit on top of the open filler flap

 

[fangio]

Or even better, on the hinge!

 

[D3mon]

Yeah, mine sits on top of the flap door edge mostly, although I've worried about it in the past!