does anyone elses fuel door sit too far back in the filler neck compartment when you close it cause mine does and it gives it a nasty shadow on the rear quarter panel doesnt look right anyone know how to give that a quick fix?
i would say unscrew the door from the hinge if possible, then fab up some small spacers, place them between the hinge and door, fasten down, wham your door is fixed! just be careful cuz if the spacers are TOO big, you run the risk of hitting the quarter panel when u open the door.
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I just went in a and bent the hinges a little bit in the opposite direction, and now it sits perfect.
You can also move the contact point further outward to it attaches higher.
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I just don't push mine in all the way when I close it.
Silver Z wrote:I just don't push mine in all the way when I close it.
I do the same thing..usually takes me a few second to get it "where I like it"
haha
Ditto to all of the above, I just push it back part way. The latch is cheap and flimsy on Cavaliers compared to other cars.
That said...I always get funny looks when i get out to pump my own gas, could be because I'm in lazy Jersey. After some moron scratched the rear quarter panel because he couldn't find the filler tube, I stopped letting other people do it for me.
Silver Z wrote:I just don't push mine in all the way when I close it.
in fact, i even think mine is POPPING OUT some because I do that so much
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yea i have been doing that just putting it were i want it but up here in minnesota its too cold to mess with it if it goes all the way back in cause when its 30 below like it is now i dont wanna be messing with it. lol
Its not 30 below don't lie, ok maybe with windchill. But come on were Minnesotans! -30 windchill isn't that cold.
yea but im from the south
i hate the winter.
so i dont wanna be out there messing with it
i said this before
^^^ im with sndsgood gettin ready to start my shave here pretty soon, still have not decided on relocation spot, under trunk lid or behind taillight
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i like mine just were it is cause then i dont have to remember every time i go to the gas station which side its on lol
Admiral558 wrote:Ditto to all of the above, I just push it back part way. The latch is cheap and flimsy on Cavaliers compared to other cars.
That said...I always get funny looks when i get out to pump my own gas, could be because I'm in lazy Jersey. After some moron scratched the rear quarter panel because he couldn't find the filler tube, I stopped letting other people do it for me.
wtf...people still don't pump their own gas?? i wouldn't let anyone @!#$ with my car with a hose full of gas...not that my car is anything special, but i don't see the point of not just doing it yourself....they used to do that here (U.P.) when i was like 5..i thought it was done with haha...pump your own gas...x2!
anyways, my car does the same damn thing with the fuel door....soon as i get the remote trunk popper i think i'm shaving it. the gf keeps pounding on it cuz she can't get her finger in there to open the thing,("WHAT THE @!#$ ARE YOU HITTING THE CAR FOR?!") and there's so much ice it's usually iced shut.
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Illt4k3n wrote:Admiral558 wrote:Ditto to all of the above, I just push it back part way. The latch is cheap and flimsy on Cavaliers compared to other cars.
That said...I always get funny looks when i get out to pump my own gas, could be because I'm in lazy Jersey. After some moron scratched the rear quarter panel because he couldn't find the filler tube, I stopped letting other people do it for me.
wtf...people still don't pump their own gas?? i wouldn't let anyone @!#$ with my car with a hose full of gas...not that my car is anything special, but i don't see the point of not just doing it yourself....they used to do that here (U.P.) when i was like 5..i thought it was done with haha...pump your own gas...x2!
anyways, my car does the same damn thing with the fuel door....soon as i get the remote trunk popper i think i'm shaving it. the gf keeps pounding on it cuz she can't get her finger in there to open the thing,("WHAT THE @!#$ ARE YOU HITTING THE CAR FOR?!") and there's so much ice it's usually iced shut.
its against the law in Oregon to pump your own gas
What I did: I went to Home Depot and got some of those little stick on feet things (1/4" diameter plastic ones) and stuck 2 of them to the fuel door where it meets with the stop on the inside. Problem solved.
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The gas door on my 03 came stock with a stopper to prevent this from happening. I'll get pics later of it.
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i wonder if i can get that stopper through gm?
slvrblit (formerly bLk99cAv) wrote:The gas door on my 03 came stock with a stopper to prevent this from happening. I'll get pics later of it.
in ten years gm coulnt stop the drops form leaking yet the last 3 years of cavs life gm fixed the gas tank door form cloing tofar in. go figure lol.
Kardain wrote:Illt4k3n wrote:Admiral558 wrote:Ditto to all of the above, I just push it back part way. The latch is cheap and flimsy on Cavaliers compared to other cars.
That said...I always get funny looks when i get out to pump my own gas, could be because I'm in lazy Jersey. After some moron scratched the rear quarter panel because he couldn't find the filler tube, I stopped letting other people do it for me.
wtf...people still don't pump their own gas?? i wouldn't let anyone @!#$ with my car with a hose full of gas...not that my car is anything special, but i don't see the point of not just doing it yourself....they used to do that here (U.P.) when i was like 5..i thought it was done with haha...pump your own gas...x2!
anyways, my car does the same damn thing with the fuel door....soon as i get the remote trunk popper i think i'm shaving it. the gf keeps pounding on it cuz she can't get her finger in there to open the thing,("WHAT THE @!#$ ARE YOU HITTING THE CAR FOR?!") and there's so much ice it's usually iced shut.
its against the law in Oregon to pump your own gas
What I did: I went to Home Depot and got some of those little stick on feet things (1/4" diameter plastic ones) and stuck 2 of them to the fuel door where it meets with the stop on the inside. Problem solved.
are you serious? do they still pump your gas there. i thought this practice stopped 15 years ago. i think it be fun to pull up to a service station and have the guy look for my gas cap lol
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ahh i have an 03 cav and my door out of no where goes in to much, i have no idea why
it never use to go in to far but now it does
its because the lil rubber stoper either fell out or worn down
either way its annoying
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