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Could someone please check their gas tank filler tube for me? Here's why...Yesterday I pulled into one of the last full service stations in my area with my EX and told the attendant to filler up. He did and I pulled away. I looked down at the gas gauge and it was about an eighth below full[IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/IMG]. So I went to another service station and opened the lid and unscrewed the cap. I looked at the filler tube and something looked odd: there was no fume cap thingy. You know that thin metal cap on a hinge that you just stick the nozzle of the gas pump past? My other cars have one. And I can't remember if the Civic had one. Would someone be so kind to check theirs to tell me? If one should be there, I can only imagine that it broke off somehow and fell into the tank. I hope I'm wrong.

Thanks in advance,

Bob

 
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you mean that flappy thingy thats suppose to act like a 2nd cap? if thats the one your talking about ... nope .. i dont have one.. mines a LX though.. i dont know if its the same w/ the EX's

 
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mine had one when i first got it...it just disapperared about a month ago...its weird...

 
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I still have mine... at least the last time I checked. I'll check again tomorrow..

 
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Yes...that's what I'm referring to..that "flappy thingy" that acts as a second cap. Hmmmm...is it possible they are breaking off and falling into the tank? Or maybe they never had one I'm confused. [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/IMG]
Anyone else ?

Thanks much,

Bob

 
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I think those things are falling off, because i did have one when i first bought it. If other people have it and a I dont then it did break off and is not in the tank. oh well

 
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i never had one, and my car only had 21 miles on it when i bought it, so unless it fell off before i got it, i never had one. 2k1ex coupe

 
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i never had one and my car had 17 miles on it. I stuck my finger into the tank and i don't see the possibility of there being one on there.
2002 LX

 
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haha. i always wondered where that thing was. all my other cars had it.

 
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I don't have a flappy thing on mine. I don't ever remember seeing one either.

 
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haha, do a search.. there was a thread on this topic... it was concluded that we don't have one and never had one...

 
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Thanks for all replies. I really thought the Civic had the 2nd door in the gas filler tube. I maintain 5 cars for my wife and daughters including the Civic, no wonder I'm going goofy. The other 4 have one.
At least I can stop worrying about the thing rooming around inside of my gas tank. [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/IMG]

Bob