lock gas caps

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I realized today that if gas starts to be rationed, that we should have a way to protect ourselves. I am going to buy locking gas caps for our dependable vehicle. (My car leaks gas, so only can put so much in anyway)

-- palavia (mom@home.net), July 20, 1999

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I had decided to do the same thing. I don't know how old you are, or if you remember the gas lines in the 70's, but theft of gasoline (siphoning) was a problem. Thanks for bringing this up.

-- Gayla (privacy@please.com), July 20, 1999.

My son has a locking gas cap on his truck and someone took a screw driver and pried the cap off. They also damaged the neck of the gas tank and he had to buy a new neck and a new gas cap. There's a spring-type device that you can purchase at the auto parts store that you can insert into the neck of the gas tank. It prevents the thief from siphoning your gas.

-- bardou (bardou@baloney.com), July 20, 1999.

I have an 87 and 89 vehicle, Japanese and American, respectively. Since the early 80's cars have had a screen or corkscrew line from the gas intake to prevent siphoning. I've tried everything to get a tube down my Toyota but it won't go. FYI.

-- Retroman (retro50@agapeis.net), July 20, 1999.

Be prepared for thieves to poke a hole in your gas tank. Sorry, but it happens...Tim

-- Tim Johnson (timca@webtv.net), July 23, 1999.

FWIW, some kinds of 5-minute epoxy will hold against gasoline. I fixed a bike gas tank once this way (it had cracked along a seam). The epoxy container didn't say anything about resistance to solvents, and I expected it to be a temporary repair, but I used that tank for months and it never did leak. YMMV.

-- biker (y2kbiker@worldnet.att.net), July 23, 1999.


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