PETROL CAP ON A 4.2 CERB?

[T5GRF]

Filled up the car with petrol on Friday night, and managed to drive off without replacing the petrol cap Doh!! some git then nicked it from the petrol station so I now have no cap.

Spoke to my local dealer to get a new one and in traditional fashion there are seem to be a number of different types of filler cap for the Cerb and none of them are currently in stock (they also wanted £20 quid for a new one when they get one in, daylight robbery!)

Does anybody know if the cap is a TVR item or is it off a Rover/Ford/vauxhall, and is there really more than one type of cap for a 97 4.2? Finally, is it safe to drive the car without a cap in place?

Cheers for your help in advance

[FourWheelDrift]

Not sure about the make used but you might be able to get one from here.

www.douglasvalley.co.uk/

or here

www.bellhillgarage.co.uk/

[raceboy]

Or you could go for one of these, but these are a bit more than £20, but do look a lot better

www.leventechnology.co.uk/index.htm

And from their text.....
'All Cerbera models regardless of age use this cap' so that would say to me that they are all the same, but I could be wrong

[kojak69]

I would think you could get one that fits from Halfords, but it would probably be a locking one.

[raceboy]

You could alway push the boat out with one of these or if your feeling really flush one of these

[kojak69]

Might be a bit expensive Steve.

[patt]

I did the same thing a while back.i bought one for £5.80 from a main dealer.they told me there were 2 types.
When i picked it up it was the wrong one.They posted the right one to me free of charge!!
I drove around for about a week with a plastic bag held on with elastic bands.Didnt seem to stop the fumes though.

[kojak69]

Instead of a plastic bag, try ( and dont laugh ) a durex. Preferably an unused one.

[mudstud]

Use my wife's trick - go to several petrol stations and say you left your petrol cap behind. Most have a boxfull - take your pick!

[GARYG]

Mark

You have mail and offer of my old petrol cap

Gary
Stevenage

[gazzab]

kojak69 said:

Instead of a plastic bag, try ( and dont laugh ) a durex. Preferably an unused one.

dont try a plastic bag instead of a durex though!!
dont drop the durex in the tank - can you imagine the comments from the mechanics. He loves his car too much.

[T5GRF]

Gary will contact you tonight, can't acces my mail at the moment.

Thanks mate