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Fuel Tank Plate - Pilot25dmc - 15 Apr 2007
Hi all
Going to take the close-out plate that holds the fuel tank off the car tomorrow to get all the rust off it and paint it.
I have only about 5 bolts holding it on and was wondering if I take it off will the fuel tank fall on my head???
I have about half a tank of fuel left.
- steve.s - 15 Apr 2007
hi
no the tank willl not fall if your is as a production car.
it has a few jubilee clips (onto the fill pipe, vent pipe etc) holding it up.
and also, i thought mine would slide out easy as the manual does not show any fixings.
However i was eventually there with a hammer block of wood etc trying to drop it out.
it is wedged with the foam strips, and the water pipes on each side.
so i had to drain and drop the water pipes.
- bozzzydmc - 16 Apr 2007
I heard of someone in the US trying to drive around without the fuel plate fitted, needless to say it did fall out in that case
It may drop a little when you take the plate off but when i did mine i used a piece of ply and a jack to hold the tank up.... just in case