Fuel Tank Plate

[Pilot25dmc]

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]

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]

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