sachemo Member 32 Member For: 20y 10m 9d Location: Townsville Posted 21/06/04 12:20 PM Share Posted 21/06/04 12:20 PM Hi all! I was fuelling up the other day and noticed that at the top of my fuel tank where you put the nozzle in it isn't sealed to the body of the car. I can see the road. Is this normal in the XR6T or has my car got a fault?My last car (VS Late model camira Ute) was completely sealed up around the entrance to the fuel tank. I asked other people with later model Fords and their cars are sealed. This is a bit suspect to me, could you please let me know if your car is the same or different. Or if I have a problem.Thanks all. Any response would be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cro Flower Power Lifetime Members 6,114 Member For: 22y 5m 2d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 21/06/04 12:24 PM Share Posted 21/06/04 12:24 PM Utes are like that champ. Ford is a tight arse....All AU's were like that too, sedan or ute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlennAUII Former XT pilot Lifetime Members 4,791 Member For: 21y 7m 17d Gender: Male Location: The Womb Posted 21/06/04 12:27 PM Share Posted 21/06/04 12:27 PM I think its a ute thing. Its so you can remove the tray I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aniken I don't suffer from insanity; I enjoy every minute of it Donating Members 4,316 Member For: 22y 2m 20d Gender: Male Location: Sydney, south west Posted 21/06/04 12:32 PM Share Posted 21/06/04 12:32 PM Mine is the same. There is a gap . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sachemo Member 32 Member For: 20y 10m 9d Location: Townsville Posted 21/06/04 12:43 PM Author Share Posted 21/06/04 12:43 PM Thanks for that, I thought there was something wrong. Glad there isn't if mine isn't the only one. Just have to get the rest fixed....... Only picked it up last Wednesday and already the pinstripe on the drivers side door is coming off! Will definitely be getting that one looked at when I pick up my hard top next week!Should have pics in the next couple of days, getting them developed at the moment. Rip offs, were goin to charge me $58 for 2 rolls of film and to get them transferred to CD. Can't wait to get my digital camera, save heaps!Cheers for the fast responses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turb06 Dark Knight Mafia Member No. - 666 Member 3,667 Member For: 22y 15d Location: Toowoomba Posted 21/06/04 01:39 PM Share Posted 21/06/04 01:39 PM my sedan is like that too. It looks a bit cheap hey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slikxr6t Master of my domain! Member 438 Member For: 21y 2m 24d Location: Victoria Posted 21/06/04 11:40 PM Share Posted 21/06/04 11:40 PM Affirmative, mine's like that too! First time I went to fill up . . . cheap 'n nasty! Mine has about 5mm all around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB Forum Superhero Donating Members 3,109 Member For: 21y 3m 13d Location: Eastern Suburbs of Mexico Posted 21/06/04 11:50 PM Share Posted 21/06/04 11:50 PM Ditto my Sedan is the same. I to noticed it and questioned it at my first service, they could not answer and said they had to check other T's on the lot to ensure it was meant to be that way. Just acknowledges build quality of ford unfortunately.Would be nice to finish your product off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sachemo Member 32 Member For: 20y 10m 9d Location: Townsville Posted 22/06/04 02:55 AM Author Share Posted 22/06/04 02:55 AM Cheers.I was a bit worried there for a while, as I said my last ute was completely sealed up around the top of the fuel tank. It seems a bit dodgy to me.Well as the rest of you guys said, FORD is a tight arse. They must've only decided to do it in the last few models. A friend of mines olds have an EA and it is completely sealed. So is the EB-EF models. You'd think that they would keep something like that the same in all models of their cars. They should have heaps of dosh up their sleeves.Oh well at least I'm not the only one with it. That's a relief to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antisocial Weird Member Member 1,347 Member For: 22y 1m 9d Location: ACT Posted 22/06/04 03:59 AM Share Posted 22/06/04 03:59 AM I dont see a problem.If the auto full cutout does not work quickly enough and you spill a bit of fuel out of the top of the filler neck it just runs down it to the ground, much better than if it were sealed and it ran down the paintwork. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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