Are there screens in the gas tank to prevent gas theft in 3rd gens?
06-21-2003, 07:13 PM
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Car: 1989 Trans Am GTA
Engine: LB9 TPI with L98 cam (Manual car)
Transmission: T5 5Speed/ 9bolt Borg-Warner 3.45 gears with posi
Are there screens in the gas tank to prevent gas theft in 3rd gens?
My GTA doesnt drive much and the other day I noticed it had hardly any gas left when recently it was around 1/2 a tank.. Im wondering if I was robbed?
06-21-2003, 07:53 PM
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Car: 1984 F41 T-Top
Transmission: 5 speed
I know my car has some sort of a blocker in it ... '84
To check just slide a small tube down it, if it keeps going then you don't have one and if it stops about an inch or three down then you have one.
Gas can also evaporate through open or cracked lines when the car is in direct sun, but thats a slooooooooow process.
Next time you fill up your car check under it to see if any gas is spilling out of the tank.
To check just slide a small tube down it, if it keeps going then you don't have one and if it stops about an inch or three down then you have one.
Gas can also evaporate through open or cracked lines when the car is in direct sun, but thats a slooooooooow process.
Next time you fill up your car check under it to see if any gas is spilling out of the tank.
06-22-2003, 06:16 PM
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Car: 1991 Z-28
Engine: Can you say stroke?!?!
Transmission: 700-r4
Axle/Gears: 3.42
A locking gas cap is probably your best and safest bet. But as mentioned above, if there is a crack or a leak, it's just gonna keep coming out.
06-24-2003, 08:27 AM
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Some firebirds came stock with a locking gas door. Since I take my keys out of the ignition when shutting off the car anyway, I didn't find it to be at all inconvenient to unlock my gas door before pumping my gas, and when I was in high school, I was very glad to have that considering some of the morons I went to school with.
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