Some trouble on our vehicles seem trivial but can be troublesome, such as a window that no longer goes down. Others, whether or not they are not dangerous, will restrict you from using your car in a usual way, such as having a flat tire or having the fuel cap of your Land Rover Defender stuck. You will not anymore be capable of fill your tank and therefore sooner or later not be able to use your car. It is exactly for this motive that we have written and published this document to help you find a quick remedy to your fuel cap problem so that you can use your car normally. To accomplish this, we will first try to understand why the fuel cap of your Land Rover Defender is blocked, and then, how to unblock it.
Why is the fuel cap on my Land Rover Defender stuck?
So let’s begin our document with the origins of your tank cap problem on Land Rover Defender. We will try to present you the different causes of a blockage of this one.
Fuel tank cap with locker stuck on my Land Rover Defender
In the event your car is outfitted with a tank cap with lock you will be in the most delicate situation, because the locks of these caps can get gripped with time and restrict you from accessing the entrance of your tank. It is as well possible that the lock of your tank has twisted and no longer reacts to the key of your Land Rover Defender.
Conventional fuel cap stuck on my Land Rover Defender
Second case, and the easiest, in the event of a classic tank cap that has no lock and is mostly protected by a closed fuel door, if you have blocking trouble on this type of cap, it is generally only linked to a cap that has not been closed in the axis and the thread of the latter is as a result blocked.
<2>How do I unlock the fuel cap on my Land Rover Defender?
Second part of our document, we will try to give you the different solutions to get rid of your fuel cap stuck on your Land Rover Defender and enable you to put petrol in your car. If you encoutering a fuel trap blocked on your Land Rover Defender, do not hesitate to read our document on this subject to unlock it.
Use some anti-seize agent to unlock your fuel cap of your Land Rover Defender
First solution and the one you should consider first. You have the opportunity to unseal your stuck fuel cap, to perform this you will need to use a WD40 anti-seize type product to lubricate the barrel of your cap. Don’t hesitate to put some in quantity and wait a couple of minutes for it to take effect, and try again to open the fuel cap of your Land Rover Defender. If it does not function, repeat the procedure and let it operate longer.
Use the duplicate key to unlock the fuel tank lock of your Land Rover Defender
As a second option, you can try to use your spare key, which most frequently being much less employed should more easily unlock the lock on the tank cap of your Land Rover Defender. This may seem evident but in some cases it all comes down to small details. Whatever the case, if you have been able to open your tank, we advise you to buy a new tank cap to avoid getting stuck in this situation again.
Shake the key while trying to open the tank of your Land Rover Defender
To conlude, last alternative, you can try to play the key in the lock of the fuel cap of your Land Rover Defender to facilitate the opening of it. In fact, if the cylinder is a little seized up or destroyed, it will unlock more easily by moving the key in different axes simultaneously as you try to rotate it.
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