Some complications on our automobiles seem insignificant but can be frustrating, such as a window that no longer goes down. Others, regardless if they are not major, will block you from using your car in a usual way, such as having a flat tire or having the fuel cap of your Renault Trafic stuck. You will not any longer have the capacity to fill your tank and therefore ultimately not be able to use your car. It is precisely for this motive that we have written and published this article to help you find a rapid answer to your fuel cap problem so that you can use your car normally. To achieve this, we will first try to understand why the fuel cap of your Renault Trafic is blocked, and secondly, how to unblock it.
Why is the fuel cap on my Renault Trafic stuck?
So let’s begin our article with the origins of your tank cap problem on Renault Trafic. We will try to tell you the different motives of a blockage of this one.
Fuel tank cap with locker stuck on my Renault Trafic
In case your car is equipped with a tank cap with lock you will be in the most tricky scenario, because the locks of these caps can get gripped with time and stop you from being able to access the access of your tank. It is also possible that the lock of your tank has twisted and no longer responds to the key of your Renault Trafic.
Conventional fuel cap stuck on my Renault Trafic
Second cause, and the least difficult, in the event that of a classic tank cap that has no lock and is normally protected by a closed fuel door, if you have blocking complications on this kind of cap, it is frequently only connected 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 Renault Trafic?
Second section of our article, we will try to give you the different possibilities to get rid of your fuel cap stuck on your Renault Trafic and allow you to put petrol in your car. If you suffering a fuel trap blocked on your Renault Trafic, do not think twice to consult our article on this subject to unlock it.
Use some anti-seize agent to unlock your fuel cap of your Renault Trafic
First solution and the one you should consider first. You have the possibility to unseal your stuck fuel cap, to achieve this you will need to use a WD40 anti-seize type product to lubricate the barrel of your cap. Don’t be reluctant to put some in quantity and wait several minutes for it to take effect, and try again to open the fuel cap of your Renault Trafic. If it does not function, repeat the treatment and let it work for a longer period.
Use the duplicate key to unlock the fuel tank lock of your Renault Trafic
As a second option, you can try to use your spare key, which normally being much less employed should more easily unlock the lock on the tank cap of your Renault Trafic. This may seem obvious but in some cases it all comes down to small details. In any case, if you have been able to open your tank, we recommend you to buy a new tank cap to avoid getting stuck in this scenario again.
Shake the key while trying to open the tank of your Renault Trafic
To conlude, last option, you can try to play the key in the lock of the fuel cap of your Renault Trafic to facilitate the opening of it. Indeed, if the cylinder is a little seized up or broken, it will unlock more easily by moving the key in different axes simultaneously as you try to rotate it.
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