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:lol: I was in Dallas all week for a school at Simuflite. When I got back, after a couple of delays, of course, My plane was about 2 hours late. It's about 10:30 pm. I get to my truck in the remote parking lot, and after a good inspection for damage, I get in and start it up and my F*****G gas light is on!!! WTF!! I parked it with over half a tank. Some low life POS stole my gas! So I had to stop at the airport gas station and get robbed for 3.75$ a gallon. And living 40+ miles from the airport I had to put alot in. So first thing this morning I bought a locking gas cap. I hate thieves. :lol:

Thanks for listening to my rant. :lol: I'm still pissed!!!!!!! :lol:

Zembonez Senior Enthusiast

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Thanks for listening to my rant. :lol: I'm still pissed!!!!!!! :lol:

Don't be sorry... Yours is a well placed rant. That and I HATE THIEVES!!!

 

As fuel gets more expensive I think we are all going to have to take measures to keep what we buy. Does anybody know if GM offers locking caps that can be keyed to work with an ignition key? I realize that may be unrealistic but do they offer a locking cap made specifically for our trucks?

Nytemare Senior Enthusiast

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I thought I seen a locking fuel door once that you could buy. It came with the same lock that was in the doors.

 

OR...was I just dreaming...

 

 

That is total balls man....thieving bastards...hope the bastard got sick off the fuel from siphoning.

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought these trucks had a device that prevents fuel from leaking out in the event of a rollover and it acts as an anti-siphoning device.

Nytemare Senior Enthusiast

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Its a check valve at the entrance of the tank where the fill pipe meets the tank its self. It is an anti siphoning device, until you apply approx 15-20 psi of pressure to it and it falls in the bottom of the tank.

 

A quick punch with a long metal rod will do it.

 

 

Than, disconnecting the fuel feed line, and running the pump emg. bypass off the battery will drain your tank pretty quickly too. Its not hard to pop the hood from outside either.

 

 

:lol::lol::lol::lol::bs::crackup::nono:

f**kin thieves.

HyperBuzzin Enthusiast

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So I had to stop at the airport gas station and get robbed for 3.75$ a gallon. And living 40+ miles from the airport I had to put alot in.

 

Um... ya shoulda just got enough at the airport to get ya to a regular station to then get more at a cheaper price.

 

Glad the Jeep I just got came with a factory locking gas cap!!

 

But just watch out. With the rising price of gas, don't be surprised if people start poking a hole in gas tanks to steal the gas!! Thieves will stop at nothing, including locking caps, to get what they want!! :lol::lol:

svensk Senior Enthusiast

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Heh...you positive someone stole your gas? It just seems like too much work in a public lot to get through that anti-siphon device then still have time to drain 12 gallons of gas from you with no one noticing. My sender unit is going bad and bounces around showing false fuel levels. Just askin.

General Lee 01 Senior Enthusiast

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Youd be better off getting a locking fuel Door than just a locking cap.

 

As the saying goes, a mere locking cap "Just keeps the honest folks honest". A locking fuel door would fare much better as a deterrent I think.

Nytemare Senior Enthusiast

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Youd be better off getting a locking fuel Door than just a locking cap.

 

As the saying goes, a mere locking cap "Just keeps the honest folks honest". A locking fuel door would fare much better as a deterrent I think.

 

You said it your self man...locks keep the honest honest....don't really matter what you do i figure,

Does alarms stop cars from being stolen....only by the small time thieves.

 

the way I see it, a tank of fuel is cheaper to replace than a locking fuel door. Quick fix...just drive around everywhere with under1/4 tank, than they wont be able to steel much.

General Lee 01 Senior Enthusiast

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The way I see it though, It takes alot more effort and special tools (I.e. bigger crow bar) to get through a locking fuel door than those gas caps.

 

 

I wouldn't do the under 1/4 tank thing..... You figure the most a common thief is gonna get is maybe a 5 gallon can worth. If they suck out 5 gallons and you've got 5 gallons or less in the tank.... you'll be bone dry when they're done with it, and therefore Royally SOL.

planedr Enthusiast

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Heh...you positive someone stole your gas? It just seems like too much work in a public lot to get through that anti-siphon device then still have time to drain 12 gallons of gas from you with no one noticing. My sender unit is going bad and bounces around showing false fuel levels. Just askin.

Yea I'm sure. The remote lot at Denver is really really remote and where I had to park was about 1/8 mile to bus stop. Not very publc late at night. And the police said I wasn't the only one that it happened to. :(

Ranger Senior Enthusiast

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I don't know how big your tank is Mile High. But I know you said they got about a half a tank. How many gallons is that? 5-10?

 

Think it's gonna be a 26 gallon tank, from his sig pic he's got a RCSB.

 

I'd get a locking gas cap AND the locking fuel door...Double your pleasure, double your fun.

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