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YOUR RESEARCHHelp - dropped screw through this hole

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Clean brush and push it out if you can

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Or, buy a trombone cleaning brush and push it out if you can....

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Leading evidence: 'Clean brush and push it out if you can' (no explicit attributable resolution; this is a reported action or suggestion). Across 1 matching discussions, The most frequently discussed action is 'Clean brush and push it out if you can' (1 discussions). For that action, 0 discussions report a resolution and 0 report an unsuccessful attempt. No action has an explicit, attributable resolution report under the current rules. These are forum reports and suggestions, not a confirmed diagnosis.

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Replace cap tether...rivet supplied was too big

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I was replacing the cap tether...rivet supplied was too big for the hole.

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Run off and not pool

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That’s a drain hole to allow any fuel that overflows when filling up/drips when you remove the filler nozzle to run off and not pool.

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Clean brush and push it out if you can

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Or, buy a trombone cleaning brush and push it out if you can....

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Replace cap tether...rivet supplied was too big

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I was replacing the cap tether...rivet supplied was too big for the hole.

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Run off and not pool

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That’s a drain hole to allow any fuel that overflows when filling up/drips when you remove the filler nozzle to run off and not pool.

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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

Hi - dropped a screw down the hole circled in the fuel compartment. Any idea what this hole is for / how much of a problem do I have? Thanks

POST 2Original post

That’s a drain hole to allow any fuel that overflows when filling up/drips when you remove the filler nozzle to run off and not pool.

POST 3Original post

.....and also drains water out when it's wet. You might want to get it out incase it blocks the tube. Pour a cup of water down 1st and see what happens.

POST 4Original post

Or, buy a trombone cleaning brush and push it out if you can.... out of interest....how and why did it happen... Purely out of curiosity...?

POST 6 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

Quotes source post: 2798664

I was replacing the cap tether...rivet supplied was too big for the hole. Decided to use a bolt and nut, bolt slipped....and somehow found its way into the hole. Enjoy the laugh!

POST 7Original post

My tether has let go recently. The rubber has perished. What did you buy to fix this?

POST 8Original post

Quotes source post: 2798912

Last time I looked the new fuel filler caps were dirt cheap, so I just replace mine when needed. MC

POST 9Original post

Quotes source post: 2798912

you can get a new cap and tether on ebay for less than a tenner - probably get the tether from the OPC for not a lot of money

POST 10Original post

Am i right in thinking that the early 996's didn't have the tethered fuel cap..?

POST 13Original post

Mine doesn't, but it might be it cleared off years ago.

POST 14Original post

my 2000 does, built in Dec 1999 if that makes any difference

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