How To Remove Stuck Oil Filler Cap
- hightech [OP]
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How to loosen a stuck oil filler cap
I have a 2012 Camry and the oil filler cap is stuck and I tin't seem to open it. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to practise this?
Thanks
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- 6mthatch
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Wait until it is cold. use a towel. If that doesnt piece of work, towel and aqueduct locks.
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- hightech [OP]
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I ended upward taking a pair of pliers and was able to open up it. Is there something ane puts on it to keep it from getting tight?
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- dantey
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you could probably put some oil on information technology? but i ordinarily but leave it a bit looser.
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Wipe the safety seals make clean and spread some clean oil on information technology.
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- mrweather
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Alter the oil more than frequently?
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- qaz393
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stick filler cap??? what??????????
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Paper towel and channellock pliers. That's how I open up my oil cap every time.
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Only meet this when you don't change your oil plenty. A layer of burnt oil forms on the cap that makes information technology hard to remove.
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- tebore
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Exist conscientious, some caps have a ratcheting mechanism(similar a gas cap) to aid foreclose over tightening (I tin can't remember if the Camry does). What happens in some cases, is the mechanism tin can fail (stops ratcheting) and the cap gets cranked on. The next time you try to open it the top of the cap separates from the threads and y'all take a bigger issue. If it'southward 1 of these think about getting a new cap.
If it'due south only an ordinary cap. It's take a pick and tooth castor and clean the threads of the valve cover of gunk. Then do the same to the oil cap. If it'due south really gunky you can dab a rag in some gas to help loosen the gunk.
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- vkizzle
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Solsearchin1 wrote: ↑ Only run across this when you don't modify your oil plenty. A layer of burnt oil forms on the cap that makes it hard to remove.
YMMV, I have two summertime vehicles that only gets 1 oil change a year and the oil cap comes off easily enough.
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- hightech [OP]
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Cheers for the feedback. It looks like in that location was something in the grooves of the cap that made it stick. I cleaned everything up and information technology works fine now.
In terms of oil change routines, I change the oil every 6 months or 8,000 KM.
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