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[M0U5EY]

Hi guys,

 

When I bought my mini 4 or so years ago it came with the aston style fuel cap cover but no locking fuel cap. I've ran it like that for ages but recently thought it to be a good idea to buy one of the locking vented fuel caps however as I have now discovered, I can't run both the locking cap and the aston flip style cap. I far prefer the look of the aston cap and so was wondering if I can just run the car without the cap or will it cause issues?

 

Thanks!

[Quinlan minor]

It's possible to have both.

Strictly speaking, the MPi should have a non-vented cap.

Mine has this Aston style over the standard locking fuel cap.

 

Can't figure why it's flipped the photos.

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Edited by Quinlan minor, 12 May 2020 - 10:39 PM.

[M0U5EY]

How did you manage that?? I tried today and the locking cap can't get low enough over the neck to lock and without access to a mill I can't make the ledge any lower :/

[Quinlan minor]

How did you manage that?? I tried today and the locking cap can't get low enough over the neck to lock and without access to a mill I can't make the ledge any lower :/

The 'Aston Style' cap is secured to the OEM cap by two Allen set screws (arrowed in photographs).

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[M0U5EY]

That definitely is one way of doing it! I assume that took some machining of the inside of the fuel cap to make it fit the locking cap?

[rich_959]

There are different versions of the Aston/Monza caps available. I have the one like Quinlan above which is designed to just clamp onto the standard cap, so it's effectively a dummy. Others fit to filler neck and replace the standard cap altogether (which sounds like what you have). From memory, mine was only about £20 so might be worth you going that route if you want to retain the original cap. 

[M0U5EY]

There are different versions of the Aston/Monza caps available. I have the one like Quinlan above which is designed to just clamp onto the standard cap, so it's effectively a dummy. Others fit to filler neck and replace the standard cap altogether (which sounds like what you have). From memory, mine was only about £20 so might be worth you going that route if you want to retain the original cap. 

Ah that makes sense, I think mine is meant for an SPI (?) where the neck is long enough for both the locking cap and and aston cap but doesn't work with my MPI tank. You don't happen to remember where you got yours from do you? sounds like a good compromise! 

[rich_959]

Minispares. Just make sure you get the right one. This is the one that fits to the standard cap, for the shorter filler neck of the MPI's.

 

http://www.minispare...|Back to search

[rich_959]

It's quite a dull/satin finish, but I quite like that to be honest. 

[M0U5EY]

Perfect! Thanks for pointing me in the right direction