Petrol Cap

[Grover]

I have only been in the VW owners' club a couple of months and still trying to get used to all the things which I hate (ummm... sorry... are different). It is a good thing that there is a lot more to like so we'll get there.

One thing which I am struggling with and I have never, ever experienced before with any other vehicle I have owned is that whenever I go to get fuel and undo the filler cap, the rubber sealing ring has come off the actual cap and is stuck to the mouth of the filler pipe inlet.... weid!

I have to peel this thing off the filler inlet pipe every time I get fuel and re-fit it to the cap. In only takes about 10 seconds but but if I don't then the sealing ring is likely to fall-off. Has anyone else had this issue?

[mickofoz]

That's a fault. Have it replaced!

[guliver_twist]

i don't have that problem in mine...
mention it before your next service and get it fixed...

[logger]

......whenever I go to get fuel and undo the filler cap, the rubber sealing ring has come off the actual cap and is stuck to the mouth of the filler pipe inlet.... weird!
... Has anyone else had this issue?

YES - now that you mention it. Couple of fills ago I noticed what looked like a large O ring on the filler nozzle when I finished fueling. Thought to myself that does not look like part of the bowser and it has probably come off a car. Found it fitted perfectly on the end of my filler cap so placed it there. Haven't thought much of it since then - Hopefully it is still there.

[cme2c]

No, mine's fine.

[neil]

Sounds like it could be a mk6 fault.
Anyone know if they have changed the design over from the mk5.

[logger]

Just checked. Seal was missing from my beneath my cap. Sure enough - Just like Grover said - it was stuck to and hanging by a thread from the filler neck.