some thieving ********* decided to smash my fuel filler flap and nick all my deisel.

How is the filler flap removed / replaced? All that's left is the hinge poking out so I need to remove it and replace it before I loose another tank.:(

2007 Octavia Elegance 2.0TDI.

Cheers :cheers:

My guess is you take off the boot lining at the right of the boot and get at the hinge from inside the car, but I never really looked when I had the lining off before... I was wondering whether that had ever been done to someone - the plastic filler caps covers aren't the most secure design in the world :(...

Filled up this morning as well which is a real :dung:.

Going on holiday on Sunday so Ive got to trawl the breakers tomorrow morning and find one.

How easy is the boot lining to remove?

some thieving ********* decided to smash my fuel filler flap and nick all my deisel.

How is the filler flap removed / replaced? All that's left is the hinge poking out so I need to remove it and replace it before I loose another tank.:(

2007 Octavia Elegance 2.0TDI.

Cheers :cheers:

You need to get inside to remove the lock pin, use an Allen key from the outside to turn and remove the plastic lock slide and then the door, hinge and rubber prise out from the outside. Make sure you don't loose the vent tube. I'll post more details when I'm at a computer. Hth

Hopefully they didn't get much derv! I thought modern cars had a filler grill/filter to stop these things happening!

Hopefully they didn't get much derv! I thought modern cars had a filler grill/filter to stop these things happening!

Me too! I had half a tank full in my old scrappage car and tried to syphon some out for my petrol strimmer but it defied all my attempts. Not that it would stop thieves, they would just puncture your tank from below and drain it that way.

So I've probably got a broken grille thingy in my tank! :thumbdwn: It just gets better and better.

Well you dont get at it from inside the boot so it must be from under the wheel arch. It'll have to wait till I get back off holiday now, but Im not happy leaving it parked with a fuel cap that doesnt lock for 2 weeks.:thumbdwn:

You can't syphon much out unless you have a very thin tube and that is slow.

You will need to order the whole filler door including rubber from the dealer and have it sprayed up the correct colour.

To get it out you need:

- Torx screwdriver for the boot bag hanger on the right.

- Phillips screwdriver for the other screws in the boot and the two screws holding the locking pin in.

- Allen key set (needs 90 degree angle on it, a screwdriver bit is no use)

- Plastic trim removal tools or similar.

- Insulating or masking tape, so you don't lose the vent pipe.

How to do it:

- Remove the bag hanger on the RHS of the boot.

- Remove the other screws holding the luggage net posts in the local area (2 of them IIRC)

- Pull the carpet around the small net down and forward.

- Mark the location of the two screws with a marker pen etc.

- Loosen, but do not undo the two screws found holding the lock pin to the bodywork.

- Slide this as far back as you can.

Outside the car.

- Insert allen key into the plastic pin where the locking pin usually comes out from.

- Turn allen key about 90 degrees to release this pin and remove it.

- Undo diesel cap and remove this from the fuel lid housing (small rubber string holds it on)

- Carefully prise the fuel cover out all around.

There are small plastic wedges that hold it in all sides.

- Pull the small vent pipe from the bottom of rubber surround you have just removed and tape around this and tape it to the bodywork. If you lose this it's a real pain.

Fitting:

- Attach the fuel cover cap to the new fuel filler cover assembly.

- Push the vent pipe into the new rubber surround, and once in remove the tape used to hold this.

- Push the rubber over the fuel filler cap area and then push the plastic surround into the car body work.

- Check the plastic peg that goes in the locking area is not damaged and reinsert this and tighten with the allen key.

- Do up the fuel cap.

Go inside the car:

- Slide the locking pin back into the hole for it

- Line the screws up with the marks made when you took it out and do these screws up.

- Make sure the rubber on the lock pin is correctly attached to prevent water ingress.

- Put the carpets etc back.

Hope that's useful.

If I get a chance, I'll try and get some pictures, but I'm afraid it won't be a full set as it's a pain to undo it all.

Edited 12 October, 200916 yr by cheezemonkhai

cheers for that cheezemonkhai, Ill have another look when i get home fron my hols. Its the bit from inside the boot that confuses me as I couldnt see anything that appeared to be attached to the filler housing.

this might help.

fueltanklid.pdf

When we scrapped the Megane after the timing belt went very shortly after brimming the tank :( I couldn't see a way of getting the fuel out for the next car. That was until I went underneath, and removed the rubber tube connecting the filler pipe to the tank................:P

I considered disconnecting at the fuel filter but didn't want the problem of a leak under the car, which I did have previously when the filter connections worked loose. I notice the the Octavia's filter is in a similar position.

I did look at the pump position over the tank and got some out, but time was running out and if I'd hotwired the pump the whole shebang could have gone up in flames, so I gave it a miss.

You can't syphon much out unless you have a very thin tube and that is slow.

You will need to order the whole filler door including rubber from the dealer and have it sprayed up the correct colour.

To get it out you need:

- Torx screwdriver for the boot bag hanger on the right.

- Phillips screwdriver for the other screws in the boot and the two screws holding the locking pin in.

- Allen key set (needs 90 degree angle on it, a screwdriver bit is no use)

- Plastic trim removal tools or similar.

- Insulating or masking tape, so you don't lose the vent pipe.

How to do it:

- Remove the bag hanger on the RHS of the boot.

- Remove the other screws holding the luggage net posts in the local area (2 of them IIRC)

- Pull the carpet around the small net down and forward.

- Mark the location of the two screws with a marker pen etc.

- Loosen, but do not undo the two screws found holding the lock pin to the bodywork.

- Slide this as far back as you can.

Outside the car.

- Insert allen key into the plastic pin where the locking pin usually comes out from.

- Turn allen key about 90 degrees to release this pin and remove it.

- Undo diesel cap and remove this from the fuel lid housing (small rubber string holds it on)

- Carefully prise the fuel cover out all around.

There are small plastic wedges that hold it in all sides.

- Pull the small vent pipe from the bottom of rubber surround you have just removed and tape around this and tape it to the bodywork. If you lose this it's a real pain.

Fitting:

- Attach the fuel cover cap to the new fuel filler cover assembly.

- Push the vent pipe into the new rubber surround, and once in remove the tape used to hold this.

- Push the rubber over the fuel filler cap area and then push the plastic surround into the car body work.

- Check the plastic peg that goes in the locking area is not damaged and reinsert this and tighten with the allen key.

- Do up the fuel cap.

Go inside the car:

- Slide the locking pin back into the hole for it

- Line the screws up with the marks made when you took it out and do these screws up.

- Make sure the rubber on the lock pin is correctly attached to prevent water ingress.

- Put the carpets etc back.

Hope that's useful.

If I get a chance, I'll try and get some pictures, but I'm afraid it won't be a full set as it's a pain to undo it all.

Finally getting round to sorting this out after 3 months

Couple of qustions though:

Mine is a MkII (07 reg) and didnt have ay wedges holding the flap in - is this normal.

Also the small vent pipe wasnt attached to the tank and was just covered in mud - is this a vent or a drain for around the filler cab and if it is a vent where/how should it be attached.

Cheers.

The wedges don't hold the flap in, they hold the whole black surround in, which goes around the filler neck.

I have replaced fuel flap lock actuator on skoda superb ll 1.9 tdi 2009 . Its easy, no need to fully remove the side trim of the luggage compartment. It doesn't even need to open that much as shown in photo. Slacken it little bit to clip the new connector. See photo to het an idea.