After an increasingly smelly drive, pulled over to find no oil filler cap where one should be. Bodged a cover to get me home, but now needa replacement, however the one I used to have was a red metal push fit type as I recall (single point injection 1.3). But all the suppliers I've tried are offering me a plastic bayonet fitting cap. Was my red metal cap actual not the original (would explain why it fell off)? If not, anyone know where I can get this hard-to-find item?

Thanks.

Sam

Could always try the dealers? I dare say such an item wouldn't cost much money.

Welcome to Briskoda btw! :wave:

Never seen a metal one on a 1300 skoda engine... They were normally a plastic pushfit red on mpi or black on spi. As for them blowing out its well known that they do, normally when revved hard. Butts of bawtry sell them for a couple of quid.

Common trick on rally cars was to either put a chain on them so the cap wasnt lost when the popped or a strip of metal that allowed them to lift and vent but not lose the cap itself.

you will need the seal as well.

FIVER MAX ! Only can get it in black though !

cap sorted. I reckon the metal one I had must have been a bodge. got a replacement from the main dealer for peanuts. nice

Sam

iirc you used to be able to get them in yellow, and green too. but it's been ages since i've seen one. i think they only do the black ones now

I have a nice new red one on Snotty,looks good in a green engine bay:thumbup: