Author Topic: Vented or Non-vented Gas Cap ?????  (Read 3147 times)

hank sound

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Vented or Non-vented Gas Cap ?????
« on: October 09, 2011, 00:10:28 »
Hi,   while looking for gas cap options, I see that one vendor in CA offers two different locking gas caps for W113 - - one is vented, one is not.

Does the Serial # of my car determine which of these caps is correct?   My # is 010745..............

Looking forward to any input.

Hank

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Re: Vented or Non-vented Gas Cap ?????
« Reply #1 on: October 09, 2011, 18:25:54 »
Our cars use non vented caps because the fuel tank is vented through a seperate line. Vented caps are used on fuel tanks where the venting is done through the filler neck like what you would find on an early 190SL.
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hank sound

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Re: Vented or Non-vented Gas Cap ?????
« Reply #2 on: October 09, 2011, 18:54:19 »
Our cars use non vented caps because the fuel tank is vented through a seperate line. Vented caps are used on fuel tanks where the venting is done through the filler neck like what you would find on an early 190SL.


Got it... thanks Dan.

Cheers, Hank