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Gas Cap Alarm-Help

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Old 05-20-2019, 09:01 AM
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Default Gas Cap Alarm-Help

So I just got my first Wrangler last week and I have a gas cap alarm that has come on. I just installed a new fuel door which I’m assuming is the problem. The fuel door came with a new gasket seal so I took off the OEM gasket but thinking back on it I don’t think those seals were identical. Is the gas cap supposed to meet directly at that seal to prevent leaking? I installed the fuel door on Saturday, drove it Saturday night and all day Sunday without the alarm. The alarm just came on this morning when I started the Jeep to come to work (Monday morning). Any suggestions or thoughts on this?
Old 05-20-2019, 11:10 AM
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Hard to say without understanding the alarm setup but those gas cap covers are typically just cosmetic and really don't guarantee a seal between the body sheet metal and the gas cap cover since they just kind of pop in there and aren't screwed down to the sheet metal.
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By "alarm" do you mean a gas cap warning on your dash? If so, I get those all the time. I replaced my cap and it stopped for a while and now it comes back occasionally. It's the seal of the cap that seems to be the issue. When it shows up, I just hop out and retighten my cap and it goes off in a couple of days.
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I had the alarm come on the other day. Cap seemed tight. I unscrewed it, and put it back on, and the light went out in a few minutes. No idea why the alarm came on, the cap was tight to start with.

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