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Fuel Filler Door







Fuel Filler Door

Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required

Special hook (3370)













1 Fuel filler door cable

2 Screws

4 Nm

3 Catches

Catches must close flush with lower part of fuel filler door.

4 Fuel filler door

When removing, remove cable - 1 - on the fuel filler door.

Proceed as follows when installing a new fuel filler door:

- Guide cable through opening in fuel filler door cup.

- Insert fuel filler door diagonally until catches on protruding flange engage in side panel.

- Press fuel filler door down against fuel filler door cup tension until sliding catches visibly engage.

- Secure fuel filler door with bolts (quantity: 3).

5 Fuel filler door cup

6 Drain hose

Removing

- Remove 3 bolts - arrows -.






- Unlock the locking mechanism - arrow - with the hook (T40207) or a hook made as an assisting tool of welding wire, for example.






- Pull fuel filler door vertically out of body opening using Special Hook (3370).






- Remove bolts - arrows - on cable.






Installation






Installation is reverse of removal, noting the following:

- For overflow hose to be routed without kinking, fuel filler door cup must be installed as follows:

The edge of the drain hole in the flap cup must align with the edge of the hole in the body - arrows - as shown in the illustration.