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Aug 29, 2009, 03:01 PM
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Door for gas tank broken??
I just went to the gas station to pump some gas and ran into a problem. The lid/door wont open, I pressed the lid release thing a bunch of times and it won't open and now I can't pump any gas. The lid is stuck closed. Mitsu closed down in my area and the nearest dealer is an hour away. Any idea whats wrong with the door? Can anyone tell my what parts I need so I can oder them and fix the lid?
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Aug 29, 2009, 04:03 PM
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It is most likely the door spring. It is a piece of metal than helps the open when you pull the fuel door relice. I dont know the part number off hand you would need to go to the dealer for that but in the mean time all you need to do is use a flat headed screw driver and when you are holding the door relice buttion use the screw driver and pry it open just try to no scratch your car.
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Aug 29, 2009, 04:10 PM
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This question should be a sticky lol
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Aug 29, 2009, 04:44 PM
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Have someone hold the fuel door release latch and someone else trying to pry it open. Of course without breaking it..
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Aug 29, 2009, 09:24 PM
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I had this problem in my accord and it would randamly do it, I would some times take a key and try to pull the door a little and some times that would work but mostly I just kept lifting the lever up and down alot of times!! there were times I thought I wasn't going to be able to get gas!! VERY FUSTRATING 
Last edited by Berts24; Aug 29, 2009 at 09:26 PM.
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Aug 29, 2009, 09:37 PM
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My lancer is like this. I just put my wallet under the gas release leever and push on the left side of the gas door to open it. No biggy.
edit to say you need to leever all the way up.
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