Dirty Inside Fuel Door

[Tall Tail]

Is this normal?
Any recommendations on how to clean it and keep it clean?

Seal appears to be intact.
I like the style with the sealed cap better.

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[Buyer2021]

Normal for dusty areas, just wash it out with water spray as often as you like if it bothers you.

 

[Tall Tail]

Normal for dusty areas, just wash it out with water spray as often as you like if it bothers you.

I'm a little concerned about getting water into the fuel tank.

 

[ApolloChurchill]

I'm a little concerned about getting water into the fuel tank.

https://www.amazon.com/Cap-Shield-2-25inch-Compatible-Maverick/dp/B0CZY15NDL

Put one of these on before you rinse it out if you’re worried. For less money you can just use a sandwich bag and rubber band too

 

[Buyer2021]

I'm a little concerned about getting water into the fuel tank.

Just exercise a bit of prudence with the spray direction / force, it only takes a bit of flow at low pressure to wash it out IME. Basically just an open hose-end at gentle-flow kept well-below the actual raised gascap works to chase-out the accumulated dust.

But hey, if that worries you, don't do it!

 

[FaaWrenchBndr]

I'm a little concerned about getting water into the fuel tank.

This ain’t rocket science……..use a wet rag.
Follow that up with a dry one.
If you don’t like that dirt, stay off dirt roads.

 

[Powerboost_Law]

I just put a piece of duct tape over the fill spout and just wash it at the car wash on the soap cycle

 

[mredwin25]

This ain’t rocket science……..use a wet rag.
Follow that up with a dry one.
If you don’t like that dirt, stay off dirt roads.

wow who peed in your cheerios

 

[FaaWrenchBndr]

wow who peed in your cheerios

Don’t eat cereal.
As far as the OP’s “issue” It’s just common sense. Doesn’t take a genius to realize that if you don’t wanna spray something with water, you can clean it with a rag.

Did you never learn that?

 

[FirstTimeFord]

Is this normal?
Any recommendations on how to clean it and keep it clean?

Seal appears to be intact.
I like the style with the sealed cap better.

 

[mredwin25]

Don’t eat cereal.
As far as the OP’s “issue” It’s just common sense. Doesn’t take a genius to realize that if you don’t wanna spray something with water, you can clean it with a rag.

Did you never learn that?

settle down bud, I’m sure you meant to say ever and not “never” but in regards to spraying that area with water well, I do it all the time when I wash my truck, never an issue. As far as learning “that” well, I would say maybe a bit more than just “that”. I have a few years of experience tearing down and rebuilding jet engines fa-18s and also did turboprop engines c-130s etc. Did that in the military back in the day in my younger years now I just enjoy life and stay as content as possible, life’s too short to be stressed

 

[mredwin25]

OP as long as you’re not sticking the water hose in the filler neck or directing high pressure into it nothing is gonna happen, I always clean that area on my truck when I’m washing it. I spray it with the pressure washer from a distance

 

[FaaWrenchBndr]

Nope, I meant to say never

Seems to be kinda have had the same path
You do you, let me worry about me.

 

[mredwin25]

Nope, I meant to say never

Seems to be kinda have had the same path
You do you, let me worry about me.

nah you replied being a little testy so i wanted to handle it, you can’t expect ppl not to worry if your reply was rude for no reason

 

[XLT22]

You're not getting anything down the filler neck unless you depress the plunger all the way down. Spray away to your heart's content.

This was actually a problem when these first came out years ago. People were afraid to push the fuel nozzle in all the way and it would spray fuel back out all over them.

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