Did you not read the above thread:

"You can get them from Ford. Not that expensive and basically just cover the hole so nothing can be inserted. I have one."

Also, the capless design makes it harder to steal fuel hence reason we have the special funnel for adding fuel. And just because it is capless doesn't make it any worse than previous trucks who had factory non-locking caps. They had to buy locking caps also.

 

Part number: 8U5Z-9C268-B

$21.24 from Tasca.

P.S. - I should also add that this part also fits other Fords that have gone to the capless type. Mustang, Flex, etc. I even found it at Amazon on a search for the part number.

 

Sorry, I missed that. Thanks Kingfish. I'll have to look into getting one.

 

I don't know, now were gonna get those errors when the seal/flap starts to break down and it won't be as easy of a fix. But yes, convenient for sure.

 

Thanks for the post, I'll being buying one asap!

And to those of you who dont see how gas can be stolen from your tank with this Did you not read the guys post that says on july 4th his gas was siphoned from his tank on his 2010 while out boating? heres another post if you dont believe this guy. http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=...26tbs%3Disch:1

How is this any more complicated all you need to do is insert the plastic funnel in the whole from ford and suck away.

My issue is road salt. I snowmobile in the winter and every time i come home and wash my truck my gas cap and surrounding area is totally covered with salt as they use liquid salt where i usually ride and own my camp.
So where does that leave me in the winter, wash it off and have frozen sand/salt/water on top the flap so when i get gas it all goes into my tank? Had an 05 before this truck so dont yet know.

 

You know, I would figure Ford would be smart enough to install an anti-siphon filter in their tanks, like most newer vehicles have.

Back when hurricane Gustav hit, I was not driving my Tacoma at the time, I had it parked in a garage to keep it away from weather damage. It had a full tank of gas, and we were trying to fill up a giant spare gas tank we had. We tried to siphon the gas out of the Tacoma, but there was a thick metal screen just deep enough to allow a nozzle to fit. You could only siphon down to that filter, which was maybe an 1/8-1/4 of a gallon.

 

I've heard of thieves just punching a hole in the plastic gas tank and letting it drain into a container. No protection against that really.

 

I had a buddy that totaled an 01 F-150 and I hauled it to my house and tried to get the gas out of it, and I couldn't get it done. I stuck a pipe done there and a hose, I couldn't not get it to siphon hardly anything. I finally decided it wasn'tworth it and left it in there. I was told by a Ford Mechanic that there is a checkball in there that prevents fuel spills in roll overs and also keeps people from stealing the gas out of them. After my experience, I agreed that they did a good job to prevent theft.

I have been concerned with the no cap issue as well on my 2010. I have to say that mine has a rubber seal around the outside lid, that seems to prevent much of anything from getting in there. Not sure how often you are going to have to replace it, but so far it is doing a good job. Not sure we really needed this new technology on our trucks, but we got it.

 

I'm not convinced gas is being siphoned out from the filler neck because there is no gas cap. There is an anti siphon feature that prevents siphoning and I have not heard one example of gas being siphoned on the forum. I also did a search and did not find any gas siphoning examples here either, but I did find examples of it not being able to be siphoned. If gas was able to be siphoned, I think we would be hearing more about it. Possibly the fuel gauge may have been wrong/misread, or if it was stolen, it was stolen some other way.

 

Cordless drill would be my method of choice.

It would be a LOT quicker, less messy, and less conspicuous than siphoning.

What's it take, 5 seconds to have fuel running out from the time you approach a vehicle? Kneel down at the wheel well, Hit the plastic tank with a large drill bit, catch fuel.

I've caught a few people stealing gas in my time. Not one of them used the filler tube.

 

you didnt search too hard then cause this took me ten secs to find through google.
http://www.f150forum.com/f38/locking...09-f150-26011/

either way i agree with the other guys drilling the tank is easier to begin with. I want the plug to keep crap from my tank.

 

I already saw that. Like I said, I'm not convinced the gas was siphoned through the filler neck. The fuel gauge could have been wrong, misread, maybe it was stolen another way if it was stolen. He does not have any proof it was siphoned. I searched the entire forum and did not find one example of it being able to be siphoned through the filler neck. If this was a big problem, you would think there would be one example of it.

 

I really dont think he just plain lost 15.2 gals after filling up with 35. And he said he filled it up right after and found missing 15.2 with no leaks so who knows.

Point im making is your saying its impossible, and its not, hard as hell to do for sure, but someone somewhere has it figured out. period.

I dont need to be convinced to know theres a way to steal everything, always. So whether hes lying or not doesn't matter. For 19.99 i'd prefer to have the plug for my own piece of mind.

If i wanted someones gas, i'd drill the tank.

 

He did not say he filled it with 35 gallons. He said he filled the tank. That could mean any amount of gallons were put in. I did not say he was lying or it was impossible steal. With the amount of F-150's out there you would think you would hear a lot more about siphoning through the filler neck if it was an issue.

True.

 

Down by 'Toiletto' Ohio, first they punch a hole in tank and catch the fuel and while under the truck they pull out their 'sawzall' and cut off the catalytic converter, too.