Pingy petrol flap and the rubber bit Q

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Pingy petrol flap and the rubber bit Q

Post by BeeBabs » 14th March 2011 - 4:17pm

My petrol flap has taken to pinging open on the motorway and only the motorway for some reason. I can't see any obvious reason why and it's fine going over bumps etc in normal town driving. Or is it just a side effect of the warp speed stress on an old 412 :p
Also, what is the rubber bit that seals between the wing and the petrol hole as mine has had it.
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Re: Pingy petrol flap and the rubber bit Q

Post by ARCANE » 14th March 2011 - 4:32pm

Is it the apron your after part number 411-821-443A;

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and here it is in situ

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Re: Pingy petrol flap and the rubber bit Q

Post by shawn71 » 14th March 2011 - 6:09pm

If it is the rubber grommet bit then I've read somewhere that someone made one from an old large sink plunger...but then some people say a Porsche engine will bolt straight into a Bug!

I'm more inclined to believe the sink plunger myself:)
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Re: Pingy petrol flap and the rubber bit Q

Post by kps70 » 14th March 2011 - 6:26pm

I have used a type 3 one on mine, but it's not as fancy as that with the fold down flap. I guess one could be fashioned out of a bit of old rubber and super glue works well on rubber!
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Re: Pingy petrol flap and the rubber bit Q

Post by purplepeter » 14th March 2011 - 7:16pm

The type 3 one is available from simon kelley (notch1500 on ebay)

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Re: Pingy petrol flap and the rubber bit Q

Post by BeeBabs » 14th March 2011 - 9:33pm

:lol: when I first saw the pic I thought that looks NOTHING like what I'm after.........A picture of my own should explain :lol:
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I have very little left it seems!(and it's crumbled a little more away since I took the pic too.)

Will a type 3 one fit a 412?

No ideas on the pingy flap yet then?

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Post by kps70 » 14th March 2011 - 10:23pm

The type 3 one fits quite well. They are around on ebay quite often too.
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Re: Pingy petrol flap and the rubber bit Q

Post by ARCANE » 15th March 2011 - 9:43am

Right your pingy flap! :p oooerrr misses LOL the two rubber stoppers look quite worn you could replace these it may help to stop the flap moving slightly and so enabling the catch to move and release.

How worn is the catch and the retainer as this would result in the same thing but all this is just guessing as it seems odd that it only opens at high speed and not with a bit off jiggling.

Sorry I cant be more help its going to be a bit of trial and error id say.


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Re: Pingy petrol flap and the rubber bit Q

Post by baby bleu » 15th March 2011 - 5:21pm

hello,ARCANE,, you have 2 solution,, on my 412-73 i have ,,,wirer sealer from audi 200 turbo,,1990,, or you can buy an ,,replica,,for the old karman,,70,,you can go to see the pict,,on ,,bughouse.com,,, type3 or karman,, they sale a model with long rubber flap,, for my audi part i geeve you that toomorrow,, cheer ,,baby bleu
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Re: Pingy petrol flap and the rubber bit Q

Post by baby bleu » 15th March 2011 - 5:34pm

ARCANE,, i have the pn. from bughouse.com,,gya,,pict. for 68-74,,her pn. is 141-201-127 a,, i d,t know one thing,,if the fender hole for the gya is the same with the 412,, and for my audi part,, the pn. is 443-820-119c,, if you want what he geeve on my car send me,,pm,, cheer,,baby bleu
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