Chevy & GMC Vans

Think this is the right forum...

Anyway, with gas being sooo expensive and our tanks being quite large (relatively), I've been thinking about getting locking caps. Anyone know where caps can be bought with a tumbler that can be made to work with the factory key, without paying stealership prices?

I wouldn't bother too much with the locking cap. I have never seen one yet that you can't open when it is locked. I used to work at the local emissions testing centre and we had to pop the cap to test it. I could open basicly every cap just by pinching the sides and turning. The locking gas door will keep out 99% of people but if someone is dedicated to the cause they will get the gas and might do extra damage to your van ripping the cap apart.

Really, that easy to pop them...good to know.

I have a locking gas cap on my van. I got it because someone DID steal my gas (my gas door is gone, so the cap is out for the whole world to see) Since then, no one has stolen my gas, even though the locking mechanism quit working over a year ago. It doesn't matter though, people see that it has a lock and don't try to mess with it. It just a visual deterent, and most of the time, that's all you need...

The gas door is also very easy to open from the outside. A few years back my gas door wouldn't open due to the freezing weather (cable froze) so I used my car key and inserted it in the gap where the latch is located and the door popped open.

Southern wrote:The gas door is also very easy to open from the outside. A few years back my gas door wouldn't open due to the freezing weather (cable froze) so I used my car key and inserted it in the gap where the latch is located and the door popped open.

most astros ive seen, mine included dont even have that feauture in the first place you just open them right up no latch, but yeah some of the older ones have it and they normally seem to be pretty loose and easy to pop open.

GnarliSafari wrote:

Southern wrote:The gas door is also very easy to open from the outside. A few years back my gas door wouldn't open due to the freezing weather (cable froze) so I used my car key and inserted it in the gap where the latch is located and the door popped open.

most astros ive seen, mine included dont even have that feauture in the first place you just open them right up no latch, but yeah some of the older ones have it and they normally seem to be pretty loose and easy to pop open.

I forgot about the newer Astro's. Several years ago I was using the company 01 Astro and when I went to fill up the tank I was looking all over for the gas door release to find out that there wasn't one.