{"id":3217,"date":"2025-04-30T13:22:26","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T13:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.designed79.co.uk\/?p=3217"},"modified":"2025-05-06T14:46:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T14:46:08","slug":"lotus-evora-removing-the-fuel-filler-flap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.designed79.co.uk\/?p=3217","title":{"rendered":"Lotus Evora &#8211; Removing the fuel filler flap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you need to remove the fuel filler flap for a paint repair or the seal has disintegrated then it can simply be removed without the need to remove the whole fuel filler itself.<\/p>\n<p>Open the flap, and look down at the flap. \u00a0You can see a gap at the top that the arrow is pointing to<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.designed79.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_0259-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3218 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.designed79.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_0259-480x640.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.designed79.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_0259-480x640.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/blog.designed79.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_0259-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.designed79.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_0259-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.designed79.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_0259-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.designed79.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_0259-1000x1333.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/blog.designed79.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_0259-230x307.jpeg 230w, https:\/\/blog.designed79.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_0259-350x467.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/blog.designed79.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_0259-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then you need to use a small tool to press the tab inside. \u00a0This is the tab inside the flap (Flap has been removed).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.designed79.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_0255-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3221\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.designed79.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_0255-640x480.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.designed79.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_0255-640x480.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/blog.designed79.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_0255-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.designed79.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_0255-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.designed79.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_0255-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.designed79.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_0255-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/blog.designed79.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_0255-1000x750.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/blog.designed79.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_0255-230x173.jpeg 230w, https:\/\/blog.designed79.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_0255-350x263.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/blog.designed79.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_0255-480x360.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is the trim tool I used to depress this. this is the flap itself.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.designed79.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_0257-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3222\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.designed79.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_0257-640x480.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.designed79.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_0257-640x480.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/blog.designed79.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_0257-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.designed79.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_0257-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.designed79.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_0257-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.designed79.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_0257-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/blog.designed79.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_0257-1000x750.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/blog.designed79.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_0257-230x173.jpeg 230w, https:\/\/blog.designed79.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_0257-350x263.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/blog.designed79.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_0257-480x360.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Once the tab is depressed the flap needs to be pulled up away from the car by about 5mm and it will come off.<\/p>\n<p>NOTE: the whole fuel bowl is a Jaguar part, the number is printed on the back, maybe C2P22913<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you need to 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