Someone tried to steal my gas?

Chances are almost 0.

 

Yeah I forgot to mention that. Everyone within a city block. I'm basically the town bike.

 

Which locking gas cap works on Tacoma's . No enemies but plenty of back woods kids running about just looking to get into trouble

 

I am one of the ones that got a error code.
It was only after it was parked on a hill/incline over night.

 

Would a tank skid take care of it?

 

Corolla's and Rav 4's are higher quality vehicles.

 

My wife's 2010 corolla has a locking fuel door.
Why Toyota does not come out with one is crazy, the sales would be great if they would make one for all Tacoma's.
How do you correct the code?

 

disconnect the battery for about 20 minutes

 

Sometimes led rehabilitation is the only rehabilitation that gets through to people.

 

Ive posted about this before- there are three ways thieves get gas out of a 3rd Gen Tacoma. Siphoning it through the gas door is possible (I had to do it to mine with the right type of hose), and it is the only non-destructive way to do it. The other two require just a sharp tool, not a drill.

OP:check your gas tank for leaks, and also check the wheel well area behind the gas door to see if the inside wheel well plastic covering was cut to access the soft parts near the bend of the pipe behind the gas filler door leading to your tank.

 

They just drill above it on the side, happened to my 1st gen. The stock skid for 3rd gen Tacoma has holes on the bottom that don’t protect it from piercing tools.

 

I am not concerned about stealing gas, I am afraid someone would dump something in the tank

 

Forget sugar, just pouring water in will seriously mess up an engine. If they used sugar, that would be better for you than water.

 

It takes quite a bit of water to fuck up the engine, but a antifreeze however. Just a couple of water bottles full will hydrolock the engine.

 

Yeah, I was too. New tanks cost well over a grand, so I put an alarm on the side of the truck to alert me in the house when I park in the street overnight - its held in place on the side of my fuel door with a magnet (we don’t live on a busy street):

 

really....water can be filtered out, but sugar that had melted and the stuck to valves and cylinder walls can really fuck your engine up...not to mention all the lines and pump.....

 

Great idea, I am going to get this, and I did not know about water and antifreeze will mess things up. Water I figured but not antifreeze. I am just hoping that the kids leave me alone, I try and be polite to everyone. Right now last couple of weeks some idiot keeps throwing his empty beer can on my front. I have cameras but they have a delay on them. This just pisses me off and I am trying to get his time down and then I will pull off some guard duty, set my ambush up. I honestly can not remember ever throwing something out of my car window, and the cigarettes being thrown out is just plain stupid. Keep them in your own vechile

 

water in the gas tank isn't terrible, they make additives that you can put in your tank to counter water contamination. Worst that will happen is your truck either won't start or will run rough. If there's enough water then you just drain the gas tank fill it up with good gas and you're good to go.

Sugar and sand coagulates in gasoline and clogs fuel lines, fuel pump, injectors, etc. All those have to be cleaned or (most likely) replaced. If it works its way into the engine then you've got even bigger problems to worry about.

 

Won't be gas then, only 3.5 volt electric motor available.
4.0 volt motor discontinued after 9th gen.