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Oil Filler Cap for 1600cc GTi (1980 W Reg)

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Oil Filler Cap for 1600cc GTi (1980 W Reg)

I've done it before but this time I wasn't so lucky !
I left my Oil Filler Cap on the battery as I filled the oil.
I put the oil away in the garage and then closed the bonnet.
A couple of days later and I'm standing by the car wondering why there's steam/smoke coming out of the bonnet.
I open the bonnet and notice the missing filler cap and neat sprinklings of oil all over the engine.
Anyway I'm a MUPPET and I'd like to get hold of a new Oil Filler Cap.
Local garage seems mystified as to what I need and point me at other garages. Reading up on the net a new cap that will fit is easy to find - but I guess it'll be plastic. Can anyone point me in the direction of a new oil filler cap like the old metal one ?
Thanks for your help.

Mk 1 Golf GTi 1600cc - Black, born in 1980

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It's worth 5 minutes examining the really dark nooks and crannies in the engine bay before you give up hope completely…

I thought I'd lost my header tank cap, but I found it months later in between the inner arch and the bulkhead.

If you have no luck talk to Crazyquiff or Scouse on here.

HTH

Rich

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Thanks for the info - I'll go have a look with a torch once the rain has stopped.

Mk 1 Golf GTi 1600cc - Black, born in 1980

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Euro Car Parts do plastic replacement ones - seem fine to me.

Cheers

1981 1600 GTI (coming to a road near you soon…)

1983 1100 C
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