Hello everyone (and again sorry about my poor English), Now that I completed 3 weeks with my '93 Civic, I realized that something might be wrong with the car. I was thinking that the fuel consumption was too high for the car (11 km/l), I thought it might be my foot (too heavy) so I simply forgot about it. However, yesterday I filled up the fuel tank, and tha strange is that the guy at the gas station didn?t fill it up to the top, but only until the pump "locked up" (which is in fact the correct procedure). Then I went to my girlfriend?s house and we went to the mall, when I parked there, there was a gasoline smell in the air, then I looked at my car, and it was it... the gas had leaked through the cap... :( It was little gas, indeed, but it happened. The paint near the gas cap was wet with gas. Later at night, after I left my girlfriend home, I went back to my place, and after a high-speed curve to the right (which means: the fuel went to the left, which is the side of the car that has the fuel cap) , the fuel smell came in again. And that time, the tank fuel meter went down a little bit (but a noticeable ammount) after the curve. When I parked at home, there were again signs of a gas leak from the fuel cap. The paint was wet with the gasoline. That explains (in part) why I was sensing gasoline smell after some high-speed curves. Today, I decided to take a look at the fuel cap. First: when I pulled out the cap, there was pressure coming from inside the tank , as if it were completely sealed (as it should be). The rubber band around the plastic cap seems OK, no fissures at all, it isn?t "dried up", no cracks... It seems to be perfectly O.K. . However, I noticed a round-shaped hole beneath the fuel inlet. It seems as if it is supposed to be there, but it also seem as it is missing some part, such as a rubber cap or something. So I ask help for hatchback 92~95 Civic owners to check their fuel inlet for that "hole", I need to know if it should be there or if someone just drilled it in my car. I think there is definitely something wrong with my car, and that?s making him drink too much fuel. I think it is in fact spilling the fuel it drinks over the table (road) :) I ask for any help, even ideas, of what I should check out to "kill" the leak, as fuel leaking from my tank will not ruin only my car?s perfect painting, as it will ruin my bank account as well. Attached to this message there are 4 pictures of my fuel inlet. The first one (cap1.jpg) has the "mystery hole" marked. The second, is the cap itself, which seems perfect. The third, is the fuel inlet without the cap, and the fourth, is a picture of the hole. [s] Ubirat? Muniz da Silva (Bira) '93 Honda Civic LSi Hatchback - 15" Girus Racing rims - BugPack air filter
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I have a 2000 Civic and it has a hole just like the one that you have I think it was meant to be there!

     Oh and does anyone know if there should be a fule cap holster on the fule door like the accords ? hehe I'm to shame to ask my Honda dealer

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