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MG MGA - Oil Fill Cap-Seal o No Seal?

Hi all,

Has anyone noticed if their oil fill cap has any type of rubber seal or is a mechanical metal to metal seal? I run the original cap and it is without a seal and it does weep a bit.

Just curious.

Tom Baker

Mine does not have one and nothing shown in the parts list.

Steve
Steve Gyles

Hi Tom, Mine is a standard one and is metal to metal - same as yours and Steve's.
Cam Cunningham

Hi
In mine, which I think is original, there is a cork seal - see photo

Jorgen

JF Hedetoft

I have a couple of old original caps and a newer or NOS one. I also have two that have been refinished and have no seal. All the others have remains of the cork seal as Jorgens.

Neil
Neil McGurk

Very interesting. Mine is the same type as Jorgens' sans the cork seal. Perhaps one was there at one time. I have resorted to wrap a rag around the base to catch the oil that weeps out. It really isn't that much, just an inconvenience.
Tom Baker

Hi Tom, Just been inspecting mine again - what I thought was metal seems to be a thin black rubber(?) seal on what is obviously a repro item ( with the car when I got it) - cheers Cam
Cam Cunningham

I believe the cork seal (gasket) is how it was originally.
Peter.
P. Tilbury

All Aussie caps I have encountered have had a cork seal - 10 MGA's to date!
Barry
BM Gannon

Further to my earlier post, I have just had another look at the cap and mine does have a seal.

Steve
Steve Gyles

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