Harvester Capless Fuel Fill Door

[colvinji]

Scout, please make the Harvester a Capless fuel fill door. I don't want the old style gas cap.
I have a 2010 Ford flex with a capless fill door and I recently sold my Ford Bronco also a capless fuel fill door and I love that feature.

The Capless Fuel Filler Explained​

Ford pioneered the capless fuel filler by making the feature standard first on the 2009 Explorer SUV and its Mercury-branded twin, the Mountaineer. Before spreading to other models, the capless fuel filler appeared on the 2009 Ford F-150 pickup truck and the Ford Flex and Lincoln MKS SUVs.

The system is simple. Instead of a fuel-filler cap, which twists onto the neck to seal the tank, the capless version features a spring-loaded flap that automatically latches shut. To fill up, the driver needs to open the fuel-filler door and insert the pump nozzle. There's no gas cap to take off and put back on.

The GM Capless Fuel Filler delivers the following benefits:

• No fuel cap to use
• Helps keep hands free of dirt and fuel
• Helps prevent disruptions to the closed fuel system and “check engine” service visits
• No dangling fuel cap to scratch painted surfaces while fueling and no caps to potentially forget when driving off without closing it
• Mechanisms in the fuel filler neck make it nearly impossible to siphon more than a few gallons of gas
• A vapor recovery system built into the fuel filler means fewer fumes escape to pollute the air

Why Did Gas Caps Disappear From Some New Cars? [Update] - Jalopnik

If you've got a fuel tank, you need to put a lid on it, right? Wrong. A number of cars across several brands now come without gas caps. Here's why.

www.jalopnik.com

 

[cyure]

You know @cyure gets $50 off for every member she announces she’s converted to BEV.

Don’t I wish!

 

[speedrye]

I have to ask—who’s actually off‑roading in a way that packs mud inside the fuel door? If you’re in three or four feet of muck, high enough to flow over the gas door, you’ve got much bigger problems than a capless filler. I’ve been off‑roading my whole life. Muddy water? Sure. Chunks of mud all over the sides and undercarriage? Absolutely. Inside the fuel door? Not once.

And if someone plans to take their Scout that deep into water, the fuel door should be the least of their worries. The battery pack, drive motors, and electronics being fully submerged would be a far more serious concern long before the filler area ever becomes an issue.

The reality is that 90% of Scouts will never see true off‑road conditions anyway. Ford Broncos use a capless fuel system, and it works flawlessly. This really feels like a non‑issue being blown out of proportion.

Maybe it's just me, haha. I'm not wading, but flinging wet mud that runs down the vehicle into, well, everything. A quick blast from a small electric pressure gets most everything out, but a good weather seal and a good fuel door should solve 99% of my issues if capless is desired otherwise. I do NOT like mud and don't play in it if I don't have to, but getting to job sites, especially recently graded ones is nasty work, because it has always poured rain for a day or two before I need to go to them for some reason. Full mud terrain tires are non-negotiable for me.

 

[Cranky Canuck]

I have to ask—who’s actually off‑roading in a way that packs mud inside the fuel door? If you’re in three or four feet of muck, high enough to flow over the gas door, you’ve got much bigger problems than a capless filler. I’ve been off‑roading my whole life. Muddy water? Sure. Chunks of mud all over the sides and undercarriage? Absolutely. Inside the fuel door? Not once.

And if someone plans to take their Scout that deep into water, the fuel door should be the least of their worries. The battery pack, drive motors, and electronics being fully submerged would be a far more serious concern long before the filler area ever becomes an issue.

The reality is that 90% of Scouts will never see true off‑road conditions anyway. Ford Broncos use a capless fuel system, and it works flawlessly. This really feels like a non‑issue being blown out of proportion.

The battery pack, drive motors and electronics should be fully waterproof as they are with most EVs. Plenty of videos out there of EVs wading through flooded streets that drown gas cars. Rivian has even stated that the wading depth of it's R1 vehicles is limited only by their buoyancy.

Not that driving through flood zones is recommended or even a good idea but an EV is a lot more resilient in that regard than any air-breathing vehicle. One of the reasons I want a purely electric off-road vehicle is for dealing with increasingly frequent natural disasters. My parents live in a flood plain and refuse to move so I do foresee the need to have to go rescue them at some point in the future and a good vehicle with high ground clearance that doesn't rely on air to move would be an asset.