# Aftermarket Gas Cap

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/aftermarket-gas-cap/146440>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [August 11, 2019, 3:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/aftermarket-gas-cap/146440 "2019-08-11T03:23:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![CapitalTruck](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/capitaltruck/32/16592_2.png) [@CapitalTruck](https://community.cartalk.com/u/CapitalTruck)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2019, 3:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/aftermarket-gas-cap/146440/1 "2019-08-11T03:23:32Z")

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Some times it pays to go OEM…Brand new Stant fuel cap for same Highlander I mentioned earlier…threw EVAP leak code and cap would get tight as heck between fuelings. Put on new OEM Toyota cap, all is well. Kind of the pits!!

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**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2019, 3:30am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/aftermarket-gas-cap/146440/2 "2019-08-11T03:30:46Z")

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Stant supplies Toyota with their gas caps, coolant pressure caps, and thermostats.

[http://www.stant.com/index.php/english/products/automotive-oem-products/](http://www.stant.com/index.php/english/products/automotive-oem-products/)

Tester

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**Author:** ![CapitalTruck](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/capitaltruck/32/16592_2.png) [@CapitalTruck](https://community.cartalk.com/u/CapitalTruck)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2019, 3:49am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/aftermarket-gas-cap/146440/3 "2019-08-11T03:49:45Z")

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That’s amazing…must be to a different spec or something…mechanism felt completely different…Compare these two pictures:

Stant: [https://www.rockauto.com/fr/moreinfo.php?pk=10826384&cc=3294758](https://www.rockauto.com/fr/moreinfo.php?pk=10826384&cc=3294758)

Toyota: [https://www.amazon.com/Assembly-Replaces-77300-06040-7730006040-Toyota/dp/B07QFMNBH3/ref=sr\_1\_1\_sspa?keywords=77300-06040&qid=1565495135&s=gateway&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUFLMEtIWkhJMEo2NTQmZW5jcnlwdGVkSWQ9QTAzNjMxODIyVUVTTEwxUDJPRTFOJmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTA4ODQwNTEyU1ZNRlhBSVNDQVA4JndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfYXRmJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==](https://www.amazon.com/Assembly-Replaces-77300-06040-7730006040-Toyota/dp/B07QFMNBH3/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?keywords=77300-06040&qid=1565495135&s=gateway&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUFLMEtIWkhJMEo2NTQmZW5jcnlwdGVkSWQ9QTAzNjMxODIyVUVTTEwxUDJPRTFOJmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTA4ODQwNTEyU1ZNRlhBSVNDQVA4JndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfYXRmJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==)

I wasn’t real impressed.

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**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2019, 3:59am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/aftermarket-gas-cap/146440/4 "2019-08-11T03:59:16Z")

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What do you think is cheaper for Stant and Toyota?

Make different components? Or make one component that works?

Tester

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**Author:** ![CapitalTruck](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/capitaltruck/32/16592_2.png) [@CapitalTruck](https://community.cartalk.com/u/CapitalTruck)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2019, 4:05am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/aftermarket-gas-cap/146440/5 "2019-08-11T04:05:29Z")

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I’m guessing Stant covers a lot of aftermarket stuff with as few part numbers as possible, they probably make, under contract to spec, stuff for Toyota and other OEMs. Clearly they are different parts.

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**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2019, 5:03am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/aftermarket-gas-cap/146440/6 "2019-08-11T05:03:26Z")

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Stant can’t compete in the aftermarket manufacturing parts to Toyota’s specifications. There is a Stant fuel cap on Rock Auto for $2.50, should we believe that is an OEM equivalent?