# How did my car go this long with no oil filler cap?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-did-my-car-go-this-long-with-no-oil-filler-cap/74273>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** corolla, toyota\
**Created:** [August 24, 2012, 10:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-did-my-car-go-this-long-with-no-oil-filler-cap/74273 "2012-08-24T22:36:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 12:36am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-did-my-car-go-this-long-with-no-oil-filler-cap/74273/21 "2012-08-30T00:36:13Z")

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Left the cap off, did we?

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**Author:** ![doubleclutch](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/doubleclutch/32/1281_2.png) [@doubleclutch](https://community.cartalk.com/u/doubleclutch)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 5:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-did-my-car-go-this-long-with-no-oil-filler-cap/74273/22 "2012-08-30T17:20:01Z")

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Nooooo…Not Me;-)

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**Author:** ![WesternRoadtripper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a698b9/32.png) [@WesternRoadtripper](https://community.cartalk.com/u/WesternRoadtripper)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 9:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-did-my-car-go-this-long-with-no-oil-filler-cap/74273/23 "2012-08-30T21:17:18Z")

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No doubt you read that in a _scientific journal_ somewhere…  
_;~)_

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**Author:** ![doubleclutch](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/doubleclutch/32/1281_2.png) [@doubleclutch](https://community.cartalk.com/u/doubleclutch)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 2:00am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-did-my-car-go-this-long-with-no-oil-filler-cap/74273/24 "2012-08-31T02:00:13Z")

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Yeah…That’s it!

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