Not starting

My friends 70's camaro gas cap is locked and it doesn't start...any ideas?

[1BADAIR]

out of gas

[Lucky SOB]

out of gas

Clever.... and makes sense. The pump vacuumed the tank so the cap won't release? Must not be a vented tank?

[bri2203]

Good description April!

Dead Battery?
Is fuel getting to the carb?

[Darren]

way to many unknowns, you have to give more info. How in the world can he not get the gas cap off?!

[camarochick16]

I have no idea, that was all the information he gave to me... i will find out more now!

battery is fine- he says
they can't get the gas cap off to even add more fuel...

[2002Z4CSS]

Does it run when gas is poured into the carb? Locking gas caps are usually pretty easy to break loose with some big channel lock pliers..

[TylerT/AZ28]

does it have an actual lock on the gas cap, most any key or a knife shoved in there will breka the lock, they tend to be pretty cheaply made in my experience.

[Gaspo]

is he turning the gas cap counter clockwise? but i agree with fred. sounds like its vacume locked if its a non vented tank

[camarochick16]

they haven't tried putting gas on the carb... and i asked him about the gas cap but haven't heard back...

[Darren]

It's out of gas, lol

[Lucky SOB]

Drill a hole in the bottom of the tank and see if any gas comes out

[camarochick16]

so he finally wrote me back and said that there was key to be used on the gas cap but it was lost... what do you guys do with this?

[TylerT/AZ28]

find a key of the same kind and it should trick it, it has with all mine, otherwise a knife works to break the tumblers, or a locksmith. nut all in all you should take that cap off and buy a different one afterwards

[2002Z4CSS]

so he finally wrote me back and said that there was key to be used on the gas cap but it was lost... what do you guys do with this?

A big pair of channel locks will usually get the cap off. I kept some on hand when I worked at a gas station and people would loose their gas cap key.