Fuel door stuck

[dishdigger]

Hi all . Bought my used aveo recently. It was missing the fuel door. Well went to the local wrecker and found one same colour and fits great. Now after installing I closed the door. I should have checked if the pin was working.Obviously it isnt.Now I cant open the door. I had my wife pull the latch while i play with the door, but didnt work.Fortunately I have a full tank of gas untill refill.But is there a reason why it won't open? Is there a way to open it? I suspect now the former owner got tired of it sticking and removed it. Thanks dd

[petrified.rabbit]

does the cord pull or is it stuck? you could try spraying pb blaster in the pin and let it soak a bit and try again.

if not, you might need to disconnect it from behind. it stick a putty knife in there to open the door.

[dishdigger]

the cord pulls. You can hear clicking at door itself. Maybe pin isn't pulling in enough?

[red04fourdoor]

the cord pulls. You can hear clicking at door itself. Maybe pin isn't pulling in enough?

could be. does anybody know if there's a cable adjuster on it. seems like there should be...
also could be that the cable is broken at the pin and you can just hear the cable moving.

[dishdigger]

that's possible also. For now I think I will try to pry it open without breaking it. Maybe just not use the pin release altogether and put a self closing spring to keep it closed until refuel time.That's if all else fails.

[dishdigger]

So I was able to open door by manually pushing in pin with a fishwire. Had my wife pull on lever and watched the pin.Nothing happened.It makes a clicking sound but no movement.So maybe cable is unattatched at pin.Tried looking in trunk for access to it but no luck.I noticed on the pin portion there is like a retainer ring.Does anyone know if this can be screwed off to access cable?Also looked for cable adjustment,but dont see any. If all else fails I may just bypass the lever and just epoxy a magnet on the inside of the fuel door.

[dishdigger]

Well now the pin retracts ok.My son was preparing a magnet when we got the pin freed up.I had sprayed the pin and latch yesterday with wd40. It must had time to work in. When we worked it a bit it started working..woo hoo