Sprinter Fuel Filler Opening

Flarpswitch wrote:
I just noticed something on our 2016 Sprinter that is different than the 2008 we had. The metal restrictor gizmo in the neck is gone. Previously, if you used a high volume diesel nozzle, you had to hold it in such a way that you don't spill fuel all over the place. Now I can shove that thing right down it's gullet. Did they remove that restrictor, or is it a missing item. Does not bother me, it all goes down fine with no backsplash. That is, unless you try to squeeze another few ounces in after the nozzle clicks off.

Your 2008 View/Navion/Gulfstream Mini Cruiser... whatever you had, would have been built on a 2007 Chassis. 2007 happens to be the only year that Mercedes fitted the Sprinters with a 3.5L GASOLINE engine (some Views and Navions had this motor) this gas model would have required by law, a restriction in the filler neck to prevent the insertion of the obsolete regular-leaded gasoline nozzle.

I would suspect that MB, by accident, fitted your old Sprinter with this gasoline filler neck with restrictor, by accident.

Charles