Fuel flap mechanism

[KieranM]

Hi there, hope everyone is doing well and not having too many Passat related issues.

So I have discovered I have two problems with my fuel flap

1. The wiring at the button is dodgy, leading to intermittent function, that is, if I reach my finger through the hole by the handbrake and poke the wires, it sometimes works.

2. The solenoid is not connected to the rod that opens the flap.

I am wondering what do I need to connect the rod to the solenoid?

I have attached an image of the solenoid, hopefully you can make out the rod (which has a hook end) and the solenoid.

Any help would be gratefully appreciated.

[KieranM]

Anybody?

[A4 Lad]

It looks attached from your tiny little picture lol

[yaman]

It looks attached from your tiny little picture lol

Yeah it does, which means the plunger is separated from the
solenoid.

Mmm... now what would you do??

Regards
Jim

[KieranM]

Yeah sorry about the picture, the file size limited to 19.5kb for jpeg attachments, which means a very small pic. What I'm assuming is that I'm missing a bit that attaches the rod to the solenoid, I don't know what it looks like or what it's called.

Once I know that I can get one! Hopefully

Just for the record it is most definitely not attached! The solenoid works fine.