Maybe both my caps are aftermarket, then.  They were both on my vehicles
when I got them (1991 and 2002) and I don't know the entire history of
either.

Mike

JordanVw@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 9/18/05 8:03:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> collum@VERIZON.NET writes:
>
>
>> Is there a difference between the "Older" and "Newer" locking gas caps?
>>
>> A friend with an '87 Westy uses his ignition key to open the gas cap.
>>
>> On my '84 and my '85 ... I can't do that.  They have shorter "different"
>> keys from the regular VW keys.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>
>
> on my 84 sunroof and my 85 doka i have one key for the whole vehicle,
> including the locking gas caps..
>
> chris