Originally Posted by mmarshall

How did this kid get into your tank to start with.....did you leave the gas filler door unlocked?
Or did he just jimmy or pry his way in and break the lock?


Anyhow, that's water over the dam. One thing, I'm thinking, that might be able to help.
IMO, what happened here was vandalism. Damage from vandalism is usually covered under the Comprehensive part of your insurance policy....assuming you have it, and I can't see why you wouldn't have both collision and comprehensive on a fairly new car. If you can show that someone dumped candy in the tank (and the mechanic has already found pieces of it and can back you up on that), you might get insurance to pay for (minus the deductable, of course) a whole new fuel tank, exhaust system, injectors, and converter. If not the whole bill, then maybe a major part of it.

Flipside......you on the channel here? You're an adjuster........ What do you think? Has he got a good case? I think so.