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It's all about that spring, I think.  What I ended up doing was I cut a small piece of rubber (from some scrap hose) and glued it to the inside bend of the spring (on one side).  So, in essence, the rubber piece is there to force the spring apart and thus push the door open.  When the fuel lid is closed, the rubber piece does what rubber does and compresses as it waits for the next time I pull the door release.