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Syphoning petrol

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#1 ·
Alright, i had a slight arguement with a bus and lets say he won round 1.
anyway, i have over half a tank of juice that i would like to recycle into another car.
i've done this trick before on other cars and bikes but can't get a drop out of this car.
it's a T reg 1 litre corsa, any ideas anyone????
 
#4 ·
Get a long tube about five feet or so,poke the end into the tank and BLOW down it, the noise of petrol bubbling will tell you when the end is in the petrol.
Then stand up so the tube is well above the petrol tank and carefully suck the petrol up. When it fills the tube up to your mouth stick your finger over the end and put the tube into a receiving can,which must be lower than the petrol in the car tank.
The weight of the petrol in the tube will start the syphon action.
The best diameter tube is about 1cm,garden hose is too large and requires too much sucking. Rubber gas tubing is best if you can get it.Jerry
 
#8 ·
Car is scrap and never going to drive again ?

Remove the tank , support it with wood and jacks and drop the tank .
 
#10 ·
aparently there is a way to get into the tank through the fuel sensor, not sure if this is correct i read it somewhere once. Aparently it is located under the carpet in the boot there is some sort of access panel to the fuel sensor then all you have to do is unscrew it and you can stick a tube in there...