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[Omega 37]

Scrapping my old MIG but there was 3/4 of a tank of fuel when the engine blew!!!!!!

Tried sucking on a hosepipe but it nearly killed me  Can I transfer the fuel directly into the new MIGGY??
cheers Paul

[Andy B]

Scrapping my old MIG but there was 3/4 of a tank of fuel when the engine blew!!!!!!

Tried sucking on a hosepipe but it nearly killed me  Can I transfer the fuel directly into the new MIGGY??
cheers Paul

You could access the tank from under the back seat (saloon) where the sender unit lives, & syphon/pump it out from there. If you're scrapping it though, a screw driver through the bottom of the plastic tank should do it! 

[bigegg]

Disconnect the fuel line from the throttle, then put 12v to the pump?

Will take a while, but if you extend the fuel line with an extra piece of tubing, you could pump it straight into the other car's fuel cap.

I've done it with a diesel mondeo, unsure about safety aspect with petrol.
You might need to earth both cars (connect -ve battery terminals with a jump lead?)
Can't be much worse than screwdriver into tank, then trying to catch 50 litres of fuel - do you have a container big enough which will fit under a mig?

[Kevin Wood]

Yep, bit of rubber hose into another car's tank, then fire up the fuel pump. By far the safest way to do it, IMHO. It doesn't take that long, either. 5 or 10 minutes will see it empty.

Just be sure to keep any sparks away from fuel vapour. Do it outside. Connect the fuel at the rear of the car at the top of the fuel tank, connect the electrics at the front of the car (or just remove the lid from the fuel pump relay and press the contacts together.

[Elite Pete]

The way I do it is. In the boot under the carpet is a circular plate with 4 screws holding it down, remove that then you'll see the cover for the fuel pump/fuel pick up, remove that and there's easy access into the tank. I jack the passenger side rear up to get every last bit out, its expensive you know

[Brikhead]

I used to remove the tank from the vehicle then pour it out!
Now I tend to cut the fuel line under the vehicle near the rear and then bridge the relay contacts in the relay box under the bonnet, depends on how much of your car you have already stripped.

[Omega 37]

I will try to find the relay & pump it into to the other MIG
cheers

[Lazydocker]

Dealing with this sort of thing all the time

Be very careful I would take the plate off under the seats, disconnect the feed line to the engine and put a suitably long bit of hose on to pump it straight into the other car, then just power up the pump at the relay as suggested. Be very careful not to create a spark

[jereboam]

Never tried it on a petrol tank, but aquarium shops sell manual siphon/pump devices for emptying out fish tanks.  A mouthful of fishtank water must rank alongside a mouthful of petrol as things you never want to try...

[freecall666]

Never tried it on a petrol tank, but aquarium shops sell manual siphon/pump devices for emptying out fish tanks.  A mouthful of fishtank water must rank alongside a mouthful of petrol as things you never want to try...

arh the old mouth wash 

[the alarming man]

Never tried it on a petrol tank, but aquarium shops sell manual siphon/pump devices for emptying out fish tanks.  A mouthful of fishtank water must rank alongside a mouthful of petrol as things you never want to try...

 they work very well in a fish tanks so should do the job and most have a gauze end so you don't pick up any fish lol..

[pauln]

I've had my fuel syphoned twice, if I ever catch up with the bastard who did it I will ask them their technique.

[dbug]

I've had my fuel syphoned twice, if I ever catch up with the bastard who did it I will ask them their technique.

Smell their breath mate 

[omega3000]

Petrol doesn't taste like it use to 

[dbug]

Petrol doesn't taste like it use to 

Right on - remember the old 4 star

[Andy B]

Petrol doesn't taste like it use to 

Right on - remember the old 4 star

just 4 star? I can even remember 5 star petrol 

[dbug]

Petrol doesn't taste like it use to 

Right on - remember the old 4 star

just 4 star? I can even remember 5 star petrol 

So can I mate - got my licence in '63 - but 4 star had a better taste 

[Andy B]

Petrol doesn't taste like it use to 

Right on - remember the old 4 star

just 4 star? I can even remember 5 star petrol 

So can I mate - got my licence in '63 - but 4 star had a better taste 

I never had the pleasure of tasting 5 star  ............... I'd only just got my birth certificate in 1963 

[omega3000]

Petrol doesn't taste like it use to 

Right on - remember the old 4 star

Oh i remember the stars and was it 2 0r 3 star for the 2stroke moped with a shot of 2stroke oil , a long while ago and beer at the time has fuzzed my memory 

[Shackeng]

OK, you asked for it, I remember pool petrol!

[Steve B]

OK, you asked for it, I remember pool petrol!

what was that

[robson]

Can you remember the Redex shot each time you filled up A fill up then probably cost a fiver and I believe the shot was a penny.

[jereboam]

Can you remember the Redex shot each time you filled up A fill up then probably cost a fiver and I believe the shot was a penny.

I think it was a shilling, not a penny.  Even then, nothing connected with cars cost a penny.

[jereboam]

Forgot - the cubicles in the garage toilets did...

[Omega 37]

I remember the taste of good old  4* 
will let you all know how it went tue night

[Shackeng]

OK, you asked for it, I remember pool petrol!

what was that

Something below 2 star I think, which was used during and just after the war, no not that one, the second world war!

Edit: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/53/a4110553.shtml