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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: hitcho on 19 January 2008, 10:36:38

Title: siphoning fuel
Post by: hitcho on 19 January 2008, 10:36:38
hi all does any body the easiest way to siphon fuel out of my 1999 omega 2.5v6 thanks all :y
Title: Re: siphoning fuel
Post by: albitz on 19 January 2008, 11:13:11
you may struggle to get advice about that on here because people may be concerned about putting info on a public forum which could enable theives to nick the fuel out of their cars :-X
Title: Re: siphoning fuel
Post by: Kevin Wood on 19 January 2008, 11:27:20
I personally would disconnect the fuel return line from the injector rail, connect a length of pipe into a jerry can and run the engine.

Depends why you need to drain it. If it's due to misfuelling the above obviously won't work.

Kevin
Title: Re: siphoning fuel
Post by: Craig_R on 19 January 2008, 11:45:31
what about disconnecting the fuel filter and geting it out from there ?
Title: Re: siphoning fuel
Post by: Kevin Wood on 19 January 2008, 11:49:08
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what about disconnecting the fuel filter and geting it out from there ?

The fuel pump will only run if the engine is running (apart from a short priming burst) and I don't think fuel will flow through it easily without it running.

Could always wire a temporary supply to the fuel pump, I guess.

Kevin
Title: Re: siphoning fuel
Post by: JamesV6CDX on 19 January 2008, 13:12:17
Just take the fuel feed off the injector rail, extend it with a hose and place into a suitable container

Then stick 12 volts across the fuel pump in the boot area, and watch it all drain out :)

Or if it's a scrapper, do what I did once, drill a hole in the tank  ::)
Title: Re: siphoning fuel
Post by: Tony H on 19 January 2008, 15:24:24
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Just take the fuel feed off the injector rail, extend it with a hose and place into a suitable container

Then stick 12 volts across the fuel pump in the boot area, and watch it all drain out :)

Or if it's a scrapper, do what I did once, drill a hole in the tank  ::)
Don't make any sparks though! :o
Title: Re: siphoning fuel
Post by: tunnie on 19 January 2008, 15:45:15
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Just take the fuel feed off the injector rail, extend it with a hose and place into a suitable container

Then stick 12 volts across the fuel pump in the boot area, and watch it all drain out :)

Or if it's a scrapper, do what I did once, drill a hole in the tank  ::)
Don't make any sparks though! :o

Petrol tanks are plastic, so should be ok?
Title: Re: siphoning fuel
Post by: JamesV6CDX on 19 January 2008, 16:25:49
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Just take the fuel feed off the injector rail, extend it with a hose and place into a suitable container

Then stick 12 volts across the fuel pump in the boot area, and watch it all drain out :)

Or if it's a scrapper, do what I did once, drill a hole in the tank  ::)
Don't make any sparks though! :o

Petrol tanks are plastic, so should be ok?

Correct, although I always use a hand drill ;)