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buzbox
Joined: Thu Jul 16, 2009 11:30 pm Posts: 3600 Location: Wollongong NSW
Vehicle: LWB Sierra & XL7
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No I'm not going around pinching fuel from cars, but I've gotta remove a full tank of fuel in order to drop the tank and replace the pump.
Besides sucking on a hose, and having to actually buy soethng to do the job, what's a good way to siphon fuel?
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stockman

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Joined: Thu Nov 05, 2009 10:30 pm Posts: 5319 Location: Canberra
Vehicle: 4wd
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Drop the tank and pour it out.
_________________ Watch out or you'll get sued.
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bohuler

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Joined: Wed Nov 10, 2010 9:18 am Posts: 1376 Location: Avonsleigh, Victoria
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_________________ Life's short, fiddle with your willy while you can
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SierraDan

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Joined: Fri Feb 04, 2011 10:55 pm Posts: 9348 Location: Newcastle
Vehicle: G13BB Jimny
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 Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 10:23 am |
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^ they're good.
But i'd drop the tank.
_________________ mlm
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bohuler

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Joined: Wed Nov 10, 2010 9:18 am Posts: 1376 Location: Avonsleigh, Victoria
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_________________ Life's short, fiddle with your willy while you can
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joe5701
Joined: Mon May 30, 2011 7:43 am Posts: 241 Location: narromine
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jam an air line in the return disconect the main line and stick it in a drum.
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bohuler

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Joined: Wed Nov 10, 2010 9:18 am Posts: 1376 Location: Avonsleigh, Victoria
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If all else fails, a 12 gauge will put a nice new drain hole 
_________________ Life's short, fiddle with your willy while you can
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want33s

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Joined: Fri Nov 16, 2007 10:30 pm Posts: 8134 Location: Sunshine Coast Qld
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Put a siphon hose in the tank with the other end lower in a receptacle.
Pressurise the tank with compressed air.
Fuel will start siphoning without oral contact. 
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chillin24x7
Joined: Wed Sep 08, 2010 5:12 am Posts: 47 Location: Jimboomba
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 Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 10:36 am |
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use some garden hose and a 2l coke bottle put a hole in the cap just till the hose will fit into it compress the bottle a bit then un compress it once its starts to run kink the hose and then you can unkink it in your fuel drums but make the end you want to go in the can on the ground wont work otherwise
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steve

I live here!
Joined: Sun Jun 11, 2006 11:30 pm Posts: 7681 Location: Brisbane
Vehicle: 75 Cruiser
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Take the cap off and push the car on to the drivers side.
or pull the fuel line off the engine and pump it all out.
or just drop the tank 
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got_bar_work
Joined: Sat May 15, 2010 8:30 pm Posts: 2214 Location: Brisbane
Vehicle: SQ625
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U cant put a hose down the filler pipe as there is a plastic thing in there to stop people stealing ur fuel
Put a big plastic tub under the filler hose and pull it off the tank
Then pull out the plastic thing and put in a jiggler hose
Get a metal end one not the plastic one there heaps better
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want33s

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Joined: Fri Nov 16, 2007 10:30 pm Posts: 8134 Location: Sunshine Coast Qld
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got_bar_work wrote: U cant put a hose down the filler pipe as there is a plastic thing in there to stop people stealing ur fuel Put a big plastic tub under the filler hose and pull it off the tank Then pull out the plastic thing and put in a jiggler hose Get a metal end one not the plastic one there heaps better
Vitaras have the one way ball thing in the filler neck but Sierras don't.
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got_bar_work
Joined: Sat May 15, 2010 8:30 pm Posts: 2214 Location: Brisbane
Vehicle: SQ625
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Ok sorry My coily had something in there
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want33s

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Joined: Fri Nov 16, 2007 10:30 pm Posts: 8134 Location: Sunshine Coast Qld
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Coilies too then... Doesn't surprise me. Everything is different on a coily.
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sogone

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Joined: Mon Oct 25, 2010 11:29 am Posts: 2070 Location: Darwin
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Sprung sierras don't have 12 volt hair dryers either.
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rick1970
Joined: Sun Jul 04, 2010 9:39 pm Posts: 303 Location: Dungowan
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Hose down filler, suck on end of said hose till fuel comes out.
Beer removes taste of fuel from your mouth. If taste stayes, have another. repeat as necessary 
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buzbox
Joined: Thu Jul 16, 2009 11:30 pm Posts: 3600 Location: Wollongong NSW
Vehicle: LWB Sierra & XL7
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I once tried sucking fuel through a hose, NEVER AGAIN!!! I copped a heap of fumes in my lungs and coughed for 2 hours and felt sick afterwards, I really don't know how or why some fools sniff the shit to get high.
I like the idea chillin came up with, but It would take me ages to get through a 2L bottle of anything, So I wasted $7.50 on a jiggler siphon hose. Considering I'm probably ever going to need to use it once, I got the plastic one from stupidcheap.
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missmyljdaze
Joined: Tue Jul 05, 2011 7:16 am Posts: 2323 Location: perth
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if there is a drain bung in the bottom of the tank, just place big bucket underneath and undo the bung.
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