[luke3411]

So all of our cars in the car park have been raided recently so I thought fuck it, I dont mind doing things to my car and it might just appeal to a few other people wherever you are that are suffering the same problem with Petrol sniffers. If they get through this I'll be pissed and will have to resort to more extreme measures involving a box of match's.

Got the lock yesterday and after some thought and some preperation it was to easy to do. Measure, drill, lick of killrust and bolt it on with a backing plate and it was done.

So who else is driving through central Australia on the way to the Auszookers meetup and is worried about there fuel getting robbed for someones jollys?

[Matthew]

Not quite so easy on a Sierra.

[luke3411]

Matthew wrote:

Not quite so easy on a Sierra.

Everything is possible with a few hours and some tools.

[ball]

the local Neanderthals will chew that off pretty quick

[luke3411]

ball wrote:

the local Neanderthals will chew that off pretty quick

Hopefully not. Thats why I have the backing plate to stop it all pulling through. There is a bunch of other cars in the car park so hopefully they see mine and give up to go to the next car.

[ball]

luke3411 wrote:

ball wrote:

the local Neanderthals will chew that off pretty quick

Hopefully not. Thats why I have the backing plate to stop it all pulling through. There is a bunch of other cars in the car park so hopefully they see mine and give up to go to the next car.

you get points for being an optimist

[atari4x4]

FYI vitara's have an anti siphon ball thingo in the neck of the tank... i tried draining the tank on the SWB by siphoning it & failed to get a hose any deeper than the filler neck.

ended up running the fuel pump to drain 50l out of the sucker.

[JrZook]

They will probs just stab your tank instead now

[just_cruizin]

You've locked it therefore the must be something worth stealing, that's what sierras are all about, leave em open and people just walk right past

[ball]

just_cruizin wrote:

leave em open and people just walk right past

not the ones here

If it's not nailed down its gone, if it's nailed down its gone after a slight delay

[mnemonix]

If it's not nailed down it's probably because the bastards stole your nails.

[ZukinLao]

JrZook wrote:

They will probs just stab your tank instead now

Get one of the TSOR fuel tank guards... Multiple levels of security is where it's at.

[luke3411]

Hopefully they dont get stab the tank. Wouldn't be suprised. I really hope that it is a deterrent and they just move on to the next car.

[ball]

luke3411 wrote:

Hopefully they dont get stab the tank. Wouldn't be suprised. I really hope that it is a deterrent and they just move on to the next car.

you would be better of with a sticker on the flap that says "diesel only"

[sideways]

LPG tags.

[joel]

just make it smell of employment and sense of purpose.
that should keep them well away.

[ball]

joel wrote:

just make it smell of employment and sense of purpose.
that should keep them well away.

[Jezza86]

the locals here wont sniff premium 95 octane.
ive heard it dosent give them the same buzz so they dont even try. dont know for sure.

[whincup]

atari4x4 wrote:

ended up running the fuel pump to drain 50l out of the sucker.

how long did that take roughly? i've always wondered how quick fuel pumps pump...

[missmyljdaze]

easy fixed- just run that opal fuel

stephen

[ball]

missmyljdaze wrote:

easy fixed- just run that opal fuel

stephen

wash your mouth out.

That stuff is rubbish and should be eradicated from the face of the earth

[Reubs]

atari4x4 wrote:

FYI vitara's have an anti siphon ball thingo in the neck of the tank... i tried draining the tank on the SWB by siphoning it & failed to get a hose any deeper than the filler neck.

ended up running the fuel pump to drain 50l out of the sucker.

I had no trouble sucking fuel out of a LWB 1.6 Vitara filler through a 1/2" poly irrigation hose. Not too hard to get past the trap with some poking around. Problem was I didn't have enough skill to siphon properly and got a few very nice mouthfuls of fuel!

[ZukinLao]

Jezza86 wrote:

the locals here wont sniff premium 95 octane.
ive heard it dosent give them the same buzz so they dont even try. dont know for sure.

That's why they are stealing the fuel?

Here they take it to actually use it in an engine... Guess either way your fuel is gone. They at least leave you enough to get home?

[SuziBlu]

ball wrote:

missmyljdaze wrote:

easy fixed- just run that opal fuel

stephen

wash your mouth out.

That stuff is rubbish and should be eradicated from the face of the earth

Heard this before, but only in passing. Can you tell what/why its crap ?

Interest only, 98 for me, nothing less.

[ball]

SuziBlu wrote:

ball wrote:

missmyljdaze wrote:

easy fixed- just run that opal fuel

stephen

wash your mouth out.

That stuff is rubbish and should be eradicated from the face of the earth

Heard this before, but only in passing. Can you tell what/why its crap ?

Interest only, 98 for me, nothing less.

It has a very poor shelf life (less than a month in your tank)

Increases fuel consumption dramatically unless you listen to bullshit propaganda from federal government and BP that say it doesn't.

Doesn't work in small 2 stroke engines.

Really doesn't burn that well. It took 40 litres of opal to get the shitbox limo to burn when 5 or 10 litres should have been more than enough

[atari4x4]

ball wrote:

SuziBlu wrote:

ball wrote:

missmyljdaze wrote:

easy fixed- just run that opal fuel

stephen

wash your mouth out.

That stuff is rubbish and should be eradicated from the face of the earth

Heard this before, but only in passing. Can you tell what/why its crap ?

Interest only, 98 for me, nothing less.

It has a very poor shelf life (less than a month in your tank)

Increases fuel consumption dramatically unless you listen to bullshit propaganda from federal government and BP that say it doesn't.

Doesn't work in small 2 stroke engines.

Really doesn't burn that well. It took 40 litres of opal to get the shitbox limo to burn when 5 or 10 litres should have been more than enough

far out, that's just ridiculous, no wonder it doesn't work in engines.

[ball]

the line of fuel poured out to a safe distance to light up burned that slowly I could walk faster than the flame front. It was more like diesel than fuel. It also has an oily residue when you get it on your hands.

[shep]

Can't use the shit to wash parts and my chainsaw won't even pop on it let alone run good enough to actually chop something up

[alien]

Divert the fuel filler hose to somewhere else that's quite hidden, and run the factory filler hole to a small "pee tank" - ie: roadside urination into the tank... then leave the flap popped open to make it more appealing for someone to wrap their lips around =) lol

[luke3411]

alien wrote:

Divert the fuel filler hose to somewhere else that's quite hidden, and run the factory filler hole to a small "pee tank" - ie: roadside urination into the tank... then leave the flap popped open to make it more appealing for someone to wrap their lips around =) lol

Lol I like it!! Drove past some tourist's today siphoning a tank of a dumped car. Fk that would be funny if someone set that up