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[Sam9129]

Right, I know this is probably really simple and I'm going to feel stupid for even having to ask but I know nothing about what I'm trying to do and before spilling what seems to be a lot of fuel all over the place thought I'd be best asking how to do it? Any help much appreciated as ever!

[lrostoke]

quickest way is siphon it out.

 

you could undo the rubber hose underneath but its not a very big bore pipe and will take a while.

 

hose pipe down the filler neck and suck...have a couple of big jerry cans at hand ..and don't swallow the petrol.

 

milk is good for rinsing your mouth out if you get a quick taste.

[Sam9129]

Great, I thought that might be it... I might just go for the hose underneath

 

as much as I love the smell of petrol I'm not sure it'll taste as good!

[lrostoke]

try do it outside, petrol vapour highly explosive

[JackF]

I drained half a tank by undoing the rubber pipe underneath. It took a while but was fairly straight forward.

[maccers]

What did you catch it with? There is not much room under there to get anything decent to catch the fuel into if you want to re-use it I found. Have to do this soon to mates car, luckily its a 5 gallon tank.

[JackF]

Fortunately I had put the rear wheels on ramps, as I was originally playing with lights and looms, and didnt fancy stooping all day. When it came to removing the wiring loom, I took the tank out.

 

My dad has a proper fuel line clamp making this rather straight forward. Stuck the clamp on rubber hose. Disconnected hose and aimed into the jerrycan. Undid the clamp. Fortunately I had very little fuel left (I made sure to run it to well under half a tank.)