Siphon petrol from K11

[koolvin]

Q. How can I siphon petrol tank from K11 ?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Arnold]

There's a drain plug in the bottom of the tank. You can remove that to empty it

 

[solarice]

arnold...theres no drain plug, unless they added one on the later cars...easiest way would probably be to buy a siphon...or undo the fuel feed line and use the fuel pump to help empty it, kinda dodgy though...and i dont want to be responsible for something blowing up.

 

[Arnold]

Seriously? There's drain plugs on most cars, including the K10 so would have imagined the K11 had one. Sorry if i'm wrong though! I thought they added those metal things inside the fuel neck to stop people removing the fuel from the filler neck.

 

[solarice]

yeah, i spent ages looking for one but no joy (think the haynes says there aint one either)......at least theres nothing that looks like a drain plug anyway.

theres the little metal flap thing at the very top of the filler neck and one at the bottom (just after the opening to the tank) but id reckon you should be able to get a siphon in there...ive never tried mind, as to empty mine i removed it from the car and jammed open the flap about poured it out into a container...not the safest way to do it, lol...but it did empty it.

 

[Low Rider]

You can disconnect the fuel hose from the front of the engine bay, even without the pump running it self syphons, all be it slowly, as long as it's low. I drained by tank with a 12v supply on the pump without any problems prior to dropping the tank out for rear and strengthening work.

 

[superls]

nail and a hammer is your easiest option

 

[Low Rider]

nail and a hammer is your easiest option

Don't forget the Spearmint Wrigleys Extra to plug the whole afterwards........

 

[koolvin]

thanks for the responses, where is the fuel pump? I could get 12V onto the pump and as you suggested disconnect from the engine bay before the fuel filter....

just done a search... the pump is under the rear seat bench... could I not siphone from under the seat????

 

[sonic]

thats how I've done it in the past, you cant get a tube down the filler neck.

 

[Cheef]

How about direct access from under the rear seat. 3 bolt cover disconnect the power and drop the tube in. Worked for me!!

(Only got a fiver)

 

[Retepetsir]

Undo the fuel filler pipe at the bottom of the tank?

 

[Arnold]

Undo the fuel filler pipe at the bottom of the tank?

A garage we just went to advised this aswell.

 

[koolvin]

how do i insert a pic?

I hot wired pump with battery, disconnected fuel line from engine bay after filter, stuck hose pipe on fuel line and straight into my other car!! (but not in that order)

LOL