V
Drain / Syphon Fuel on my MK5
- Thread starter liamb2001
- Start date
must be a useful feature
well ive been to petrol station and pretty much filled the tank now (with diesel) and it runs ok ...gonna take for a belter of a run now and hopefully itll run through the fuel line and be fine.
For anyone reading this topic in future, it really is an easy job to empty your tank if you put the wrong fuel in it but before even attempting find yourself some kind of pump or better syphon method than sucking a pipe and you will be fine
well ive been to petrol station and pretty much filled the tank now (with diesel) and it runs ok ...gonna take for a belter of a run now and hopefully itll run through the fuel line and be fine.
For anyone reading this topic in future, it really is an easy job to empty your tank if you put the wrong fuel in it but before even attempting find yourself some kind of pump or better syphon method than sucking a pipe and you will be fine
ToeMoss
Brain Dead
- Location
- Hella Cali
My guess is that the fuel tank cap + nozzle flap thingy were not opened at the time.
Phil1964
New member
- Location
- Evesham/worcestershire
- Car(s)
- Golf
I did the same last sat,i put nearly £15 in mine.when I noticed i got pushed off the pump
i took the back seat out and took off the cover to get to the fuel pump.i tried to syphon some out and was using just some hose.anyway after many mouthfull of patrol i managed to nearly fill a 5lt container then put the ring back on and filled the tank up.drove car home,only 2 miles slowly.no smoke or judder i have ordered a £12 siphon transfer pump and im going to pump out most of the fuel again.will the put some fresh fuel in maybe £20 then when i refill again will start using the other fuel i took out maybe a few ltrs at a time. and once my container is half full i will top it up full and then put the whole lot back in.should be diluted enough then.its not hard to take take the back seat out.only 4 clips, and all you need is a flat screw driver and if jot a hammer just something to tap the screwdriver to move the metal ring.anti clockwise and it moves easy to.what i did notice because the tank is low when trying to siphon with just a pipe its hard to get the fuel to flow because they are on the same level but it does start if you get it right.
i took the back seat out and took off the cover to get to the fuel pump.i tried to syphon some out and was using just some hose.anyway after many mouthfull of patrol i managed to nearly fill a 5lt container then put the ring back on and filled the tank up.drove car home,only 2 miles slowly.no smoke or judder i have ordered a £12 siphon transfer pump and im going to pump out most of the fuel again.will the put some fresh fuel in maybe £20 then when i refill again will start using the other fuel i took out maybe a few ltrs at a time. and once my container is half full i will top it up full and then put the whole lot back in.should be diluted enough then.its not hard to take take the back seat out.only 4 clips, and all you need is a flat screw driver and if jot a hammer just something to tap the screwdriver to move the metal ring.anti clockwise and it moves easy to.what i did notice because the tank is low when trying to siphon with just a pipe its hard to get the fuel to flow because they are on the same level but it does start if you get it right.
The last time I had to remove fuel from the tank I remove the Lpfp and used one of these with clear hose to a container outside of the car.
Perhaps the fuel line to the engine bay can be opened up and use the in tank Lpfp to drain tank, just don't know if I want to drain the tank completely that way because the Lpfp would be running dry and the fuel is actually used to cool the pump down, that's one reason you should refill when at a 1/4 tank.
Be safe don't want to go boom.
Perhaps the fuel line to the engine bay can be opened up and use the in tank Lpfp to drain tank, just don't know if I want to drain the tank completely that way because the Lpfp would be running dry and the fuel is actually used to cool the pump down, that's one reason you should refill when at a 1/4 tank.
Be safe don't want to go boom.