Technical Syphoning Petrol

[Modette]

Just before I found out that my gearbox is knackered, I put £60 worth of petrol in my car. I cant afford to do this repair right now so I plan to tax and insure my sons car ( which currently sitting in the drive with a SORN) and just drive that for a month or two. Is there any way that I can get at least some of the petrol out of mine and into his? Thanks

 

[mzhussein]

start a syphon with a very long transparent plastic tube.....put it in the tank, suck it out, when you see the petrol in the pipe and it goes below the bottom level of the tank, take your mouth away! it tastes wrank....

put the end in a petrol can/bucket etc....collect and pour...

 

[Modette]

So its that simple? I read somewhere that modern cars have some sort of anti theft grill in the petrol tank which is why I asked, I would imagine the fumes would get you before the taste lol.

 

[mzhussein]

ive read similar, but ive never come accross one.....ive syphoned out of 2010 plated cars....yeh, u will taste the vapour almost instantly, but getting the fuel level in the pipe below the bottom of the tank is the most essential part for starting the syphon.....

 

[Shadeyman]

It does taste terrible so I highly recommend you buy one of these. Will be the best £3 you've ever spent, especially if you've already had a mouth full of petrol/diesel.
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/...6-b2c0-dc36b54a327e&istItemId=miqpxi&istBid=t

 

[mzhussein]

i could kiss you....but i wont....ive never seen one in halfords before...i end up syphoning it quite allot....buy one its infinatley better than drinking petrol...

 

[ElkyElky]

The taste of petrol is the most disgusting horrid thing ever. I bought one of those hoses from Halfords but it wouldn't work so I decided to try sucking to see if that'll kick start it. Instead, I got a lung full of petrol fumes and a mouth full of petrol. Not even my £10 toothpaste got rid of the taste, it was absolutely rancid.

Never again.

I'd pay £60 just to NOT ever get a mouth full of the stuff again.

 

[mzhussein]

i agree.....lol
the ptrol taste takes like 2 days to go!

 

[Davren]

i agree.....lol
the ptrol taste takes like 2 days to go!

Petrol vapour is heavier than air so it stays in the bottom of your lungs.

Could try standing on you head for a while. :idea:

 

[PNL]

Petrol vapour is heavier than air so it stays in the bottom of your lungs.

Could try standing on you head for a while. :idea:

Standing on ones head really doesnt solve the problem so do it the PNL way..

SMOKE A FAG..:devil:

 

[Shadeyman]

BOOM!

 

[PNL]

It can be done by vacuum [sp] and as we done want Fi to turn into some kind of dipso on the hard stuff I suggest she reads this..there are some good ones further down the list..

http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=39107#m424271

 

[Davren]

Standing on ones head really doesnt solve the problem so do it the PNL way..

SMOKE A FAG..:devil:

Years ago, I threw a lit cigarette into a tray of petrol just to test the theory.

The cigarette was extinguished and the petrol did not catch fire. (couldn't smoke the rest of the cigarette though)

DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME BOYS AND GIRLS

(Well...not in the middle of the living room anyway)

 

[mzhussein]

ive done the same....10 times, just to prove a point (wernt mine, i dont smoke, and not on the same occasion)....not once did it ignite...dont think cigarettes burn hot enough on the outside...

 

[Shadeyman]

Years ago, I threw a lit cigarette into a tray of petrol just to test the theory.

The cigarette was extinguished and the petrol did not catch fire. (couldn't smoke the rest of the cigarette though)

DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME BOYS AND GIRLS

(Well...not in the middle of the living room anyway)

Petrol vapour burns at an explosive rate. Liquid petrol has to be vapourised before it will burn.

 

[PNL]

Years ago, I threw a lit cigarette into a tray of petrol just to test the theory.

The cigarette was extinguished and the petrol did not catch fire. (couldn't smoke the rest of the cigarette though)

DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME BOYS AND GIRLS

(Well...not in the middle of the living room anyway)

Thats correct Dave its the vapours that are the dangerous one..I found that out at the tender age of 13 while scrounging around an old wreck while puffin on a fag ..the car had been dumped on the banks of our local river.. I flicked the fag at the tank which had been removed and the whole thing nearly launched into space.. I was a wayward youth and couldn't afford cigars..:devil:

 

[Borth]

Petrol vapour burns at an explosive rate. Liquid petrol has to be vapourised before it will burn.

Hence carburettors were invented to vapourise the petrol and mix with air to produce a volitile mixture!

 

[Davren]

Petrol vapour burns at an explosive rate. Liquid petrol has to be vapourised before it will burn.

Thats correct Dave its the vapours that are the dangerous one..I found that out at the tender age of 13 while scrounging around an old wreck while puffin on a fag ..the car had been dumped on the banks of our local river.. I flicked the fag at the tank which had been removed and the whole thing nearly launched into space.. I was a wayward youth and couldn't afford cigars..:devil:

There would have been petrol vapour coming from the tray that the cigarette had to pass through before getting to the liquid petrol.

 

[Shadeyman]

There would have been petrol vapour coming from the tray that the cigarette had to pass through before getting to the liquid petrol.

A cigarette is not the best source of ignition, try using a zipo, the heat of the flame will cause the petrol to vaporise quickly and ignite. :devil:

 

[embee427]

Not sure it applies to all stilo models ,but on my sons 2003 abarth , you cannot pass a tube down the filler pipe. The only way im aware of to empty the fuel tank is to remove the fuel pump and syphon from there.