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wickedteen
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does anyone know how to empty the petrol tank, i wrote mine off a couple of weeks ago, but its got half a tank and would love to use it, cheers all
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Re: emptying petrol tank
« Reply #1 on: Oct 17th, 2006, 7:30pm » |
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Pice of hose pipe and a fuel can..
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wickedteen
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what do i do with the hose, as the scorpio has a thing inside the petrol filler to stop u putting things down it
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Re: emptying petrol tank
« Reply #3 on: Oct 17th, 2006, 8:36pm » |
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If you don't mind damaging the tank, you could always drill a hole in the bottom - having a course threaded pan head self taper with a soft washer ready to plug the hole.
!!! DON'T USE an electric/battery drill, use a hand cranked one carefully or a sharped nail with a wooden mallet to punch a hole through.
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Re: emptying petrol tank
« Reply #4 on: Oct 17th, 2006, 8:52pm » |
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Don't even contemplate bashing a nail through!!!
On spark and your spending the next year in hospital ( if ya lucky... )
A screwdriver will pop open the trapdoor.
You could always run two wire to the pump feed, then run the pump continuously and pump the fule via the fule line in the engine bay.
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Re: emptying petrol tank
« Reply #5 on: Oct 18th, 2006, 12:02pm » |
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You could always pick up a cheap hand barrel oil pump, pumped out some of the 10 year old 4 star in the Capri that way (anyone want to buy a litre of genuine 10 year vintage Texaco 4 star?  ), some of 'em work on a syphon. Other than that you could use the old hosepipe and suck method, just don't swallow any 
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YOU CANNOT SYPHON FROM THE SCORPIO AS THE PIPE WONT GO INTO THE TANK, THIS STOPS PEOPLE PINCHING YOUR PETROL
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Re: emptying petrol tank
« Reply #7 on: Oct 19th, 2006, 11:01am » |
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If your scrapping the car take the tank off, theres only two straps hold it on underneath, and the filler cap needs unscrewing then it falls off
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Re: emptying petrol tank
« Reply #8 on: Oct 19th, 2006, 11:48am » |
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cheers highlander, a sensible asnwer at last, lol
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Re: emptying petrol tank
« Reply #9 on: Oct 19th, 2006, 3:52pm » |
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The bolts holding the straps are usually too corroded to remove though, you might need to cut the strap itself
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Re: emptying petrol tank
« Reply #10 on: Oct 19th, 2006, 8:51pm » |
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on Oct 19th, 2006, 9:29am, wickedteen wrote:| YOU CANNOT SYPHON FROM THE SCORPIO AS THE PIPE WONT GO INTO THE TANK, THIS STOPS PEOPLE PINCHING YOUR PETROL |
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I meant break it out mate
And please don't shout so LOUD
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Re: emptying petrol tank
« Reply #11 on: Oct 19th, 2006, 8:59pm » |
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If the engine will run you could put a hose on the return line to the tank and get it out that way. I did that when I sold a car and it had a lot of gas in the tank. ; 
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Re: emptying petrol tank
« Reply #12 on: Oct 20th, 2006, 8:11am » |
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any one know were the return pipe is, i didnt think they had one
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Re: emptying petrol tank
« Reply #13 on: Oct 20th, 2006, 8:47am » |
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This Data sheet refers to the return pipe... Fuel System
If you get under the car you will be able to trace the TWO fuel pipes along the undeside of the car but the return I think comes off the FPR .....
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Re: emptying petrol tank
« Reply #14 on: Oct 20th, 2006, 10:16am » |
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Not sure where return pipe is in the cossie, but it should be the red one coming from the FPR
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Re: emptying petrol tank
« Reply #15 on: Oct 20th, 2006, 11:05am » |
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I always remove the tank as I want the fuel pump from inside too.
But another way is to wire up your fuel pump & use that to empty it.
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