karlak
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| posted on 19/10/15 at 02:46 PM |
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Syphoning Fuel ?
I am not going into the fuel theft business - honest 
Is it possible these days to syphon fuel from a modern tintop ? I would like to syphon some out of the wifes car, have popped some garden hose in but
cannot seem to reach the fuel. I am guessing this is an anti-theft way of doing things from the manufacturer. It is a VW Up! btw
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dilley
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| posted on 19/10/15 at 02:52 PM |
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Try coming off the return line on the fuel rail with the engine running..(once connected)!
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Slimy38
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| posted on 19/10/15 at 03:07 PM |
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As said, the fuel pipe is the easiest place. My friend got his tank drained like that (not by choice!), the convoluted fuel intake pipes might be
fantastic at blocking hoses but fuel pipes still run under the car in reasonably accessible places.
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garyo
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| posted on 19/10/15 at 03:38 PM |
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Take it for a track day somewhere!
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Staple balls
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| posted on 19/10/15 at 04:16 PM |
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The question is, why?
If you just need some juice out of it, pop the fuel return off and run the engine, dead easy.
If she's filled it with the wrong kind of juice, you're better off finding a convenient fuel line. (and a wife that knows how to put juice
in)
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Irony
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| posted on 19/10/15 at 04:38 PM |
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Years ago I tried this on a car I wrote off on the way home from the petrol station. I tried the old pipe down the nozzle and suck 'like they
do in the movies'. Got a gob full of petrol and breathed in the fumes and vomited everywhere. The innocence of youth.
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karlak
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| posted on 19/10/15 at 04:39 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Staple balls
The question is, why?
If you just need some juice out of it, pop the fuel return off and run the engine, dead easy.
If she's filled it with the wrong kind of juice, you're better off finding a convenient fuel line. (and a wife that knows how to put juice
in)
Just needed some Juice out of it..
Cheers for all the replies
MK Indy - 2litre Duratec - Omex 600 - Jenvey throttle bodies - ETB DigiDash2
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morcus
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| posted on 19/10/15 at 05:28 PM |
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You are much better off driving to the petrol station and buying more fuel than getting it out of one car to put in another.
In a White Room, With Black Curtains, By the Station.
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steve m
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| posted on 19/10/15 at 06:31 PM |
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Don't take any fuel out of the VW, you don't want it to lose any more value 
as said, its so much easier to get some fresh fuel from a garage
Thats was probably spelt wrong, or had some grammer, that the "grammer police have to have a moan at
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907
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| posted on 19/10/15 at 06:36 PM |
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Ah! A Volkswagon.
There will be a bit of software that senses too much fuel being used and therefore give the illusion that no fuel is being used.
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karlak
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| posted on 19/10/15 at 06:37 PM |
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The reason I wanted the fuel out is that it is going back to VW after a finance agreement ended. There was almost a full tank of fuel in it......
Don't ask !!
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Staple balls
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| posted on 19/10/15 at 06:54 PM |
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At about £40 for a tank full, I'd've let them have it.
Not worth my time to nick what, 35L of fuel?
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morcus
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| posted on 19/10/15 at 06:55 PM |
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Just drive it around as much as possible before then. the very last thing you want to do is damage the car over £40 worth of petrol if you're
giving the car back at a time when the AA news letter is saying garages are being extra picky about finding faults on returned cars.
In a White Room, With Black Curtains, By the Station.
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karlak
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| posted on 19/10/15 at 07:01 PM |
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My thoughts exactly.
They are picking it up tomorrow, the hose pipe didn't work and i wasn't going to start pulling pipes apart, when clips might break and so
on.
Same as driving it around, knowing my luck I will pickup a puncture.
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