I have just changed my car, and i want to get some fuel out the tank its a Vectra C diesel.
can i just remove the pipe on the fuel filter and turn the ignition on and pump it out into a can
Jacko

long tube down the filler neck and suck

how to syphon

The tanks on modern cars are designed to be very difficult to syphon

How much is in there?

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Originally posted by Ninehigh
How much is in there?

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remove the fuel return pipe from filter. put in to a can and run the car we do it this way at work

I take it more gets returned than goes through the engine

Either use the return on the IP as mentioned, syphon, or if you can't then get into the engine bay and put a tube over one of the incoming fuel hose connections, and then syphon from there. Bonus if the car has a manual primer bulb.

If you've got ramps or somewhere to drain it into then draining it from underneath is the quickest way.

If it's a common rail diesel then you can drain it like you would on a petrol injection (take the fuel rail return pipe, and simply turn on the ignition, the pump will start circulating till it's empty as it won't build up pressure.)

On some cars if you can't syphon and don't care about the fuel filler you can just take a long bit of steel and slam it down the filler neck, it'll break the mesh stop.

Bring it round here mate - I can use it

On second thoughts by the time you get here half of it will be gone - and you'll need the rest to get back home

Hi all my friends
Today i asked at the main dealers how to remove fuel out the tank they tell me to remove the cover under the rear seat and remove the pump / sender that's what they do
Jacko

Pretty sure the vectra c has quite a long pulse when you turn the ignition on. Remove the fuel feed pipe (back of the engine on the drivers side), extend to pipe into a can and turn the ignition on. When it stops pumping turn the key back one click then forward again.