How do we siphon fuel?

[Swoxy]

We are trying to siphon fuel from cars' fuel tanks into containers but the filler necks have something preventing the kit that we bought from Euro Car Parts from entering the tanks.

We can't cause any damage to the cars and we don't have enough time to disconnect the fuel lines. Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks.

[kambites]

Modern cars are designed to be unsyphonable in order to stop people stealing fuel. I suspect you'll either have to disconnect the fuel line or leave the fuel in the car.

[davepoth]

Disconnecting fuel lines takes about twenty seconds with a suitably sharp knife.

[miniman]

Swoxy said:

We are trying to siphon fuel from cars' fuel tanks into containers but the filler necks have something preventing the kit that we bought from Euro Car Parts from entering the tanks.

We can't cause any damage to the cars and we don't have enough time to disconnect the fuel lines. Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks.

Why?

[tercelgold]

I'm more interested in how they stop a presumably small tube from entering the tank and stealing fuel.

[miniman]

tercelgold said:

I'm more interested in how they stop a presumably small tube from entering the tank and stealing fuel.

Perhaps something like the plug hole in your kitchen sink, that lets fluid through but nothing else?

[Riley Blue]

With an anti-siphon device fitted into the filler pipe.

[Swoxy]

miniman said:

Why?

We are shipping the cars.

[R300will]

Swoxy said:

miniman said:

Why?

We are shipping the cars.

Are you Albanian?

[Major Fallout]

miniman said:

tercelgold said:

I'm more interested in how they stop a presumably small tube from entering the tank and stealing fuel.

Perhaps something like the plug hole in your kitchen sink, that lets fluid through but nothing else?

Its a little ball, like a small pingpong ball in a slightly thicker part of the pipe.
It can move about half an inch up and down, and the fluid goes around it. But a pipe from a syphon will get stopped by it.

[Swoxy]

R300will said:

Are you Albanian?

No, I don't think people ship cars from the United Kingdom to Albania, I think they send them via road and therefore the rules regarding shipping cars with very little fuel in does not apply to them.

Edited by Swoxy on Thursday 20th September 21:48

[Major Fallout]

This all sounds very dodgy!

[DonkeyApple]

R300will said:

Are you Albanian?

Why would an Albanian need to ask?

[Papa Hotel]

An anti-siphon device can be bypassed with a suitably thin tube. Siphoning even only 20 litres with this can take an hour, I'm sure it'd be quicker to disconnect the pipe.

[EDLT]

Can you get at the fuel pump under the back seats? Remove it and there is a massive hole to put a pipe in.

[R300will]

Swoxy said:

R300will said:

Are you Albanian?

No, I don't think people ship cars from the United Kingdom to Albania, I think they send them via road and therefore the rules regarding shipping cars with very little fuel in does not apply to them.

Edited by Swoxy on Thursday 20th September 21:48

I'm sorry there's a road to albania from here?

[R300will]

DonkeyApple said:

R300will said:

Are you Albanian?

Why would an Albanian need to ask?

Fair play

[tercelgold]

Flying cars would require them to have very little fuel in them.

[Derp]

tercelgold said:

Flying cars would require them to have very little fuel in them.

Would they have to in-flight refuel after taking off?