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Syphoning Fuel ?
karlak - 19/10/15 at 02:46 PM

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

dilley - 19/10/15 at 02:52 PM

Try coming off the return line on the fuel rail with the engine running..(once connected)!

Slimy38 - 19/10/15 at 03:07 PM

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.

garyo - 19/10/15 at 03:38 PM

Take it for a track day somewhere!

Staple balls - 19/10/15 at 04:16 PM

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)

Irony - 19/10/15 at 04:38 PM

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.

karlak - 19/10/15 at 04:39 PM

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

morcus - 19/10/15 at 05:28 PM

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.

steve m - 19/10/15 at 06:31 PM

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

907 - 19/10/15 at 06:36 PM

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.

karlak - 19/10/15 at 06:37 PM

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 !!

Staple balls - 19/10/15 at 06:54 PM

At about £40 for a tank full, I'd've let them have it.

Not worth my time to nick what, 35L of fuel?

morcus - 19/10/15 at 06:55 PM

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.

karlak - 19/10/15 at 07:01 PM

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.