marzman Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 Is it safe to syphon petrol from another car and put it in the zed?? My mate is trading in his 99' Merc CLK tomorrow and he has 3/4 a tank of petrol in it... he has offered me the fuel if i want to syphon it off...!! Normally i wouldnt, but thats like £50 nowadays...! Please let me know asap! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 Syphon as in proper syphon, or as in drain the tank? He'll be lucky to be able to do the former, I'd expect the Merc to have an anti-syphon system in there at least. If you mean drain the tank and chuck it in yours, I can't see any reason why not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marzman Posted May 4, 2010 Author Share Posted May 4, 2010 Syphon as in proper syphon, or as in drain the tank? He'll be lucky to be able to do the former, I'd expect the Merc to have an anti-syphon system in there at least. If you mean drain the tank and chuck it in yours, I can't see any reason why not. Hmmm... yep i meant get a long tube and start sucking...! good point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BladesGrant Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 becareful at the next meet people, you could find your fuel consumption dramatically drops and Chris' breathe is very suspicious!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alessandro Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 Shouldn't be a problem as long there no dirt on the Merc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarmac@TarmacSportz Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 Hope you don't have much practice of sucking large tubes bud Bang Babes on 912 will straighten you out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanS16 Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 becareful at the next meet people, you could find your fuel consumption dramatically drops and Chris' breathe is very suspicious!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s1xtyn1n3 Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 if as others have said, the merc doesn't have an anti-syphon valve, you can buy a syphon pump and 5'5 hose on ebay for about £2 inc delivery - might save a fortune on breath mints! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marzman Posted May 4, 2010 Author Share Posted May 4, 2010 Cheers all... and some funny comments... just suprised i've not been accused of being a pikey yet. How will i be able to tell if it has an anti theft system? Basically if i can get some tube down it or not?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BladesGrant Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 Cheers all... and some funny comments... just suprised i've not been accused of being a pikey yet. How will i be able to tell if it has an anti theft system? Basically if i can get some tube down it or not?? Pikey!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookiemonster Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 Cheers all... and some funny comments... just suprised i've not been accused of being a pikey yet. How will i be able to tell if it has an anti theft system? Basically if i can get some tube down it or not?? Theres a little rabbit in there that chews any pipe that comes in, Merc rabbits are especially clever, they use tools... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carbon Coops Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 You may well get the pipe in but wont be able to get a decent amount of fuel out due to the valve, best way is find the fuel supply to the engine and attach a hose and use the cars fuel pump failing that find the return on the end of the injection rail and disconect the pipe and replace it with a piece of your own then start the car and let it idle. If you do either of these please ensure you keep spillage to a minimum, you do it when the car is cold and the pipe you use to put it in your car is a good fit. Another plus to this is it gets filtered before it enters your tank Coops Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarmac@TarmacSportz Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 +1 on Pikey btw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 I was almost syphoning off my bike today as I had loads of fuel in it when it was traded in at the dealers. I then decided to go for a few 1st gear grand prixs instead to burn some V power! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M9O OEY Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 I tried to syphon the petrol in my old scooby but couldnt due to the valve so decided to take it on a . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Husky Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 Bang Babes on 912 will straighten you out i want to see that on your signature mate my dad syphoned a tank of diesel once and ended up with a belly full dont think it did him any good remember just as it comes to take it out your mouth and let it dribble into the bucket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gervais Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 The petrol will be fine, I have used petrol dad has obtained from salvage cars in various cars I have owned and never had any problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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