Zen and the art of draining a petrol tank (aka the best £2.99 you'll spend)

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by Tigerrrr.......

Just need to take the petrol to my garage for safe disposal.

Why not do the usual thing and just set something on fire?

[Stu]

I could live with paying £3 for a syphon (sorry Jamie I hadn't already!) but throwing a bucket of petrol away would hurt my heart too much!

Originally Posted by BigApe

I've always used the good old fashioned hose pipe. Raise the tank to a level higher than the receiving receptacle, suck, and bobs your uncle, all the fuel is gone from your petrol tank. Amazin.

Bob's your uncle, a mouth full of rotten dinosaurs hehe

[TEC]

Originally Posted by Addicted

.....but throwing a bucket of petrol away would hurt my heart too much!

Yeah wondered that as well, why not just pour it into own bike and burn it off that way, if worried about being stale then just use a pint per tank till gone

[yorkie_chris]

Makes sense, the water and crap will sit in the bottom.

[Stu]

Originally Posted by TEC

Yeah wondered that as well, why not just pour it into own bike and burn it off that way, if worried about being stale then just use a pint per tank till gone

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Makes sense, the water and crap will sit in the bottom.

What you trying to say YC? that it won't mix so pint per tank won't work ie ****e will just accumulate?

[yorkie_chris]

Water and fuel won't mix, so if you use a pint of the old fuel, from the top of the container, mixed in with a tank of fresh then it probably won't hurt anything.

Probably.

Where can I get myself one of these hand pumps? I have a full tank of liquid gold which I was gonna keep for 6 months then sell for an astronomical profit

[Mark_h]

Just be careful you don't go getting the really cheap ones from the pound shop. Some plastics turn into floppy goo when they are exposed to petrol.

If you've got a spare half gallon is great for the lawnmower or cleaning the worse sticky road-tar from your bodywork if you've not got a can of paraffin kicking about.