draining fuel tank

[jim jordan]

can anyone suggest a easy way to drain a fuel tank bought a xc70 and the previouse **** has run it on red ffs need to remove it excuse the language got poxy tooth ache too arrrr lol

[oragex]

Never suck gasoline with your mouth - guaranteed mouth cancer later on in life. You may use a long plastic tube not too thick and try maneuvering it through the filling tube. At some point it will not pass - there's is a small valve - try rotating the tube several ways without forcing, if the tube is slim enough there is a chance it will pass the valve and reach inside the tank. Use only a back valve pump to start sucking gasoline. Alternatively, you may go and remove the rear seat on the left side, you have the second level float behind a plastic locking ring - usually this ring needs a special tool but in cold weather you may attack it carefully with a punch and release it - remember to tighten back correctly so it doesn't vent vapors in hot summer days. Don't do this on an incline as the fuel may start leaking inside the car and you'll remember that day

[Bashy]

Originally Posted by oragex

Never suck gasoline with your mouth - guaranteed mouth cancer later on in life.

How later on? did it many a time as a youngun, no sign of the big C in me yet, i also smoked for the best part of 40 years too.

You can get the C if even ya dont smoke or drink fuel or etc... We all have the markers, its whether or not we are unlucky enough

Dont believe all that ya read on FB

Can petrol cause cancer?

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) found that there was some evidence that petrol could cause cancer in experimental animals, but the evidence in humans was inadequate. If any, the risk of cancer from short term exposure to petrol is likely to be low.

Although not cancer;

Petrol in your body can affect your heart and brain. If swallowed in large doses it can cause permanent brain damage. 2. Poisoning can occur from large doses of petrol and can cause dizziness, difficulty in breathing, vision loss, stomach pain etc.

Just tryna dispel any unfacts lol

Youre more likely to get it from exhaust fumes than necking it back

[stuart bowes]

Originally Posted by Bashy

..can affect your heart ... If swallowed in large doses it can cause permanent brain damage..

so basically just like beer then

[oragex]

Originally Posted by Bashy

How later on? did it many a time as a youngun, no sign of the big C in me yet, i also smoked for the best part of 40 years too.

Parents used to suck gasoline back in Eastern communist countries where gas was a luxury, they were paying on the side of the road another driver for a few liters off his car. My grandfather died of mouth cancer so quite later in life but you never know. Pretty sure some several poor countries still do the same today. Worth having a quick exam now and then.

[Willow place]

Bashy, look what the Smoking and Blow jobbing (petrol !!) has done to you !! You look like an Orangutang !

[jim jordan]

Originally Posted by Willow place

Bashy, look what the Smoking and Blow jobbing (petrol !!) has done to you !! You look like an Orangutang !

lol crying here in laughter at that comment

[Davey J]

Buy a hand operated fuel transfer pump. Cheap as
You like on Ebay 👍

[Davey J]

Ps that Red stuff PERMANENTLY dyes your fuel lines and tank.......

[jim jordan]

tell me about it right pain in the