Draining diesel tank

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I am about to P\ex my motorhome, Fiat Ducato which has a full tank of diesel, any tips on how to drain tank so I can use fuel in new motorhome
 
regnarts said:
I am about to P\ex my motorhome, Fiat Ducato which has a full tank of diesel, any tips on how to drain tank so I can use fuel in new motorhome
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Length of clear plastic tube and a careful suck has always worked for me in the past
 
Thanks Tony, This was my intended way and will attempt the syphon method tomorrow but I think the tank will be too far from the filler cap and threading a tube may prove difficult
 
One of the cheap syphon pumps - vary in price from around a fiver upwards depending how sophisticated you want to go. Any decent motor factors has them.
 
Some filler tubes do have an antitheft device part way down but I've found if you can use say a 10mm tube it will get past it. Just keep turning and pushing (and maybe cut the end of the tube on a slant) and it will get down eventually.
 
No joy, with a meter of tube inside it was hitting something and I was just blowing air.
Ah well looks like the trader wins here.
 
Regnarts,

Try putting some stiff wire down the tube. Let about an inch stick out of the end and give it a bit of a curve. Make sure the end is not sharp and try again.

Richard
 
When mine was drained last year they hammered a hole in the side of it underneath.:mad2: Just hopen they put it straight into there Beamer or similar car as it was near enough 100% rape seed oil.:lol-061::lol-061::lol-061:
 
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