55 plate fiesta: anti syphon on it?

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Hey guys,

Workmate has a 55 reg fiesta, with a full tank of fuel.....but is going to visit his family in South Africa for the summer. He's said I can have the fuel as he's not sure when it's next gonna be driven, and he knows i'm a bit short atm so the 50 quid of petrol that could otherwise go off would be nice, but before i go and try I've heard there is sometimes anti syphon stuff on newer cars? Does anyone know if the fiesta has this?

Cheers,

Tom.
 
GlasgowTitan said:
A Fiesta doesn't hold £50 of petrol. Also I dont know anything about anti syphoning, just thought I might point that out. :p
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near enough 50 quid, 45 litre tank, so about £42 worth...and he literally brimmed it yesterday completely forgetting that he was going home :p

Tom.
 
Wow the most I have managed in mine is £37. :eek:

Also instead of syphoning his fuel, couldn't you just drive his car untill the light comes on, instead of your own? Does yours/his insurance cover that?
 
Erm, well you take off the petrol cap and then you will be able to use your eyes to tell yourself if you can get a hose in there. :D

I think the last car I saw which you could syphon petrol out was a long time ago so I would say it is very likely at least that it will have the springy thingy which only lets petrol nozzles in.
 
GlasgowTitan said:
Wow the most I have managed in mine is £37. :eek:

Also instead of syphoning his fuel, couldn't you just drive his car untill the light comes on, instead of your own? Does yours/his insurance cover that?
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nope insurance doesnt cover that...also his is a 1.25 fiesta, mine is a 2L mondeo.....and I hate small cars :p

Hmm, seems like it's not really gonna happen...fuel return etc isnt going to happen really :(

Anyone else have any knowledge? "Nicking" petrol can't be THAT hard :(

Tom.
 
rG-tom said:
Anyone else have any knowledge? "Nicking" petrol can't be THAT hard :(

Tom.
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Jerry can, then you get a screwdriver, a hammer and punch a hole into the tank if it is on the bottom of the car. So yes it is easy to nick it, but not if you dont want to break anything. :p
 
Sputnik II said:
Its more than likely gonna have an anti syphon device. better to remove the return fuel pipe and run the car while it fills your jerry can.
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Ive had this pipe slashed when I parked the car up but since I never buy more then 10 pounds fuel at a time they wasted their time and mine. I spent 20 quid the next day before I figured where it was all going.

I dont think they can be removed like that, it was an all in one pipe my mechanic said to me I think I remember anyway. Of course I asked him to just improvise a solution but at any big garage they'd make you pay for the entire line to be replaced at mucho cost no doubt.

I tried to syphon fuel from a '95 car and it wasnt easily possible, springy pressure sealer thing in the main pipe screws it up I think.



On a much older car I remember being able to detach the fuel line to the carb
which was made out rubber, it sprang a leak (very old and worn) once all over the exhaust manifold. Not a great design tbh
 
ob1 said:
Ive had this pipe slashed when I parked the car up but since I never buy more then 10 pounds fuel at a time they wasted their time and mine. I spent 20 quid the next day before I figured where it was all going.

I dont think they can be removed like that, it was an all in one pipe my mechanic said to me I think I remember anyway. Of course I asked him to just improvise a solution but at any big garage they'd make you pay for the entire line to be replaced at mucho cost no doubt.
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I wasn't suggesting cutting it in half with a stanley knife, it could be easily disconnected from under the bonnet and directed into a container to catch the fuel when the engine is run.

TBH, I doubt the cars owner would be happy with you pulling his car to bits though.
 
lol no I didnt think you were but I wasnt aware it detached easily under the bonnet either. That does sound the best option if its easily done, the fuel pipe on the carb system I had was only held on with a metal spring.

When my fuel return was slashed my temporary solution was drive everywhere full throttle :D till I could get to the mechanic and so no fuel was lost on its return to the tank, at idle I bet that pipe would be pretty full though
 
ob1 said:
lol no I didnt think you were but I wasnt aware it detached easily under the bonnet either. That does sound the best option if its easily done, the fuel pipe on the carb system I had was only held on with a metal spring.

When my fuel return was slashed my temporary solution was drive everywhere full throttle :D till I could get to the mechanic and so no fuel was lost on its return to the tank, at idle I bet that pipe would be pretty full though
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On a car with fuel injection the return pipe is attached to the fuel pressure regulator. This maintains the fuel rail pressure. Your mechanic probably just 'sleeved' the plastic pipe using a bit of rubber fuel hose.
 
This car was carb but your probably right, I think I remember he mentioned sleeving it. I tried to bodge a repair but of course petrol is a solvent and it didnt last long :o
 
Could you not bridge a fuse somewhere so that the fuel pump is constantly runniong, then run a line into a patrol can?
 
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