hi guy's, is it possible to drain tank before removing it to fit another sender unit, the other half's mother says its got about half a tank in it she thinks, but the gauge doesn't move, ive checked the fuses and they are ok, so i guess the tank will have to come out, just need to know how to empty the tank or get most of it out without forking the tank

 

Have you looked under the car yet? The other month I put petrol in my escort. Boy I was very happy when I looked under at the tank, there was a short bit from tank to pipe it was ruber hose. I just undid the jubly clip and drained it into a bowl, well a few bowls in fact. Cheers, Pete

 

why don't you disconnect the fuel line from the filter and feed that into a couple of jerry cans then use the fuel pump to empty it by turning the ignition on or hot wiring the fuel pump? then you can empty the tank in a controled way so very little petrol goes to waist or causes a fire hazard!

 

I am interested in the possibility of changing my original fuel tank for a slightly larger one and would like to enquire whether (1) Has anyone ever done this upgrade and (2) Which tank did they use. A petrol Fiesta has an extra 2 litres (45 litres). Have no idea about the Focus or other similar models

I do alot of miles and fill my tank up to the brim every 2 days, when I return home on the 2nd day, I am on the Red line, with the Fuel warning light burning brightly in the instrument cluster.

I am averaging about 390-420 miles before I fill up, but I dont like driving on the dregs of the tank and would like a bit more of a comfort zone.

Bearing in mind the fuel tank area is pretty much the same vehicle to vehicle,I'm hoping the changing of the tanks will be fairly straight forward.

Any opinions?

Oilburner8)

My Van is a 57 Plate 1.4 Tdci

 

seems a lot of aggro for such a small gain tbh