Help !!!! I just put 20 l of diesel in my 325 i
Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 4:48 pm
Help !!!! I just put 20 l of diesel in my 325 i ... How can I drain the fuel tank ????
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Help !!!! I just put 20 l of diesel in my 325 i
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Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 4:49 pm
pipe and suck it out mate
Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 4:53 pm
un plug the fuel pipe from the top of fuel rail and put in to container, then switch ignition on and let the car pump it out.
Then fill with unleaded and pump some more through to make sure diesels out and change fuel filter.
Probably not the best way but thats what i would do if i didnt have a way of pumping the fuel directly out of the tank.
Then fill with unleaded and pump some more through to make sure diesels out and change fuel filter.
Probably not the best way but thats what i would do if i didnt have a way of pumping the fuel directly out of the tank.
bridge relay
Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 5:00 pm
You'll need to bridge the fuel pump relay top make it work, putting just the ignition is not enough to keep it running.
Should be terminal 30 to terminal 87 on relay.
Red/white to green/violet from memory
You will have residual pressure in the pipe so be careful when removing it.
Should be terminal 30 to terminal 87 on relay.
Red/white to green/violet from memory
You will have residual pressure in the pipe so be careful when removing it.
Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 5:21 pm
thanks guys ..
BMW_YARD - - - witch one is the fuel pump relay ???
BMW_YARD - - - witch one is the fuel pump relay ???
Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 5:24 pm
the orange one underneath the plastic cover on the bulkhead, just above the rear of the engine
relay near air filter
Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 5:36 pm
I know a guy has replied that it is up on the bulkhead but that is normally for the four cylinder, yours should be under a square black cover near the air filter, should be one white and one orange relay, it's the orange one with the wiring colours I mentioned.
Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 5:43 pm
Dude I hope the skirt you where watching whilst filling up was worth it! 
Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 6:14 pm
It's a 325i, it'll be by the nearside suspension turret.stuartgallafant wrote:the orange one underneath the plastic cover on the bulkhead, just above the rear of the engine
Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 6:19 pm
or just undo drain plug on the tank and put 10l of petrol in aand run the fuel pump to clear the lines
Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 6:21 pm
Thats what i was thinking loltannerman8807 wrote:Dude I hope the skirt you where watching whilst filling up was worth it!
Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 6:34 pm
MANY MANY THANKS >did find the relay .. just done it .. CLASS FORUM !!!!
Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 10:30 pm
Happened the same to a friend of mine. He taked off the rear seat, opened the tank from above and because it was 5 o'clock in the morning and the only thing he got was a syringe 
So he taked all the Diesel with that. Just imagine the time he tooked (nobody up to help him 
)
Yes, some portuguese are DUMB, you can laugh
So he taked all the Diesel with that. Just imagine the time he tooked (nobody up to help him )Yes, some portuguese are DUMB, you can laugh
Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 10:54 pm
If the car would still run, then the diesel would do no harm at all, other than maybe produce a bit of smoke.
Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 11:03 pm
fill the rest up with petrol and dont worry about it.
Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 11:31 pm
And keep filling it with petrol as the tank empties.jon_pure_british wrote:fill the rest up with petrol and dont worry about it.
Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 11:35 pm
just for reference, its easier to remove the fuel pump fuse and run positve feed from a live fuse. been there done that !