Draining Petrol

[Ian30]

Does anyone know the best way to drain the petrol on an E30? it has a mechanical pump so I cant just drain it that way and the filler pipe is so long the hose wont go all the way down!

[smithy318i]

why do you want to drain the petrol?

[Karan]

i thknk there is a drain plug on the offside of the tank......can be tough to open though

[ZS]

Get in car.
Drive in 1st gear until car stops.
Tank now empty.

[smithy318i]

remove the inspection cover (under the rear seat)
and remove the sender unit.

[Ian30]

Did it in the end by removing the rubber pipe just before the fuel tank, the only hard bit was getting the pipe back on!

The reason i needed to drain the fuel is the car is going to the scrap yard this week and there was 3/4 of a tank in there, would rather not send it to the scrappy with all that fuel and its pointless just driving around until its used up

Thanks anyway guys

[smithy318i]

Have you considered selling parts on the zone before you take it to its grave?

People are always looking for parts.

Where are you located?
What car is it?

Let us vultures at it before the scrap man gets his hands on it!

[Ian30]

Have you considered selling parts on the zone before you take it to its grave?

People are always looking for parts.

Where are you located?
What car is it?

Let us vultures at it before the scrap man gets his hands on it!

Its in the parts section but I can't really be bothered have the hassle of taking all the stuff of for what the parts are worth

Alloys might be up for sale soon though, BBS cross spokes with good tyres.