Transferring Diesel

[brightspark]

ha ha you never read it properly, I said it shifts water well not aswell

it is late im tired took some tramadol painkillers and had 3 cans of lager so am i excused

 

[zzr1200]

Jerry can and a spout....from Machine Mart....sorted......unless your a real short **** and can't reach 5 ft.....

 

[normspanners]

I said it shifts water well

it must be powerful to shift a water well .........coz they can be quite deep and hold a lot
Pump for me for the car, but still use funnel on disco top halve of a plastic bubazula they where going cheap 50p in lidl and I thought I know what thatll fit nicely.
I also made a bowser using an old wheelie bin with a pump fitted, about 50mm from bottom, I can move 100 ltrs around easily I can fill the car in around 5mins.

 

[Wendelspanswick]

Ordered a 12V submersible pump for less than £12 delivered.
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=251431719310
I will let you know how I get on!

 

[brightspark]

it must be powerful to shift a water well .........coz they can be quite deep and hold a lot
Pump for me for the car, but still use funnel on disco top halve of a plastic bubazula they where going cheap 50p in lidl and I thought I know what thatll fit nicely.
I also made a bowser using an old wheelie bin with a pump fitted, about 50mm from bottom, I can move 100 ltrs around easily I can fill the car in around 5mins.

that would make the interior stink a bit

 

[Justme]

Decanting into smaller containers just means more chance of spillage.

Here's an idea, why not fill up smaller cans in the first place so you dont have to decant it?

 

[Pete.]

Jerry can and a spout....from Machine Mart....sorted......unless your a real short **** and can't reach 5 ft.....

This is what I use, without the silly plastic end. No mess, no fuss.



Gratuitous link coz I nicked their pic:

http://www.sitebox.ltd.uk/steel-jerry-can-with-clipon-flexible-spout-ofc2s20

 

[snowcat]

barrel pumps work just fine, If I have to do a major split on one of the machines and drain the transmission oil I just pump the oil straight back in on completion from whatever iv drained it into, even though there made for 45 gal cans its not much effort to hold them from any shape or size of can.

Personally though I would just put a little tank in and gravity fill, and buy a few hundred lts at a time. overwise your forever be messing around with cans, which ALWAYS end up transferring dirt into the fuel system.
Rubbish design having fuel tanks on the bonnet, slow to fill, didnt hold much, always made the bonets dirty, and were the cause of many a fire.

 

[AndyStobbs]

barrel pumps work just fine, If I have to do a major split on one of the machines and drain the transmission oil I just pump the oil straight back in on completion from whatever iv drained it into, even though there made for 45 gal cans its not much effort to hold them from any shape or size of can.

Personally though I would just put a little tank in and gravity fill, and buy a few hundred lts at a time. overwise your forever be messing around with cans, which ALWAYS end up transferring dirt into the fuel system.
Rubbish design having fuel tanks on the bonnet, slow to fill, didnt hold much, always made the bonets dirty, and were the cause of many a fire.

And a Bugger to bleed because they rarely have enough head.

 

[Tman]

Stick with the transfer pump so much easier on yourself why struggle on you are going to be doing this regular. How much is the pump ? Is it worth lifting
20l-25l cans that high every week for however long you plan to keep it. Plus when the wife fills the car with petrol instead of diesel you've got a handy tool at hand.

 

[AndyStobbs]

Stick with the transfer pump so much easier on yourself why struggle on you are going to be doing this regular. How much is the pump ? Is it worth lifting
20l-25l cans that high every week for however long you plan to keep it. Plus when the wife fills the car with petrol instead of diesel you've got a handy tool at hand.

I would like to see someone fit one of those pumps down a car filler neck!

 

[Justme]

I would like to see someone fit one of those pumps down a car filler neck!

Or even the pipe as most cars now have an anti syphon dodah in the filler.

 

[Tman]

Lol hope no one is currently trying. Not down the filler neck through the inspection hole under the back seat

 

[Justme]

Or just disconnect a pipe in the engine bay & connect in to that.

 

[Robotstar5]

Not down the filler neck through the inspection hole under the back seat

Do modern cars still have them?

 

[Cobbler]

Do modern cars still have them?

My Vectra did, the injection pump & fuel gauge sender all came out as a lump, leaving a 6 inch hole in the top of the tank.

 

[Robotstar5]

My brother in law used to run old cars on a shoestring and had one written off with a few gallons still in the tank, he asked if I had a hammer and chisel so he could drain the tank into washing up bowl to recover the petrol I pointed out the access under the back seat would be a lot easier/safer

 

[Tman]

Do modern cars still have them?

Yes still have them so you can change sender unit and pump