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Old 26-04-2007, 09:42 PM   #1
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ok as some know i have my car up on blocks while been striped, it as been off the road for 4 months and i decided before the petrol goes off i'll juice it, so i put a pip down the tank couldnt get fuel out and now its stuck, does any one know how u get a pipe unstuck in a fuel tank i have almost a full tank

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Old 26-04-2007, 09:52 PM   #2
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those tanks dont like any thing stuck down them you normaly drain them from the bottom plug.

do that then take the tank out and then take the pipe out.
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Old 26-04-2007, 09:53 PM   #3
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hey and i sold the red eb.
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Old 26-04-2007, 09:55 PM   #4
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get wat you wanted for it mate and i thing i will have to drop the tank i dont thing its comming out
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Old 26-04-2007, 10:00 PM   #5
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get wat you wanted for it mate and i thing i will have to drop the tank i dont thing its comming out
yep, i drove the blue one tonight went to big W and #$%& the power of a man, i could'nt stop going sideways, until my missus gave me a slap on the head.
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Old 26-04-2007, 10:04 PM   #6
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lol u just need a lsd now then youll get a biff on the head
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Old 26-04-2007, 10:28 PM   #7
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Is it just the small flap in the fuel filler that's grabbing the hose? Try holding that flap open with a screwdriver or something, then pulling the hose out.
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lol u just need a lsd now then youll get a biff on the head
how much for yours, and jane sais ill not only get a biff ill get a black eye, looking forward to it, and we should go and get those extractors soon.
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Old 27-04-2007, 07:30 AM   #9
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use a grinder, bah the silly thoughts that arise when just finished nightshift.
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Is it just the small flap in the fuel filler that's grabbing the hose? Try holding that flap open with a screwdriver or something, then pulling the hose out.
Yeah it's that easy, I have done it before.
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Old 27-04-2007, 01:53 PM   #11
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tryed the screwdriver and still wont come out <R> Grrrrr <R>
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