MuddyMike wrote:
"James Noble" wrote in message
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I posted this over in free.uk.cars.vauxhall but no response yet so, I
thought I would try here...

I wonder if anyone can tell me how to remove the fuel from the tank
of an 07 Astra Design Estate. I have a 5 gallon container and a hose.

In the old days it was simply a matter of siphoning the fuel using a
tube but these newer cars have anti siphoning baffles in the filling
pipe so how do I do it.

The reason for this is that I filled the car up the other day in
preparation for a trip and on Tuesday the cooling system sprang a
leak. The dealer took it in yesterday and diagnosed a head gasket
failure. This coupled with new front discs required and a couple of
other things has brought the estimate for repair to over 2000.00.
Decided to trade it in against a new car so I want to transfer the
fuel to our other car. Thanks in advance!

Remove the fuel pipe from somewhere obvious (filter perhaps) under the
bonnet and turn on the ignition. Sit back and watch it pump out.

But just make sure that it doesn't spray onto anywhere electrical where it
might be ignited - otherwise you may end up with no fuel and no trade-in...

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Kev