How to Drain a Fuel Tank with a Paper Clip..... THE EASY WAY!!! 

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I drain my fuel tank using my right foot

Just need a paper clip . . . . and a hose, and an allen key or bolt, and a fuel container, and a son 😄 Good tip, thanks.

Hmmm, bit more than just a paper clip..... 😉

No wonder you crashed, they put your steering wheel and pedals on the wrong side.

Going to try it on my neighbors car.....thanks

Hey , this really worked out My babymom still doesn’t kno

Straight to the point and no waste of time begging for subscriptions.Excellent presentation.

I managed to make a hole in the bottom of the fuel tank with my paper clip. Still draining now 😊

Spot on. I tried this with my Astra after a catastrophic engine failure and about £80 of diesel left in the tank. I unhooked the fuel pipe after the pump, as it enters the engine, as it was easier to access. Remember to have the ignition on so the dashboard lights are lit up (but not started obviously). It took me a bit of searching to find the right relay as the Handbook and Haynes weren't very helpful, but otherwise this was really easy. Thank you.

This video rocks!! Clear, concise, no crappy music... THANK YOU !

Excellent information; well filmed and narrated. Thank you, just what I need! :) NoAxe UK

Please forgive my confusion, but you only jumped the power connection. You didn't need to jump the on/off circuit? Thank you.

Great video! It was a breeze to drain the tank in my Santa Fe 2006 3.5L V6. First I had to remove the rear seat which was easy and put a 5/16 fuel hose at the pump discharge and almost I empty the tank. Second I removed the ground at the battery terminal to on and of the pump as in the video. I found the relay and use the paper clip to activate the pump and the gas pumped in the gas can. Thanks a million. God bless you.

Thanks for this ! I needed to drain a fuel tank on my van to replace a part and couldn’t get it to siphon out, this worked perfect and emptied it almost completely. I guess if the fuel pump is bad it wouldn’t work but for any other purpose it’s great

Why can't you just turn the key on to make the fuel pump activate?

Worked perfect. I found the Relay with picture on the side of it. Found the 20A fuse also. Had a hose that was just the right size and length. Went smooth as could be. The 1997 Ford F150 had been sitting for 5 years. The gas was a red/brown color. I poured 4 gallons of fresh gas in for my first step of starting it. Thanks

Does not work on Ford F150 04-08. The fuel pump relay is soldered on the fusebox PCB. Thanks Ford!

Thank you for the video. We manged to drain my missfueled tank easily. To reduce fuel contamination I also drained and replaced the fuel filter. I used a large syringe to get the fuel out. Filled the car with the correct fuel and off we went!! Access to the selanoid was a bit of a fiddle and involved removing some of the drivers side dash. VW 08 Tiguan An easy solution thank you

The only thing I would like to have seen is how to tell which hose to block off and which one to add the longer hose to if it matters

Thanks for showing this. I've got a notice from my City's Code Enforcement that I've got to move an older vehicle that was my work truck. I broke my ankle some time back (during mid-Covid), and it is still slow to be healing. And, fucking sadly, surgery is not an option, because it has to heal normally. I think they said it is the navicular bone, and surgeries are hard to get right and it'll always give problems if it doesn't heal correctly. So, I'm trying to manually heal it without surgery. Thus, my work truck has sat there a little longer than it should. So, I've got to get the gas out, put new in, get it inspected, and get a Texas state sticker. Then, the CE of my small little town will quit fucking with me, I hope, so thank you. I don't understand why it's such a big problem, but I've got neighbors that call if your grass gets over 7 inches tall, if your trash is missed by one day, if you park one tire in the grass, etc. So, I hope that this will get my Nissan Armada running again; or, at least, get new gas and not have the city of my ass. Thanks.

Too bad US regulations ruined our fuel cans in America. They are practically unusable now. So jealous! ;)

Drain with the paper clip? Ha ha.... No! Drain with the fuel pump! :)

Que the people who are to lazy to drive their car to cock so the fuel drains while they look at fuel trims before inputting an ethanol tune and dyno.... wait that’s like a bunch of us!!!!! Edit: if you’re running 91-93 tune just fucking drive man

Now I can die in peace.

Only good for stealing petrol.. otherwise just turn on the ignition. Bahaaahhahahah. Screw driver and hammer is effective too. Lol

Take precautions....spills all over ground lol gotta love filming live lol

Damn!!I have driven 10 miles to the scrap yard to collect my fuel from my crashed car and brought just a paper clip with me!! 😣

Good tip, Thanks!

Wallop a hole under ur neighbours motor but flat dish bowl under it drain bung sed hole up with old wine cork bobs ya aunty Mildred n ya off 😁😁👌

Absolutely brilliant. You just saved me a load of grief.

I have Volkswagen golf 2006 TDI shall I do the same process

So l need to drain my fuel tank, to replace faulty fuel pump. . . .am l missing something?

WTF? Gasoline in a TDI????

Great video. Thanks. My car has push fit/clip in hose connections to and from the fuel filter. Would I be able to simply disconnect the feed to the fuel filter and drain directly from there, or would this not work?

I searched for 'Operation Paper Clip' and got this..

Brilliant! Now I know how to go and get fuel when I'm out hahahahahaha

Hell yeah thank you bro I fux with it

I would stop every few minutes and let the fuel pump cool down especially when it gets to the lower portions of the tank

All you need is a paper clip.... Oh and some pliers, a fuel line, a watering can, an Allan key, find a relay, a charged battery. The internet. It might be faster to bang a hole in the tank with a hammer and nail.

You get a nice arc disconnecting and connecting a battery. This could end up with a nasty fire/explosion.

Very helpful video! Thanks for sharing my friend!

Where am I going to find a son, do they rent those out?

Plus you did not indicate whether or not the key had to be on where are you getting your power from to run the pump your key has to be on right?

Nice one mate. Worked a treat for me. Your vid was reassuring enough for me to have a go at this, take a bow bruv

was going to try and drain mine with a match...

Great video, It didn't really work-out the same on my Caddy 'we tried it with the paperclip but there were 2 relays the same'. We managed it with a £15 12v pump from Lidl & from the filter under the Bonet . Your video gave us some enthusiasm & we cracked it ! Great to see you doing it with your son 👍 do more videos because your straight forward & clear & that's good.

That’s ok, but the fuel pump on my car is broken, hence I need the fuel out before it gets scrapped

Very dangerous hooking and unhooking any battery cable while being around open fuel.

" The EASY WAY"....NOT!!!!...as not all fuel filters are as EASY ACCESS LIKE THIS VEHICLE!!

You needed a lot more than just a paperclip.

You putting petrol in a diesel ?!

Just a paper clip? Bullshit. And an Allen wrench a can a hose a pliers a wrench. How lame.

I see a fuel canister, a garden hose,allen wrench,gloves, and a paper clip

Good video. One critique I have is that using the negative battery cable around gasoline vapors can cause an explosion, especially if someone happens to do it in a garage! The safer alternative way is to remove/ replace the fuel pump fuse to start/ stop the pump. This instead of the potentially sparking battery cable, which can make big sparks! Also, simply turning the ignition key on and off with the relay "bridged", as you demonstrate, may do it, -though I'm not sure... No doubt this method is a great boon to people beating their heads against the wall trying to siphon. But if one guy in a million blows up with the battery terminal sparks...

A syphon pump is easier

Been a while mate, welcome back. :)

I clip my paperwork together and sold the car

on hondas there is a drain plug on the tank too.. thankyou..

I was doing this and it aint wise for a person of hue to do this. Dem police thought I was stealing fuel! Although having proved it they still did me as it is appeently illegal to darina a fuel tank they told me on Her Majesty's highways!

Damn, this seems much easier that putting that damn hose down in there & pumping by hand 30 gallons into a container. Atleast my gmc jimmy held 30 gallons. Before i donated it i drained most of the fuel out for my pick up truck. In any case this was a nice trick,ill use it next time thx bro 👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸

I don't see the point of this. Unless you're planning to siphon gas illegally. 🤔

Did he put the fuel in a watering can? 😂

Just sorted it out using your suggestions worked a treat, you sir deserve a regal badge with free ice cream for a year, and putting on the new years honours list for top mechanics, took me a couple of hours start to finish with a lot of frigging around with fuel cans. So happy with your suggestion told all the lads at work about it they were very interested in the idea, once again many many thanks it work d exactly as you said no problems or issues. Lawrence Ogden

Where have you been dude!

Awesome jumper idea there. Most impressive thing is not even a drop spilled on the fender. EXCELLENT

Hmmm just a paper clip lmao always getting good advise from a brother 😂

That is ingenious mate. So basically even if engines out of the car, an you have the fuse panel in you could short that relay and it would send 12v to the fuel pump an start draining the tank?? I've got a non rolling shell i need to drain the fuel out of think I'm going to try this xD Fuel line and a paper clip is cheaper than a shotty fuel siphon... 2nd bet is drilling a hole gently into the bottom of the fuel tank an making sure its all gone .. and hopefully im not on fire

Did i miss something...? Fuel from one car into a DIESEL car...? Were both Diesel - missed the part that verified that little fact..

Good stuff. My problem is having a half tank of mouldy deisel in a van that's been left sitting. Reckon the pump can handle it?

There are explanations of relays on EBay? Huh.

I hear sirens

How much is gas near you? Thats alot of Work for $20 worth of gas

I hope that was diesel that you drained out of the car. ...; )

I bet you it wouldn't work on a manual fuel pump that is ran by the motor when the motor turns over it pushes the pump in and out and in and out and in and out and in and out that don't work there so No It Dont work on all vehicles

Ya that's a lazy half assed way to do it But it is a very great way completely fry the ignition and fuel delivery systems not a smart move at all basically

Still dangerous, the battery disconnected after fuel is retained can still cause a spark.

Only works if you have an electric fuel pump and a battery that’s not flat. Also, remove the fuel filler cap to vent the tank.

You legend I’m going to try this

Most of the time people are draining a tank because of a bad fuel pump or bad fuel which no one wants to run through the pump or filter. I’ll keep this in mind though for stealing fuel because that’s about ask it’s good for.

Taking off the fuel line on most vehicles built in the last 25 years, will likely result in you getting a face full of gasoline, as it is maintained under very high pressure even when the engine is turned off. This can be very dangerous!!!!

Thank the Gods for BMAC Cars and Mods and RU-vid 🤙

NATURALLY A BLACK DUDE DOING THE STEALING

Where's the fun in jumping the relay dead? Do it hot! What's the worse that can happen?

That's two beers I owe you. Put petrol in Golf plus by mistake. Only 3.5 litres but enough to wreck stuff at 17.5% contamination. Got 30 L of fuel out till the pump blew air. Pushed a further 5L of clean through just to make sure. Now i dont have to worry about my hp pump, injectors and cat. Nice one and thanks. P.S the other beer is for the oven cleaner egr.

Cheers

When you say fuel relay. Is that the fuel pump relay? Or fuel filter relay?

I showed this method to my neighbour and he was mighty impressed. |At least he was until I emptied his fuel into my tank. When he complained said "go watch the video, the fuel doesn't go back in the original car."

Nice

thanks for the video man

Think this guy needs to look in a mirror and give himself a good slap drain a fuel tank with a paper clip and a garage full of tools .

Good man teaching your young fellas these tips

Simple. Can’t believe I didn’t think about this. 🤦🏽‍♂️

That's cool and helpful 👍👍

A drill into the bottom of the tank, then repaired with Seal-All and a penny, is the absolute life hack you need

The benefit of working in a wrecking yard, Free Gas!!!!

sparks from disconnecting the battery to stop gasoline fuel flow could cause a spectacular fire. Maybe less danger with diesel, but the probability of blowing oneself up while mixing fuel and electricity is never zero.

Yeah... hmmm... "with just a paperclip...", 40 seconds in and we are already adding extra things necessary... no Macgyver here that's for sure... paperclip, hose, clamps, screwdrivers, sockets spanners, and a full mecahnics toolbox.. yep, job done. Just a paperclip... 😒

Less mess than a siphon

Only a paper clip huh?? don't forget that filthy gas can so you can contaminate that fresh gas before you dump it into your car