Firstly I realise that this is not in the right forum so sorry about that.

Ok so my 6 has been off the road for a couple of years now which is why I don't really come on here much (I hope to run it again one day after I get the missus to learn to drive and she can have the diesel leon). I walked past it earlier and noticed a smell of petrol and a light patch of petrol on the drive. Had a wee investigation and found that the filler to tank elbow is leaking, I presume it has cracked after its many years of service.

Now the problem I have is that if I pull this elbow off the petrol will follow and since there is nearly a full tank in it I'm loathe to let it go. Anyone got any ideas how I can save the majority of this fuel? So far I have come up with jack it up as high as possible on one side to keep the fuel in the tank but still most of it is going to come out anyway. As well as this I thought of buying some of those plastic boxes to catch the fuel and then once the new elbow is in place fill her back up using a watering can or something like that. Do these ideas seem like a good plan or a precursor to a disaster involving large quantities of petrol, flame and human flesh?

Think I saw somewhere that the elbow in question is about 30 quid? Robbing bas**rds if thats true.

Cheers

if i was you i would get a nice clean bucket and use thatto catch the fuel,you shouldnt have to empty the tank completely. and yeah there round about that sort of price,make sure you got couple of big dubble clips when you fit the new filler next

No idea, it still starts ok and doesn't sound as though its struggling when idling. It'll probably be another year before it gets run at least, I just don't want to break it as I have spent so much effort on fixing it and its just not worth selling for the pittance ill get for it.

Sounds like its going to be a fun day, least its nice weather for it!

I tried that when mine split, but the pump trips or turns off after a few seconds.

If you're not going to be using it then I'd just chop the hose and let it spill out onto some gravel or something. Just make sure you're not smoking at the time

I had a full tank when mine split and it was a right ballache

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2005 Honda S2000 (Sold)
2002 Audi S3 (Sold)
2005 Clio 182 Trophy (sold)

^^ The best method.

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Just pull off the return pipe from the fuel rail and start the car and collect it in whatever your going to use, when I changed my elbow I jacked the car as high as I could so all the fuel went to the other side, tank wasn't full like but wasn't far off