Mitsubishi Carisma 2003 1.9 turbo diesel - Does diesel Carisma have an anti syphon device?

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Sat 12 Oct 2013 10:52
Mitsubishi Carisma 2003 1.9 turbo diesel - Does diesel Carisma have an anti syphon device? - MrFahrenheit

My other half's Carisma, parked outside our house, has been written off by a silly girl hurrying to work.

It has almost a full tank of diesel,and we're wondering if we can get it out before the insurance co takes it away.

Our local motor shop can supply a suitable pump for £10, so we're good to go... unless the Carisma has an anti-siphon device. I understand this is usually a cone of wire mesh in the inlet pipe.

Does anyone know if diesel Carismas have such a thing?

Thanks in anticipation.

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Sat 12 Oct 2013 12:51
Mitsubishi Carisma 2003 1.9 turbo diesel - Does diesel Carisma have an anti syphon device? - bathtub tom

Suck it (literally) and see!

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Sat 12 Oct 2013 18:32
Mitsubishi Carisma 2003 1.9 turbo diesel - Does diesel Carisma have an anti syphon device? - dieselnut

Or attach your pump via some tube to the fuel pipe where it joins the fuel filter under the bonnet.

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Sat 12 Oct 2013 20:45
Mitsubishi Carisma 2003 1.9 turbo diesel - Does diesel Carisma have an anti syphon device? - gordonbennet

Yes it does but have a go with a garden hose in case you get lucky, you might be able to get in via the fuel level sensor and pick up pipe, and you might be able to disconnect the filler pipe as it enters the tank and feed a pipe in there.

I'd be more inclined to either jerry rig up some sort of electric fuel pump to the pipe on the inlet side of the fuel filter, or to disconnect the fuel return pipe and let the engine tick over whilst pumping the fuel into cans or another car, however it might take a couple of hours depending how quickly the return flows.

Dieselnuts suggestion is good too, if you can bodge the pump bore down to fuel pipe size.

Edited by gordonbennet on 12/10/2013 at 20:46

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