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Originally Posted by ix&x5
Thanks, yes, I'll be doing something similar to that. When add you fuel to the x5 does it go to the passenger side of the tank and then after filling that side spills over the "hump"?
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The right side "pump well" holds almost exactly 5L of fuel. Unless your tank showed less than 1.4L that well was full and will immediately overflow to the left side of the tank. The right side gets no fuel until the left side has about 27L of fuel.
Running the pump to extract fuel will push the fuel out to the filter and back to the left side to run the siphon. If you didn't turn the key on and run the pump you'd be better off open both sides and pump out the fuel.
You could skip the right side, pump out the left side and disconnect the hose from the right side and add a piece of hose to the output and engage the pump to suck the right side empty. Add some fresh gas to clear the pump as the filler neck goes into the pump well.
Not sure if running the diesel through the filter (to just pump all out using the siphon jet) would be a problem but if you ran the pump dry you'll get down to ounces left and put in a couple gallons of clean gas to rinse the dribbles than a full tank will dilute any remnants you won't have to open the tank just disconnect the hose under the car at the FPR that goes to the engine and add a temporary hose to a catch jug.