I need to siphon fuel or remove fuel from a 997 GT3.

I tried using a siphon / pump, and there is some sort of filter or valve I am hitting, which I can not get past.

If you're curious, the reason I need to do this is because I am shipping a car to Germany TODAY, and it must be almost empty. The tank is full, and I do not have time to drive it 250+ miles to burn the fuel.

The only option I know of so far is to pay the Porsche dealer $$$$ to remove the tank, pump it, and put it back. That's ridiculous.

Help is very much appreciated. I am hoping there is some sort of access valve somewhere which can be opened, or a way to remove the mesh filter which is blocking me.

 

Better start driving!!

 

The dealer does not have to remove the tank. He can remove the pump assembly from inside the front compartment and pump out the fuel. I has this done once on my 996 GT-3 when I misstakenly filled it with 87.

 

How much did they charge you? They charged me $175, and told me they couldn't give me the gas they pumped out. Nice guys.

 

I'd like to follow up with my dealer on this. Do you remember how much they charged for this procedure?

 

been a while...fuel still in there??

 

lol! Good one. No, I just wanted to follow up with the dealer on what they should have done, as suggested by retsel75.