JWR:Jeeves:mdooher:Behodar: That reminds me of a tip for when you're in an unfamiliar car and need fuel. Most cars have a little arrow next to the "fuel" icon, pointing to which side the tank is on.
or if you run completely out of petrol and you are truly desperate. Pour in a litre or so of water. The water will sink to the bottom of the tank and bring the fuel level up to the outlet pipe.
Yes you will need to get the tank drained, and no don't do this with a diesel, if you get water into the rest of the fuel system you might go broke.
Personally I would ring the AA and save this hack for the zombie apocalypse.
This is terrible, terrible advice.
Yep... worst advice.
What? the AA aren't that bad.
and in case anyone is interested I have used this life hack. In 1990 I ran out of fuel about 30 miles north of Christchurch at 2am.
It got me to town. The next day I drilled a hole in the bottom of the fuel tank and let the water drain out. Covered the hole with a fuel tank sealant we used on aircraft and drove as normal. Yep the old beast had the odd cough for a few weeks but it did work.
But like I said, these days you would ring the AA