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"There's no fuel like an oil fuel"
That is certainly possible. It runs the risk of draining the entire fuel system, thus making it hard to re-start the engine after whatever work is done. It also risks sucking whatever dirt is at the bottom of the tank into the fuel injection system.
I found it was not difficult to simply clamp the rubber jumpers that run between the metal fuel lines and the tank, thus preventing fuel from escaping the lines. Then the jumpers can be removed from the tank. After the tank has been drained, it can be removed, leaving the clamped jumpers as plugs to keep fuel in the lines and the fuel injection system.
Jeremy
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"Buster" in the '95
Our all-Diesel family
1996 E300D (W210) . .343,000 miles Wife's car
2005 E320 CDI . . 148,000 miles My car
Santa Rosa population 177,300 (2026 projected)
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . 668,300
"Oh lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz."
-- Janis Joplin, October 1, 1970
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