Please recommend company to drain old petrol from fuel tank

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HI,

I have an old Jaguar XJ40 which I have been using shamefully little in the last few years. The tank is about 3/4 full with (IIRC) Shell V-Power. The majority of the fuel is about 3.5 years old. I added some fresh petrol about a year ago and drove to the the MOT station and had the car MOT'd without a problem last year, but didn't drive it after that.

I am now worried that the petrol is just too old and worry that I could do some damage to the car if I use it even if topped up with fresh V-Power. I have no facility to drain the fuel myself, are there any recommended companies out there who drain fuel and what is the expected cost?

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droopsnoot said:

CKY said:

Are you looking for a specialist company to come out to your house/where the car is currently to do this? Because i'd have thought any garage/mechanic would have been able to do the job, and be ready with the necessary equipment to dispose of the old fuel safely.

I'd agree - most garages will be able to do it, and maybe re-use the old fuel for parts cleaning etc.

If the car isn't going to be used for another period of time, I've also read people commenting that it's better to fill the tank to reduce the chance of condensation causing corrosion in the tank. I don't know if that's true, or whether your car even has a metal fuel tank.

I would have to drive the car to the garage, but yes, that is something to consider.

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TGCOTF-dewey said:

Do you have a petrol lawnmower?

I do, but the tank is about 3/4 full. The tank is 90 litres so 70 litres is a lot of mowing!

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4Q said:

If it starts I’d just take it for drive and burn the old fuel off. I can’t see how you’d damage anything

I did that successfully last year - but a year on, I'm a little nervous of it!

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I took it out today for a short drive after squeezing about 15-20 litres of V-Power petrol into it (it must have been fuller than I realised). The old beast ran beautifully - no problems at all. I had forgotten how smoothly it rides.

Thanks for all the advice, it was very useful.