First off, I rent a house with two roomates who haven't had any problem. But the last couple nights I've been noticing gas loss. The first night, my car went from 26 miles to 7 miles to E. Last night I lost over 60 miles.. I don't see any gas leaks or smell any gas.. Is my gage just getting faulty? Or is someone stealing my gas?
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Neuromancer
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Oh I'd be so pissed.
Yeah it's not too hard to figure out. Or you just got crappy gas and it's getting shitty gas mileage.
ChackanKun
Member
That's a really good idea! Never thought about that lol
ViperVisor
Member
I've heard that modern car gas tanks are really hard to siphon the old fashion way.
Maybe you have an older car or the bandit has some device to foot-pump out the gas?
Maybe you have an older car or the bandit has some device to foot-pump out the gas?
Put a spring with a harpoon on it inside. If it gets opened you'll know from the dead body.
or Sean Connery's James Bond style, with a hair.
backflip10019
Member
Put a gun facing outward and rig it to shoot if someone opens your gas flap without disabling it.
They'll just pee on your door instead.
Ninja Scooter
Member
Tape a note to the inside of your gas flap that simply says "I'm watching you"
Where do you live? That is insane.
The only correct answer
My neighbor syphoned my gas twice in the last month. Then I bought a locking gas cap. I also bought a dummy security camera from Monoprice ($7!). Fucking tweaker neighbor though, it shouldn't have to come to that.
How does one get away with that? Do you have other neighbors nearby? I suppose I'm in a better position than most though, since I live in a cul-de-sac and my neighbors are constantly hanging out in their front yards.
How does one get away with that? Do you have other neighbors nearby? I suppose I'm in a better position than most though, since I live in a cul-de-sac and my neighbors are constantly hanging out in their front yards.
Then that is someone who is a personal enemy. Being mexican and former criminal...I would have just moved on to the next car. Why bother?? It is someone who wants to have a vengeance against you.
That is no excuse for having your gastank drilled. Crazy!
Rig it to explode. That way not only do you get them back, but as a bonus you'll make the news. And they will make a movie about your heroism with the theme of fighting greed. And then later when you forget about the explosives and try to get some gas, they'll make a sequel about hubris.
Mexican AND a former criminal? The avatar makes so much sense.
AbsoluteZero
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DeaconKnowledge
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I'm sorry but that's hilarious.
Yeah, it's usually something you have to buy separately, if you feel the need to do so.
Sounds likely. I'd set up some way to detect it, like others have mentioned, some kind of tape mechanism.
Is this advice get helpful?
There's actually some hilarious cases of this kind of thing you read about in law school.
Is this advice get helpful?
Im' sorry
There's actually some hilarious cases of this kind of thing you read about in law school.
That sounds so strange to me.
I imagine France must have a lot of scooter owners who would rather carry around a rubber tube than an extra tank full of gas.
It depends on what year your car was made. Like what RevDM said...a lot of newer cars have either cap locks or a prevention system.
How do they tend to turn out?
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
:lol I just watched that the other night and was literally the first thing I thought of.
Holy shart.....
Osiris
I permanently banned my 6 year old daughter from using the PS4 for mistakenly sending grief reports as it's too hard to watch or talk to her
Don't do the same as I did and assume the loss is due to syphoning when it may be a leak in the fuel system.
After getting a locking cap I still had overnight loss of fuel, coincidently I needed some work done under the hood too and took it to the garage, apparently when they started it up the fuel vapours from the leak trapped under the hood exploded, causing a full evacuation of the garage and significant damage to my car. The garage was so pissed they refused to work on it and made me tow it elsewhere to get fixed. I ended up writing it off and scrapped it.
A very costly error that could have been worse should someone have got hurt. I was told afterwards I'd been driving a ticking timebomb and was lucky to be alive.
The garage still won't work on my cars, 8 years later
After getting a locking cap I still had overnight loss of fuel, coincidently I needed some work done under the hood too and took it to the garage, apparently when they started it up the fuel vapours from the leak trapped under the hood exploded, causing a full evacuation of the garage and significant damage to my car. The garage was so pissed they refused to work on it and made me tow it elsewhere to get fixed. I ended up writing it off and scrapped it.
A very costly error that could have been worse should someone have got hurt. I was told afterwards I'd been driving a ticking timebomb and was lucky to be alive.
The garage still won't work on my cars, 8 years later
People getting shot, and the person who set up the device going to jail.
In one case a dude owned a remote cabin in the woods, set a shotgun to blast anyone walking in the door. Someone pryed open the door, got shot, owner went to jail for a long time.
More.
Don't do the same as I did and assume the loss is due to syphoning when it may be a leak in the fuel system.
After getting a locking cap I still had overnight loss of fuel, coincidently I needed some work done under the hood too and took it to the garage, apparently when they started it up the fuel vapours from the leak trapped under the hood exploded, causing a full evacuation of the garage and significant damage to my car. The garage was so pissed they refused to work on it and made me tow it elsewhere to get fixed. I ended up writing it off and scrapped it.
A very costly error that could have been worse should someone have got hurt. I was told afterwards I'd been driving a ticking timebomb and was lucky to be alive.
The garage still won't work on my cars, 8 years later
After the autopsy, did they figure out where the problem was?? Oh and what year and make was your car.
DietRob
i've been begging for over 5 years.
Get a locking fuel cap.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000B8JUAW/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Probably a pain in the ass but it's better than getting your fuel stolen.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000B8JUAW/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Probably a pain in the ass but it's better than getting your fuel stolen.
You could also smear your gas cap with vaseline to gross out the siphoner and make it harder to cover up.
A guy who realized someone was trying to break into his garage rigged a gun trap to scare off potential intruders when he wasn't home, but instead a kid broke in and got shot in the face.
A guy who realized someone was trying to break into his garage rigged a gun trap to scare off potential intruders when he wasn't home, but instead a kid broke in and got shot in the face.
Osiris
I permanently banned my 6 year old daughter from using the PS4 for mistakenly sending grief reports as it's too hard to watch or talk to her
Split in the fuel line leading into the Carb, BMW 316i.
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