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Vacuum cleaners and Diesel dont mix

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Or: How to NOT remove Diesel from your gas tank.

What to do once you notice that you filled your quad bike's tank with diesel instead of gas?

Well, for one you could tell the attendant and might follow his advice to call the ADAC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADAC). Or you could completely ignore it, do the manly thing and try and fix it yourself.

And what better means to use than a nice and available vacuum cleaner supplied by the very gas station?

The resulting stunt and its effects can be marveled at in these shots taken from the security cam. http://www.mopo.de/hamburg/panorama/galerie/index.php?GID=2858 In short: *bang!*

Sadly, the hose wasn't short enough to book those idiots a ticket to Darwin Land. Then again, they really tried.

Nobody was hurt. Only the vacuum cleaner rests in pea...err...pieces.

Submitted on 07/13/2010

Submitted by: Julchen
Reference: http://www.mopo.de/2010/20100712/hamburg/panorama/wenn_trottel_tanken_gehen.html

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Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
Those photos show pretty much what I would have expected. Unbelievable that ANYBODY would ever attempt something like this. I guess we'll be seeing warning sings on vacuums pretty soon stating that they're not intended for use in removing diesel from ATV's... Thanks, Julchen!


Candi said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
What Bruce said.


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