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Team Owner
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From: Southbound
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Pumping it out might be easier than trying to drain it. You can get a cheapo electric landscape pump designed for garden pools at WalMart. The pump won't care if it is pumping water or stale fuel.
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Burning Brakes
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From: shelbyville West Michigan
I have had to drain a few cars that had bad gas, as was posted above, disconnect the line into the pump, get a hand pump from harbor freight, the red plastic one for $5, you can slip the hose over the line and pump by hand until you get a siphon started.
You could also stick a rag around a blow gun in the filler neck and use an air compressor and blow some air into the tank to force the liquid through, but if you don't know what you are doing, you could split the tank, so unless you've done it before I don't recommend that method for the first timer.
nothing wrong with an electric pump as long is it is rated for gas, that's how just about ALL new cars pump fuel for the last 25 years...
You could also stick a rag around a blow gun in the filler neck and use an air compressor and blow some air into the tank to force the liquid through, but if you don't know what you are doing, you could split the tank, so unless you've done it before I don't recommend that method for the first timer.
nothing wrong with an electric pump as long is it is rated for gas, that's how just about ALL new cars pump fuel for the last 25 years...
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From: Lebanon Township New Jersey
Le Mans Master
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From: Waterford WI
If you have a compressor, get some clear plastic tubing at Home Depot, etc. make a small hole in it about 6" from the end. Put the other end in the gas tank. Stick the end with the hole in it about 5" into your gas can on the floor. Stick the end of your air hose blow gun into the small end hole in the side of the tubing and blow toward the short end. You will be astounded how quickly it will begin siphoning. I just did that with 13 gallons put in the tank on july 16, 1980. Had 3 gas cans available, and it probably didn't take but 7/8 minutes. You can use rubber hose, but with about $4 worth of plastic tubing, you can see what's happening. It was liquid varnish with a reddish tint.
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