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How to remove old gas from internal gas tank?

How to remove old gas from internal gas tank?

Depending on where your tank is located, you should have an some access point to get to the fuel guage sender. I’d remove the sender, and use that spot to drop your siphon hose.

Is there a way to get gas out of an old car?

If you can’t drop (or don’t want to) your fuel tank, or cannot put a syphon hose down into it through the filler neck, there’s just about no way to get the small amount of gas out which you’re talking about, short of punching a hole in the bottom of the tank and then patching it after the fact.

Can a siphon pump be used to remove gas from a gas tank?

It is useful to keep a siphon pump in the trunk of your car if do a lot of travelling in rural areas or if you live far away from a gas station. It is also a handy tool for a home garage. Here’s how you can use a siphon pump to remove gas from a fuel tank:

Is there a way to drain the gas tank of a car?

Make sure you not only drain the fuel tank of the wrong fuel, but to flush out the fuel lines and replace the fuel filters. Drain and replace the fuel on any car that’s been sitting for more than six months to a year. Fuel can, and will, go bad when it is just sitting in a tank.

Depending on where your tank is located, you should have an some access point to get to the fuel guage sender. I’d remove the sender, and use that spot to drop your siphon hose.

It is useful to keep a siphon pump in the trunk of your car if do a lot of travelling in rural areas or if you live far away from a gas station. It is also a handy tool for a home garage. Here’s how you can use a siphon pump to remove gas from a fuel tank:

Make sure you not only drain the fuel tank of the wrong fuel, but to flush out the fuel lines and replace the fuel filters. Drain and replace the fuel on any car that’s been sitting for more than six months to a year. Fuel can, and will, go bad when it is just sitting in a tank.

If you can’t drop (or don’t want to) your fuel tank, or cannot put a syphon hose down into it through the filler neck, there’s just about no way to get the small amount of gas out which you’re talking about, short of punching a hole in the bottom of the tank and then patching it after the fact.

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Ruth Doyle