Getting gas from my gas tank?

[Mark]

I put the wrong sort of gasoline in my gas tank and I need a quick and easy way to get it out again.

I was thinking of trying to stick a length of garden hose into the tank and siphoning the gas out, but I am afraid that garden hose will be too bulky and unweildy. Are there hoses available that are less conspicuous?

What is the best sort of container for carrying gasoline? The bright red gas cans won't do, and I need something larger than a gallon, preferably something that is easily portable.

Thanks in advance for any replies.

[hallerb]

if its a late model vehicle you cant easily get the fuel out. they are designed to be anti siphon

you will have to drop the tank and clean it out.........

what did you put in by mistake? if its say the wrong grade fill the tank with normnal fuel, sometimes the solution to pollution is dilution.

or disconnect the gas line near the engine and have the fuel pump likely in tank empty it out

[willshak]

on 7/16/2008 6:18 PM Mark said the following:

Ask the police. They'll be glad to know that you intend to steal gasoline. Maybe even carry the eviden.. er, gas can away

[willshak]

Read the post again. Think outside the box this time. :-)

[David L. Martel]

Mark,

I'd bet that if you disconnect the gas line going to the fuel pump that gas will then flow out of that line. You don't say how big your gas tank is but 5 gal. gas cans are sold in most auto parts stores.

Dave M.

[Oren]

I heard you...

Bob, yes I can siphon gas from a late model vehicle. without your amount of work. Moments and your tank is empty.

[Phisherman]

Conspicuous? Are we trying to find the best way to steal gasoline?

[Oren]

Conspicuous and "carrying gasoline"--aren't they the same...(?) .

[ransley]

Drill through the tank and put an oil change pan underneath, or put a

50 gallon drum in a truck and use an electric pump, hopefully the spark from the drill ignite the gas and kill you.

[Joe]

[jmeehan]

Wrong sort of gas?????

[Edwin Pawlowski]

Wrong sort of gas?????

Yes, it is owned by someone else and he wants to make it his own.

[ransley]

Suck hard on the hose, maybe you will die, to all will benfit, a scumsuking RAT

[David L. Martel]

meehan,

Happened to a friend of mine. He lent a car to his son (not a teen). His son while returning it stopped a couple of blocke from my friend's house and filled the tank. With Diesal. My friend had to tow the car to a mechanic who worked on it for about 1/2 hr. before he noticed that the "gas" did not smell right.

Dave M.

[Mikepier]

I'm assuming you put low octane gas in a high octane vehicle. Just drive around normally, no harm done. Do not accelerate hard.

[Jim Yanik]

"David L. Martel" wrote in news:RdGdnQod5LU-t-LVnZ2dnUVZ [e-mail]:

in that case,not only the tank must be emptied,but the fuel filter(s) replaced,lines,injectors and rail emptied and cleaned.It also may have damaged the fuel gauge sending unit in the tank.(Shell Oil had to pay out for replacing a lot of those because they put diesel into several gas stations underground fuel tanks.

A job for a mechanic.

[Reno]

Mark wrote in news:Xns9ADDBA3B0E34Esingsing@194.177.96.78:

I think all of the new cars have something installed at the end of the gas filler pipe, before the tank, to prevent siphoning. The hose won't go into the tank so you can not siphon at all. That was the case for my 2003 Camaro and I was told it was common practice.

We were just shopping for new cars and all of the ones we looked at had non-locking gas covers so maybe they are relying on these anti-siphon devices.

[Edwin Pawlowski]

That was probably many years ago. The filler nozzle of a diesel pump will not fit into the neck of a gas car today.

Early 1950's my father used to get his gas from the company tank. One day a delivering driver dumped a tanker of diesel into the gas tank. He was able to keep going with only two filter cleanings (bronze filters back then) and diluting with more gas.

[Hell Toupee]

This guy had a very quick and slick siphon system going recently - until the cops caught him.

"...Storey, 34, is accused of concocting an elaborate system of hoses and switches that allowed him to siphon gasoline from another vehicle into his own, all from the comfort of the driver's seat of his shiny red Dodge Ram 1500 4x4.

All Storey had to do, authorities said, was pull alongside a vehicle, stick a hose in its gas tank, flip a switch under his dashboard to activate an auxiliary fuel pump, then sit back and wait.

Sheriff's officials demonstrated the siphoning device for reporters Tuesday at the Arden Hills patrol station. It took slightly less than

2 1/2 minutes to siphon 5 gallons from a gas can into the pickup truck. Authorities said it would take 6 to 8 minutes for Storey to steal the 20 gallons needed to fill his tank."

[Oren]

I think diesel pumps were separated by late 50's. There was still a kerosene pump. Even used a glass gallon jar. The two pumps moved away from the car pumps.... in that day.

Gas was about 32 cent...