How to siphon gas from a boat

Remove the fuel cap from the fuel tank. At roughly 40 pounds apiece those 5-gallon jugs get heavy to hold up and pour in.

Gilligan your idea works on older boats.

How to siphon gas from a boat. Stick the metal end in the source and the hose end in the destination give the metal end a few shakes and youve got a siphon flowing. No gas in your mouth. A free flowing siphon thats as easy as it gets.

I use it to put gas in my boat. The metal end goes in. How do you siphon a boat gas tank.

Easiest way I have found is to disconnect the hose from the output side of the primer bulb engine side place your cans below the fuel tanK of the boat hook up a hose from the output side of the fuel primer bulb run it thru the garboard drain plug to the outside of the boat stick the other end in the gas can use. Your tank has an Anti-Siphon valve in the fuel line. It will open with more than 20-25 inches of siphon pressure.

Runing your siphon hose out the Bildge Plug hole to a container on the ground should allow you to get enough pressure to keep the flow going. Remove the fuel cap from the fuel tank. Place the suction end of the 38-inch fuel hose into the fuel tank until it contacts the fuel.

Place the other end of the 38-inch fuel hose into an improved fuel receptacle. Squeeze the primer bulb to move fuel from the boat fuel tank to the fuel. If smaller AND you have a separator.

Just pump your gas through the separator into gas tanks emptying the seporator periodically. If you want to just get rid of it. Then just get a pump and pump it out.

Just a pump and some hose. Doesnt need to be a fuel pump or fuel line. Just use it and trash it Cody C.

Siphon fuelwater without tasting. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy Safety How YouTube works Test new features 2021. Gilligan your idea works on older boats.

I think all newer boats have to have that anti-siphon valve at the main line exit point. But if you have an anti-siphon valve on the main tank you cant siphon like I could normally do on my 94 Sylvan. My 99 Yar-Craft has one under the floor right at the exit pointof the gas tank.

Connect your fuel line hoses to either end of the fuel line primer bulb. Fuel line hoses 516-inch or 38-inch will fit on both ends of the bulb Remove the fuel cap from your boats gas tank and place one end of the hose in going as deep as needed to access the gasoline. Place the gas tank or any other approved receptacle lower than your.

You can also use electric or battery operated gas siphon pumps to transfer the fuel. Place one tube in the fuel tank and the other tube in the fuel-safe can. Squeeze the bulb a few times to start the siphon action.

You can stop squeezing the bulb when the gas starts flowing. As gas leaves your tank the pressure needs to be equalized. On a boat this is done by the two vents on the side.

In order to siphon you must create a high pressure in the gas tank and laws of pressure kick in. With the low pressure on the outside and high pressure in the tank the fuel is forced out of the tank in order to equalize. Gas tanks filled with ethanol gas frequently need siphoning as such fuel is known to quickly go bad.

Siphoning gas from a car involves simple principles of physics. In most cases air is sucked out of a pipe dipped in the tank creating a vacuum. The gas then flows into the pipe to.

As a kid I learned the art and value of siphoning with a hose as a way to empty out our boats ice chest. Siphoning means you pull out the fluid from a container automobile gas tank portable gasoline tank gas station pump gasoline vats with your mouth by sucking it in. Place your portable gas tank lower than the lowest point of your boats fuel tank.

If the portable gas tank is higher than the level of fuel in the boats tank it wont flow. Position the Shaker Siphon. Place the valve end of the shaker siphon into the vessels gas tank.

The valve end usually contains a metal plumbing fitting and its easy to spot. Its used to drain the hull when the boat is out of the water. Since water and fuel seek the lowest point a tubehose fed through the drain plug should facilitate removing the contents of the tank.

The sending unit is the mechanism fitted into a hole in top of your fuel tank to communicate with your gas gauge. Nope every bit of fuel has gone into a jerry jug and then through a Baja filter and into the tank. And we jerry jug the gas for the dinghy.

At roughly 40 pounds apiece those 5-gallon jugs get heavy to hold up and pour in. But since we learned about these nifty little shaker siphons we dont pour them. I had no luck siphoning out gas with a tank anti-siphon valve in place.

Best suggestion if you have an outboard boat unscrew the barbed fitting with the anti siphon valve put it in a vise take a small punch and knock out the anti-siphon assembly. Reinstall fitting with fuel fitting sealantgasket maker and siphon away. Connect the pump to the fuel line leading to the boats fuel tank.

Bob Hanko recommends disconnecting the line from the upstream end where it attaches to the primer bulb. When everything is ready I attach the alligator clips to the battery posts to power the pump and stand by as the fuel is sucked out of my boats fuel tank and transferred to my trucks.