How to siphon gas out of a boat

Method 1 of 2. A vacuum pump works the same way as manually sucking the gas out but protects the user from ingesting gasoline or its fumes.

Checking everything out and noticed I had gas running out the boat water drain hole.

How to siphon gas out of a boat. I cant siphon gas out of my boats tank need help. I put a fuel line on the tank outlet barb and run it over edge of boat into 5 gal jug then use air hose with blow nozle and put it up against one hole of the vent by gas cap and cover other hole with finger and watch and slowly and very carefully watch tank and shoot small amounts of air and i see the tank swell a little. 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. A vacuum pump works the same way as manually sucking the gas out but protects the user from ingesting gasoline or its fumes. Its the best and most reliable way to siphon gas.

First identify the input and output ends of the pump. This is vital as inserting the wrong end will blow air into the tank rather than drawing gas out of it. Siphoning gas out of boat No anti-syphons present on any newer Lund outboard models for anybody wondering.

Too hard for many of the small 4-stroke kickers to pull fuel through an anti-syphon valve. Using the vehicles fuel pump to pump the fuel into a container requires almost no work and no. This is by far the easiest way to siphon fuel from any vehicle.

How to siphon gas the right way without getting a mouthful of foulness or sucking on the hose. 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 boat gas tank and put the other end of the fuel hose inside the opening.

Squeeze the primer bulb to move fuel from the boat fuel tank to the fuel receptacle. Continue squeezing the bulb until all the fuel has been removed. Place the cap back on the boat fuel tank.

Method 1 of 2. Draining a gas tank using a siphon pump. Drive the vehicle until the fuel is as low as possible.

Feed the siphon pump tubing into the fuel tank. Pump the fuel into the fuel storage tank. Dispose of or store the fuel.

Secondly is it bad to siphon gas. 7 Ways On How To Siphon Gas Other Liquids - Siphon Hose Should Be On Your Preparedness List - YouTube. 7 Ways On How To Siphon Gas Other Liquids - Siphon Hose Should Be On Your Preparedness.

Keep the boat level or perhaps with the bow just slightly elevated to extract the maximum amount of fuel from the tank. A simple way to empty your fuel tank is to run the boat until it runs out of fuel. Carry along a 3 gallon can of the new type fuel you wish to use.

Then just run the engine until you are completely out of fuel. Pulled the fuel line off the separator into 5 gallon jugs. Worked like a champ.

15 gallons out in about 5 minutes an thenI heard a loud noise under the floor in the area of the fuel tank. Checking everything out and noticed I had gas running out the boat water drain hole. Apparently I put too much air pressure in the tank and ruptured it.

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. Or assuming your boat is out of the water and up on a trailer disconnect the outlet of the fuel primer bulb from your outboard motor attach a long hose to the bulbs outlet and run it down into a suitable container on the ground. Then simply pump up the bulb and and siphon out the gas until the tank is dry.

Yeah siphon out the sender but how about just get a cheap electric pump from autozone. Disconnect the line from the engine hook it to your pump and 12volt battery careful about the sparks and pump away. Link to post.

Timo not my boat. Gas wont go through my car. I dont know how he is going to get rid of it but I doubt the gas is as.

Hi Since my engine rebuilt 2003 GTI LE I really wanted to siphon the gas out of the tank but the siphon pump I purchased will not go inside the tank seems like some check in the pipe is preventing that. Is there any way to siphon the gas from the top. Unpack the shaker siphon and remove your fuel tank cap.

Uncap your secondary gas tank and place it nearby and make sure its close enough but the hose to reach. 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.

I did exacly that and removed a fuel pump from a Nissan vehicle. The pump isnt small enough to slide into the fuel filler neck but removing the hose from the tank the fuel pump slips right in. It cost me about 15 along with some fuel hose and wire.

And my pump empties the tank fairly quickly at about 12 galmin.