How do you drain the fuel tank?
04-25-2009, 06:49 PM
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How do you drain the fuel tank?
Might be a stupid question but how do you drain the fuel tank? I tried syphon but the hose stops before making it to the tank, I even tried some very small 1/4 inch hose nad it never makes to to the tank. Can I just disconnect fuel line from filter, turn the car on and run a line into a can? will the fuel pump turn on or does something need jumped somewhere?
04-25-2009, 08:22 PM
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Might be a stupid question but how do you drain the fuel tank? I tried syphon but the hose stops before making it to the tank, I even tried some very small 1/4 inch hose nad it never makes to to the tank. Can I just disconnect fuel line from filter, turn the car on and run a line into a can? will the fuel pump turn on or does something need jumped somewhere?
04-25-2009, 10:12 PM
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gotta keep the pump running tho. additionally i have heard that running a fuel pump dry (draining the tank or otherwise) is bad for it.
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04-26-2009, 11:06 AM
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Wrecked and I am junking it and want that 1/2 tank of gas. Fuel pump only stays on for about ten seconds with motor off.
04-26-2009, 11:11 AM
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yeah.. the ECU shuts off the fuel pump after a few seconds when it's not running.
Last time I had to drain the tank, I just took at 12V jump starter battery and hooked the pump to +12V so it ran all the time. then disconnect the incoming line from the fuel filter and run it to a gas can.
Last time I had to drain the tank, I just took at 12V jump starter battery and hooked the pump to +12V so it ran all the time. then disconnect the incoming line from the fuel filter and run it to a gas can.
05-05-2009, 02:45 PM
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the gas actually cools the pump motor of the pump. you run it that low it'll over heat or cause damage to the pump.
gas tanks have baffles/sumps in them so they don't pump air when you make a turn.
it's ok to run a tank below 1/4 if you know the gas in the tank is clean.
05-05-2009, 05:42 PM
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Dan, how is it possible i've been running fine for years with the breather pipe coming out of the gas tank disconnected? I just noticed last night. Maybe that was the reason why I failed emissions. Does it basically just go to the carbon canister....and not critical? Oh and, any pending damage if I left it like that?
05-05-2009, 06:44 PM
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Dan, how is it possible i've been running fine for years with the breather pipe coming out of the gas tank disconnected? I just noticed last night. Maybe that was the reason why I failed emissions. Does it basically just go to the carbon canister....and not critical? Oh and, any pending damage if I left it like that?
but your car should run normally.
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