I need help with draining gas from car

[matthewpetruescu]

Hello i have a 2002 ford explorer sport 4.0 Im trying to drain the gas because the car has been sitting for along time and i replaced the fuel filter then it started, now it doesn't wanna start anymore so i think the filter got clogged again. Is there anyway to drain the gas from the gas tank without taking the gas tank down???

 

[BrooklynBay]

Insert a long hose into the fuel fill pipe which goes into the gas tank, then connect it to a siphon pump. Alternate between a few large buckets.

 

[olddaddy75]

Insert a long hose into the fuel fill pipe which goes into the gas tank, then connect it to a siphon pump. Alternate between a few large buckets.

All these tanks have a screen in the filler pipe, and can not be siphoned!!!!!

 

[J_C]

Take the rubber fuel filler hose off the tank nipple and insert a hose into the tank and if that hose has a little curl in it, observe which way it curls and then it's all the better to help guide it down to the bottom of the tank. You can then use a pump rated for gasoline, or old fashion suck it started with your mouth (using a small diameter hose) then keep the other end of the hose lower in elevation so gravity does the work.

If you're going to drain into something as tall as a bucket while using gravity instead of a pump, then it might help to put the vehicle on jack stands to give you that extra height advantage for moving the hose from one bucket to another.

 

[410Fortune]

You guys, it’s pretty easy if the old pump is still running at all
Remove the fuel line from the front of the filter or up at the engine bay passenger side of engine
put a hose over the fitting, run that hose to your container
Put battery power directly to the pump and pump all the old gas out

Because you are not pressurizing a fuel rail the hose you use does not have to hold 70 psi, so it just needs to fit the fuel line snugly, it will flow like a water hose notLike a power washer

The fuel line up near the engine works great for this, I have a red plastic hose that came with the harbor freight siphon pumps, it fits right on the fuel line

I run battery power to the fuel pump relay or heck all the way back to the fuel tank connector and just run the old pump until tank is dry. I have a jumper box and truck side fuel tank power pigtail I use for this before we crush trucks we usually drain the fuel