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I have a junk 95 Taurus that I’d like to sell for scrap, but it’s got a full tank of precious, expensive gasoline in it that I NEED. I tried to siphon it the old-fashioned way (I haven’t had to siphon gas in over a decade) but I could only get a few little splashes. I think it has an anti-siphon mechanism. I’m not really clear on how those work, but there’s gotta be a way around it, doesn’t there? I bought that gas–it’s MINE! Someone told me it might work to use a really skinny hose, like 1/4″ diameter (something about little plastic balls? Not sure if that’s the same kind of anti-siphon mechanism my tank has). Before I spend more gas and money going to the hardware store to get a skinny hose, I thought I’d ask you fine people if you think it would work.
This car is junk–nobody wants a 95 Taurus with a f***ed automatic transmission–so I don’t mind messing it up if I have to. What’s the easiest way to get the gas out of there? THANK YOU!
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So you have a car that doubles in value when you fill it up with gas? 🙂
An easy way if you don’t care about the car is to either remove the back seat or go in the trunk and remove the fuel pump (depending on where the pump is)…
Or cut the filler neck go get a hose in there.
Karl
Hahaha, “doubles in value.” Good one. I don’t even know where my fuel pump is. How far down do you have to cut the filler neck to circumvent the anti-siphon mechanism? I can push a hose way down in there, so it’s not something up at the top that’s preventing the hose from going in. I put two hoses in there and sealed up the hole with a plastic bag and a rag, then blew air into the one hose to create a lot of pressure, then let it push out the siphon hose. It spit up a little bit, but I couldn’t get a siphon going. I think I’m gonna have to find an owner’s manual. Thank you!
Hmm, what if I disconnected the fuel line under the hood, stick the end into a gas can, start the car, and let fuel pump do its thing?
If the engine isn’t running the pump shuts off.
If the car is in the shape you suggest the gas is probably old anyway. Let the scrap yard deal with it.
Nope, I bought the gas a couple weeks ago. The automatic transmission fell apart on the freeway about ten miles after I filled it up. Nobody think it’s worth it to fix it on this year, make, and model. And I’m broke, so I sure as hell aint gonna.
[quote=”Schatzie” post=109728]Hahaha, “doubles in value.” Good one. I don’t even know where my fuel pump is. How far down do you have to cut the filler neck to circumvent the anti-siphon mechanism? I can push a hose way down in there, so it’s not something up at the top that’s preventing the hose from going in. I put two hoses in there and sealed up the hole with a plastic bag and a rag, then blew air into the one hose to create a lot of pressure, then let it push out the siphon hose. It spit up a little bit, but I couldn’t get a siphon going. I think I’m gonna have to find an owner’s manual. Thank you![/quote]
Hard to say how far down you would have to cut for access, there may be very little space…
The other technique of pulling the fuel pump is pretty easy… There should be an access panel in the trunk (maybe 8 by 12 inches or so, give or take a few inches) and it should be bolted on… just undo the bolts, remove the panel and you should look down and see the fuel pump… Here, you just undo the bolts holding on the fuel pump… and pull it up… You will stare straight into the gas tank… Care should be taken here as any spark would have bad effects…. You can probably just lift the pump up a few inches, slide in the hose and go from there…
Good luck and be safe!
-Karl
Thank you for the specific instructions! It helps a lot. It sounds like something I can handle now. I’ll let you know how it works!
Glad to help… Also the access panel may be round…. Another thing I did forget to mention is remove the wire harness and possibly the hoses (you probably would have figured that out anyway)… You may get away with lifting it up without doing removing the hoses though…
Look forward to hearing how it goes… Pics are nice too!
Cheers,
-Karl
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