1990 pontiac grand am 6 cyl. Need to empty the fuel tank, unable to siphon it out. how do we drain the tank?
Find the fuel pump relay and take it out and replace with a jumper wire to engage the fuel pump. then connect a fitting to the schrader valve with a hose attached to it. it will pump out slowly but thats the only way i know how to do it
You need to use a small garden hose and keep twisting it an it will go. The problem is there are baffels in the tank that you got to get around use a little patence and it will go, the smaller the hose the better. If you still can't get it you may have to for go getting the gas out and try to balance it on a floor jack. If you elect to do it that way get some help as it will be heavy and ackward.
If there is enought room, on filler tube there should be a rubber hose that connects filler tube to tank, he can take that off and maybe get hose in that way i don't know because i have never had to do it that way. I'am gessing its full of gas, if it is be carefull as gas may come out of there if its full. Like i said the smaller the hose the better, next size smaller than a standard garden hose, and keep twisting as your going in. I know its a bear believe me. If he's doing this without a hoist just put some padding on the floor under it and let fall out. Just make sure everything is unhooked.
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My husband worked most of an afternoon trying the hose method, cant get past the anti-siphon, any other suggestions???
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