If you’ve read One Second After, you may be surprised by my findings.Ī little research into modern-day siphoning revealed that all new cars have an anti-rollover valve on all the openings in a gas tank. NOTE: Wondering if any vehicles will still be operating after an EMP? Be sure to read my note at the bottom of this article.
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This got me wondering how to siphon gas from the new cars. In a real disaster, like an EMP strike, obtaining gas from damaged vehicles may be necessary to keep older vehicles running when a gas station may not be available. Siphoning gas out of the older vehicles was easy, but when was the last time you tried to siphon gas out of a car? In the past, I can remember when we used to siphon gas out of our gas tanks to fuel our lawn mowers or other small engines. They had no suggestions.” Siphoning fuel from a gas tank was easy So, I went to a local auto parts store and asked the folks if they had anything to siphon or pump fuel from the tank on any modern car or pickup truck. I found none.Ī cursory examination of the bottom of my fuel tank revealed no drain plug. I looked under the hood of my car (2001 Toyota Highlander) for a place where I could tie into my fuel line. I tried inserting a conventional siphon hose into my tank but it bottomed-out on some obstruction before it touched any gasoline. However, that seems to be not the case nowadays. While doing some maintenance work on my gasoline powered electrical generator, the thought struck me that back in the old days, and in case of an emergency, one could always siphon gasoline out of their cars gasoline tank and use it to run things like generators. it still keeps the mileage best I can tell it just turns off, not sure if it's related to the fuel pump issue or not but thought I'd put it out here as well.The other day I received this e-mail on siphoning gas from cars: Thanks in advance for any help or idea's!!Įdited to ad: It has the 5.7 ltr Triton, automatic, fully loaded, just over 191,000 miles, and has been having a small 'glitch' the last couple of months where the digital odometer/trip meter goes off. Is there a chance it's the reset switch gone bad or anything else I should check before dropping the tank and switching the pump? Would it be better to cut a hole in the floor to access the pump? Am very mechanical with all the older models and can pretty much fix anything, but am lousy at troubleshooting and don't have access to a computer reader. I check the reset button and it's depressed so can't reset it again, checked the fuses and all are good. Twice more that day it started and ran without a problem, the next morning I got ready to leave and it wouldn't start again, crank and crank but not starting. He'd had the same year model and he showed her the Fuel Pump reset switch, he reset it and the truck started immediately and ran smooth as silk. I was at work 8 miles away and before I could get a ride to her a man in the parking lot stopped and helped her. My wife left me at work and went shopping, stopped at one store, and then after the 2nd when she got ready to leave, it wouldn't start. Two days ago I noticed it starting to Idle roughly when stopped at a light. Bought this truck about a year ago, have had Zero mechanical problems, was a 1 owner, well maintained and I keep up with the oil changes, tune ups, etc.