Safe & Easy Method to: Siphon Gasoline

[MasterSolenoid]

Once a year I siphon the (5 gallons) of gasoline out of my Generator.
I've been looking for a more intelligent way than sucking on the hose to start the siphon.

Solution: I bought a Jiggler/Shaker Siphon Hose at Home Depot for There is a 'marbel & spring' in the end that acts as a check valve.
These work extremely well.

Where to Buy
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Lincoln-Products-0-HP-2-5-GPM-Self-Priming-Siphon-Pump-107761/304261418

How to Use
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPa3uBNy3Jg

Questions:
1) Anybody have one ?
2) How do you like it ?

Edit: I bought one from Harbor Freight and the tubing was flattened out so much it did not work correctly.

 

[Shannow]

Used to be great when the assembly was brass and glass, and the hose was..."flexible".

Now the assemblies are plastic, and the hose is stiffer that garden hose, and wrapped in a 10' plastic bag meaning that it never wants to even approximate straight.

Ends up trying to jiggle the air out the top of the Jerry can.

 

[Chris142]

I use mine often. Replace the hose with a softer one.

 

[LotI]

When I deal with smaller quantities like removing leftover gas from my OPE, I will use my Mityvac.

I just start it with the pump and let gravity do the rest. With 1/4" ID line it would take a while to do 5 gallons.

 

[ARCOgraphite]

If you have no gas in there you can get moisture condensate in the tank which will cause WAY more trouble than "stale" gasoline.


Just leave it filled - add a little SAE30 top oil - and Marine STABIL if you wish.
If it sits 3 years you should then drain and REFILL.

just Mi Dos Centavos ….

 

[bubbatime]

Cut the line that goes to the carb, add a "T" to the line and a shutoff valve. Gravity drain the fuel from the tank using the T.

OR, just run the generator out of fuel. Running it for 6 or 8 hours once a year is good for it.

Work smarter, not harder.

Personally, I store my generator empty of fuel. I would not want to keep one year old fuel in mine.

My gas cans are dated and labeled, so my fuel is fresh and less than 3 months old. Once it gets older than that, I dump it in my truck or on a camp fire.

 

[Chris142]

Originally Posted by ARCOgraphite
If you have no gas in there you can get moisture condensate in the tank which will cause WAY more trouble than "stale" gasoline.


Just leave it filled - add a little SAE30 top oil - and Marine STABIL if you wish.
If it sits 3 years you should then drain and REFILL.

just Mi Dos Centavos ….

3 years! Our "special" California only gas goes bad in 6 weeks! Even with stability added.

 

[SnowDrifter]

I don't use a siphon on mine. Just disconnect the fuel line and drain it into a container, then open the drain valve on the carb and clear that

 

[Kestas]

I use a clear hose and my mouth. With proper technique I don't spill any and none touches my lips. One less tool to store in the garage.

 

[user52165]

Originally Posted by bubbatime
Cut the line that goes to the carb, add a "T" to the line and a shutoff valve. Gravity drain the fuel from the tank using the T.

OR, just run the generator out of fuel. Running it for 6 or 8 hours once a year is good for it.

Work smarter, not harder.

Personally, I store my generator empty of fuel. I would not want to keep one year old fuel in mine.

My gas cans are dated and labeled, so my fuel is fresh and less than 3 months old. Once it gets older than that, I dump it in my truck or on a camp fire.



Work smarter, not harder, but dump gas on a camp fire?????

Idiotic!

 

[andyd]

E 10 tastes good compared to leaded gas. I have transfer pumps that I use these days.

 

[Rand]

I use one to move fuel from my gas cans to my car.. how I ended up with the hose stuck. oops.

What was wrong with gas caps that we needed capless anyway?

I now have a big transmission funnel.. I jam the hose into then I have to hold the funnel into the car with about 10# of pressure.

and it doesnt move gas as fast because its only a 1ft drop instead of closer to 1.5ft(makes gas siphon slower)