Actually I didn't think it would be so easy to drain it out using just a tube and a bit of vacuum from my inflate/deflate pump to get it started. I just put the tube into the gas fill tube at one end and my gas can at the other. That gas just smells terrible. I dumped the gas (about 5 gal) into two other cars to dilute the gas as much as possible.
Once I fill the tank with some fresh gas I'll certainly flush the lines to make sure only fresh gas reaches the injectors. I'll be starting the car in a few more days I think. Are there any rituals I should follow for the first start? I put oil in the car already so I don't forget this sort of important step :) Of course I am gonna look for some input online as well. Chad On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 10:53 AM, Jack Simon <[email protected]> wrote: > Why not just go in through the trunk, take out the lift pump and use one of > those kerosene transfer pumps you can buy at the hardware store. It has a > fairly long pickup tube, a squeeze bulb to get the liquid moving, and a > delivery tube for putting it in the fuel tank on a kerosene heater. They > even have battery powered models but I'm not sure if they are labeled to use > with gasoline. You may not get all of it out of the tank but a fresh supply > in addition to what little bit is left in there should be fine. Besides, if > what is in the tank still smells like gasoline instead of turpentine you > should be okay. You also eliminate the risk of overheating the pumps. > > Once you've got the new gas in it, you might want to think about running the > pump briefly with the line to the fuel distributor disconnected to get the > rest of the old gas out of the system. > > On 28 Sep 2011, at 10:35, Chad Rebuck wrote: > > Would running the fuel pump be an effective way to drain the tank? I > have the hose from the pump already disconnected so that is no > problem. I was thinking of connecting a hose to it and routing it > right to a 5 gal gas tank. > > My goal here is to get the old gas out and put in some fresh gas so my > engine has the best chance to fire up immediately when I go to start > it for the first time. > _____________________________ > > _______________________________________________ > a2-16v-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > _______________________________________________ a2-16v-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list
