Vacuum diesel fluid?

[hunt4570]

So I have some stuff in my fuel ( Kubota L3540) , I tried to siphon it out to no avail and I really dont want to pull the tank so I was wondering of I could vacuum it out with my shop vac??? What do you think?

 

[Too many Kubotas]

Why wouldn't siphoning work?? Or pulling a hose downstream of the tank?

 

[ning]

Can you livestream it?

j/k
Probably not advised; the vacuum action may atomize just enough that a spark in the electric motor could cause a fire.

 

[Peter 315]

You can get this drill pump and pump the tank out...https://www.amazon.com/Drill-heavy-...ocphy=9002289&hvtargid=pla-524575713737&psc=1

 

[hunt4570]

Why wouldn't siphoning work?? Or pulling a hose downstream of the tank?

There in lies my problem,the hose downstream of the tank has filter in the tank. It’s clogging up with stuff which is giving me a hard time.

 

[hunt4570]

Can you livestream it?

j/k
Probably not advised; the vacuum action may atomize just enough that a spark in the electric motor could cause a fire.

Yeah, that was exactly my fear with this!

 

[hunt4570]

You can get this drill pump and pump the tank out...https://www.amazon.com/Drill-heavy-...ocphy=9002289&hvtargid=pla-524575713737&psc=1

Yeah, that just might work!

 

[ultrarunner]

I used a electric boat fuel pump with flex hose and length of copper tubing on both gas and diesel…

Both times it sucked up a lot of crud and I was able to reach the sump and tank corners.

 

[old and tired]

Can your shop vac be changed that it can blow? If it can, put the siphon hose into the tank, put your hand over the tank opening and use the shop vac, blowing into the tank to get fuel into the siphon hose...

 

[RayIN]

I have a hand pump/siphon that works well for emptying a gas tank. It took me about 15 minutes to empty the 10G gas tank on my old tractor.