Siphon gas

[QRTRHRS]

I siphon gas from my 04' Ford box truck all of the time. When the price of gas drops I fill the truck which sits alot. Being prices fluctuate 25-30 cents around me all of the time, when it's high and I need mower gas or perhaps a few gallions to get the car to the cheapest place, I siphon.

I have a piece of clear tubing about 1/2 inch or so OD. Sometimes it goes in easy, sometimes it hangs up and I need to keep turning and prodding it until it goes in. If the tank if full, I just blow in the tube and drop it down and the gas flows. If not, I blow then suck. The trick is to watch the gas coming through the tube and quickly placing it into the jug before it gets in your mouth. Not a good thing, lol!

 

[Industrial Toys]

I learned that the hard way. I tried to siphone gas out of a Honda Fit a few years back. That nasty little Japanese car wouldn't let me have a drop!

 

[oldballs]

Well,, as a young man, I siphoned gas out of our station wagon............but forgot that it was going..........gas ran all over the garage floor.....

I was lucky that I didn't have a serious accident. But here I am, alive and well. Young fellas sure make some stupid mistakes. Now, if I can just live thru old codger stupid mistakes, I can still post on TBN.:laughing:

Cheers,
Mike

 

[Industrial Toys]

A former friend used to use parked school buses as his gas station when he was a cash starved teen driving old jelopies. I guess they used to run on gasoline. Eventually he was found out and charged.