"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Sun, 08 Aug 2004 13:35:27 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:
It's particularly annoying because it's next to impossible to find a
siphon
made of a material that won't dissolve when gasoline passes through it

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Any good marine store will sell black rubber fuel hose and replacement
squeeze bulbs. They make excellent siphons for transferring fuel
around. Use the smallest size bulb and hose you can find for
siphoning small quantities.


After closer observation, it turned out NOT to be the gasket. When the gas
line is disconnected, there's a spring-loaded valve that's supposed to shut,
but wasn't. So, gas was dribbling out the metal tube that normally fits into
the gas line, any time the tank was moved, touched, heated, cooled or even
talked about. The guy from the marina suggested trying to fiddle with the
pins that close the valve, but I decided to pick up the entire assembly for
$35.00. A manifold something or other, a name that makes no sense,
considering what it does.