Camilo wrote:

The discussion about removing motor oil made think of this.

What's the best way to pump a large quantity of fuel (gas / oil mix) out of
a built in tank. The tanks are about 25 gallons each and I want to pump them
completely dry into 5 gallon cans.

I have a siphon and know how to use it, but it is difficult to impossible
for this.

In the past, I've used a cheap, little plunger-type hand pump with a tube
going down into the tank and another tube going to the 5 gallon tank. This
worked OK - but not really well. The pump was pretty small and therefore
took way too many pumps per gallon, and the handle was just a little knob
and therefore difficult and tiring to use.

So, I'm looking for a better solution for moving 25 gallons of gas from a
built in tank to 5 gallon cans if anyone has any ideas. An electric
solution or a larger capacity hand pump with a good size handle would be OK.

If I were to rig up an electric fuel pump, exactly how would I do that?
And, what is a typical pumping rate for this?

Many thanks in advance.
Cam

I pumped the fuel out of a 25 gal tank in my 4-winns with a small
accordion hand pump(from Walmart) much like what you described. However
I let gravity do the work. With the boat on the trailer and the
receiving tank out side on the ground. I attached a long length of
plastic tubing, I picked up at the store, to the pump and put the end
into the 5 gallon can. Once I got the gas flowing, I just let it siphon
out with the help of gravity. It took about 10 minutes to fill the 5
gallan can. Also, I had to pull the floor board and open a top access
panel, since I couldn't get the hose down the gas tank fill tube
properly. I hope this makes sense to you. Good luck!


chris....