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post Jul 21, 2011 - 12:31 AM
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Hey guys, the car's been sitting for 2 years and I have 3/4 of a tank of gas in there!

I've been prepping the car to run again.

I was wondering, how do I drain the gas in the tank so I can fill it with fresh stuff before I start her up again?

I can't seem to find anything on a drain plug. I have a pump but whenever I try to get the hose down into the tank it won't go all the way (as if there's a anti-siphoning device somewhere along the way).

Thanks a lot in advance! biggrin.gif


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post Jul 21, 2011 - 9:31 AM
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just run it, my All-Trac sat for 3 years and it fired right up. the only way to drain the tank is stick a hose in the gas fill hole and suck it out.


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post Jul 21, 2011 - 3:58 PM
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the gas going bad thing isnt much of an issue with the fact the tank is air tight. if it really concerns you u can disconnect the return line and hook up another hose to it and route that hose to whatevr u drain into, bridge fp & b+ in the diag box, and use the ignition key to start n stop flow.


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post Jul 27, 2011 - 11:01 PM
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Hey guys, my tank isn't air tight as there is a small crack in the filler sleeve. I can't find out how to drain the damn tank unless I get into the fuel pump - which I really don't want to do.. Looks like I'll go with adding Seafoam and preying when I start her back up again frown.gif


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