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Default Prepping: Using a vehicle's fuel pump to transfer gasoline...

Existential Angst wrote:

Indeed, ergo "gas friendly"....
Explosion proof pumps, wiring, switches can really break the bank, so the
alternative would be a manual xsfer pump, which is not so bad.
OR, buy an automotive fuel pump (gas friendly by definition), and install
that in the container itself, with remote switching, etc. If these fuel
pumps are suitable as volume pumps.
Even better, as it's battery based, will function better during DoomsDay....
at least for a while.... lol


There are still some perfectly good manual piston pumps out there that
are specifically designed for gasoline transfer. Your local auto parts
store may have one.

Siphoning from some modern cars is a pain because of the baffles in the
tank, but it's usually possible to get most of the gas out.

When I was in high school, a neighbor used a vacuum cleaner to siphon
gasoline from his car's tank. Surprisingly he was uninjured although
the car was a total loss.
--scott

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