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I’m preparing for the possibility of a hurricane. I intend to fill my boat tank and use that to fuel my generator. I’m not sure if you can get a siphone hose in the tank and hoped someone has done it. Seems a lot easier to keep a supply  of fuel there rather than to fill 6 or 7 5 gal cans and figure where to store those. Just checking. 

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If you add hose on the outgoing side of your primer bulb you can set a can on the ground ... once you pump a flow up you can drop it down and it will flow. 

And you don’t even have to *** the gas fumes.. I know that kinda takes the fun out of it . 

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Go to auto parts store and get an external fuel pump for a car Put a long hose on the outlet and a cigarette plug for power. Disconnect the line from fuel water separator and pump away 

 

To get fancy put a separate  fuel  water separator in line and run hose back into tank for polishing contaminated fuel in the tank.

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I have done that for years.... but I put a hose in the fuel full inlet, then pressurize the tank with my air compressor (also through the fuel fill inlet) and it pushes gas right up and out of the hose. I’m impatient like that. 

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Question, Isn't there an anti siphon valve on the tank?

to prevent your bilge filling up with gas if there's a leak in the fuel line - per USCG regulations.

Only lets fuel flow out of the line if a small vacuum is applied - which the motor does.

 

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14 hours ago, smilemaker said:

Go to auto parts store and get an external fuel pump for a car Put a long hose on the outlet and a cigarette plug for power. Disconnect the line from fuel water separator and pump away 

 

To get fancy put a separate  fuel  water separator in line and run hose back into tank for polishing contaminated fuel in the tank.

This is what I do.  I have an old car fuel pump with long leads w/ alligator clips. 

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I've had difficulty keeping a siphon going while using the fuel feed lines (See "captpn" above). I started siphoning out of the tank fuel vent neck and it seems to work better. I've got two boats at the house which hold a total of 150 gallons of gas. Assuming that they don't blow away in a hurricane, I've got a good supply to run my generator or escape from the ensuing chaos, whichever seems the better option.

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