Draining fuel tank
I need to replace the fuel pump in my 97 burb, and the manual says to drain the tank.
How does one accomplish this ? What do ya do with 30 gallons of gas ? Can this be done without draining ? What is the reason for the pump being is the tank ?- right now, I just want to kick a GM engineer in the nuts. |
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think you're upset now ... just wait till you find out the price of the fuel pump ...
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i have clear plastic hose that i siphon gas with. i put it in gas cans to save it
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If you can find a vaccum pump you can suck almost all of the fuel out and put it in another vehicle.
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The pump price isn't so bad- $140 for the pump and a new strainer.
I'm gonna try without draining it. If I tow it to work I can put a forklift under it to hold the weight. |
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Park it over a storm drain after dark....JK'ng! I'd drain that bad boy. I dropped the saddle tank out of my '71 with fuel in it. I still had to drain it.
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You can pump the gas into buckets or another car to make use of the gas. Then drop the tank . My guess is that if you have 30 gallons of gas in the tank, you have not figured the true weight that you will be dealing with---gasoline has a weight of 6.216 pounds per gallon, so you have approximately 180 pounds plus your tank's weight.
You can use a syphon pump or even ever so crudely suck a a syphon with a hose---like a Kansas credit card, so to speak. Just don't swallow. |
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Jack it up and put a brick on the gas pedal ;)
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cut a hole above the fuel pump J/K i would drain it out heavy tank why fight it
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You should definately get the sender as josh mentioned. Its also a bad idea to just walk into the local parts house and grab whatever junk they have on the shelf. The aftermarket pumps rarely last. Its not a job you want to do twice in a short period of time. I would get an ac delco pump. If you have to just order it from www.rockauto.com they will have a good price on it.
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Well, that was easy enough. Forklift comes in real handy. They sure don't give much flexible hose to allow space to work, but i managed. If I drained the tank, I could have tipped it to allow more space.
The pump is Delphi (OEM) $110, strainer $12, filter $10, relay $18 ,( But I took that back ). To cheap and to close to the holidays to have it done or spring for the sending unit. I thought about cutting a hole for next time, but hopefully it's someone elses problem by then. Thanks for the replies |
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Good deal. Smart use of available equipment too. Never done one with a forklift. Usually just use a tranny jack when on the lift and it makes the job fairly easy.Fuel pumps never fail with an empty tank. I think every pump I ever replaced was just after a fill up :lol:
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