You are the 1st person to ask me that in 15 years on this channel. When i was looking for a name for my channel, i happened upon a picture of my Daughter's kindergarten graduation picture. My younger Son was standing beside Her in front of a brick wall. She was 3 bricks higher than Him. When i make a video i always think about them and if what i am putting out to the world would be something appropriate and not something shameful. Thanks for asking 🙂
@@3BricksHigher It's interesting that he's the first person to ask. This is my first time seeing your channel and I was coming to ask what your name meant. LOL By the way, I generally REALLY dislike videos that say "you've never seen this before" because I have seen a LOT of things in my 6.6 decades on this big rock but I have never seen this method of siphoning... sooooo.... thanks!
I like your system for siphoning gas! I’ve never seen that done before. My dad was an expert when it came to pumping water. He earned two U.S. patents for his Jet drives. He was a well driller and pump installer by profession. He kept a 55 gallon drum gas can in his pickup to power his well drilling rig. When he needed to siphon gas he would lower a garden hose into the drum. He would move the hose upward about a foot with his thumb over the end. Then he would release his thumb and very quickly move the hose downward. When the hose struck the bottom he would cover the opening with his thumb and repeat the process until the hose was full and would siphon on its own. Not only will this start a siphon but the pumping action can shoot a liquid at least 10 feet! I worked for a farmer that I didn’t like. He was trying to siphon gas with his mouth. I said, “Let me do that Al! Stand back!” He was about 6 feet away and I blasted him in the face with a stream of gasoline. 🤗It was great! “Oh sorry Al! I told you to stand back!” The only people that I’ve seen use this technique are my dad and my brothers. My dad was a smart man!
It sounds like he is a smart man. I'm gonna have to try his technique. It sounds pretty cool 🙂 Hey thanks for sharing. Whoever reads your post will appreciate it too! 👍
You are correct sir - and what a dumb tragedy that is - however, there are a lot of other reasons and situations that call for siphoning - and other liquids besides gasoline @@Bob10009
Mate i've been playing with syphons all my life as long as i can remember and have never come across those two bloody brilliant ways to syphon without as you said, "getting a mouthfull of petrol".. Thanks for that video, being a farmer with lots of machinery I do still use the syphon from time to time, and i am very thankfull for your ideas..
During the 1972 oil crisis everyone was siphoning gas. I made myself a 2 tube siphon using a cut-off from a pinboard covered with a quarter inch of cork. I was a student driving a VW Beatle when I came across a farmer in a pick-up that ran out of gas about 5 miles from the nearest pump. He flaged me down and explained that he had run out of gas and enquired if I had a spare can of gas. I said no, but I have a hose and could siphon some from my car to his pick-up. He smiled and said, "without a can". I said, "yes, without a can". He got a smile, while eyeing the pick-up gas cap about two feet higher than that of the Beatle, "do you know how siphoning work?" I got my contraption out and transfered about half a gallon siphoning "upwards". We both left smiling and happy. We could still make the pump that closed at 6pm as a gas saving measure during that stage of the oil crisis.
@@gerhardvandenberg7249 Great story! My dad was a VW mechanic and I remember his first Beetle was a '56 rebuild he called Betsy. But you drove a "Beatle" - was it by any chance named John, Paul, George or Ringo? 😁😉😊
Works great on older vehicles like the one you are demonstrating of course, but most modern cars and trucks have anti-siphon screens and rollover valves deep in the filler tube that prevent your step 1- "lower the tube to the bottom of the tank..." .
Not to mention that he is using a vehicle that doesn't even have an unleaded fuel nozzle reducer. This vehicle also has a vertical gas tank behind the drivers seat, that fuel level is 3 and 1/2 to 4 feet off of the ground. Due to the way the tank is situated, the fuel level in that tank can be up to 2 FEET deep. Absolutely NONE of this applies to a modern vehicle, and the liar making the video knows it, that is the reason he is using an old truck to demonstrate on in the first place. Let's face it fellas, you can do whatever you want with your fingers or thumb, put it in shallow, push it in deep, put your thumb over the end of it, stick another hose next to it, wrap a rag around it, blow into it or any of that other foolishness, NOTHING works as good as a set of lips and some good strong suction. Don't wanna get a mouthful? Practice, practice, practice till you are good enough to get your face out of the way in time. If you don't mind the taste, practice anyway. And as us older viewers already know, it was a hell of a lot easier to do 40 or 50 years ago, and the flow was MUCH stronger than today.
Forty years ago, I had a friend in Florida that had a Chevelle with a 350 / 375 horsepower engine. (Important later.) He worked for a paving company and had the keys to the yard where they parked the trucks at night. On weekends, he'd get blackout drunk and go cruising. At the end of the night, he'd go back to the yard to an old gas powered dump truck, take his "Georgia gasoline credit card", (6 feet of water hose), and fill his car. One night, not paying attention, he pulled up to a diesel truck and pumped 15 gallons of diesel fuel into his tank. When he got done, he started the car and the gas in his carburetor and gas line got him as far as the gate. As soon as that diesel fuel hit the carb, that's where the car landed and stayed until the tow truck got there. He had to drain the tank, flush out the fuel system and change the sparkplugs as they were all gummed up too.
As a 16 year old in 73, me and my buddies sure could have used this during the oil crisis. My 429 SCJ Mustang got 6 miles to the gallon with that 850 double pumper. But now I know! Thanks!
Trick number 3. Use two different size hoses. One short, one long. Kind of like trick 2. One must slip into the other pretty snuggly. Slip one into the other. Insert the long hose into the tank like trick one. Lower the end of the hose below the tank. Put your finger on the end of the hose and pull the short hose off of the long hose. The vacuum created when pulling the hose will suck the fuel up and over the bend. Just don't make the short hose too short. It should be about as long as the distance from the bottom of the tank to the filler spout, give or take a few inches. Works no matter what the fuel level is unless it is nearly empty. In which case it won't siphon anyway.
The way I've always done it is similar to the first method, but even works on tanks nearly empty. The trick is to use a hose 3 feet longer then normal. Insert that extra hose into the tank, WITHOUTH thumbing the end, so the slack fills up with gas. Then thumb the end, and start pulling the line out of the tank. Once enough is out of the tank that you can start the siphon, release the thumb. Its a little tricky with an unfamilar tank, but better then using your mouth.
I learned the second trick from my father when I was 5 years old, and I used it 23 years later, hours after the 2010 Chile earthquake. My father-in-law had two Peugeot 505s, but the only one with gasoline broke down the day before. Public transportation wasn't working and that way we were able to go buy food and other things. I didn't know the first trick, I'll try it in the next earthquake.
Wow! Thank you so much! The siphon we bought had the bulb in between the tubes and didn't work. I detached them and used your method on our motorcycle, which worked immediately. I impressed everyone.
See, it's the little things like this that I love to randomly find, and turns to be great knowledge that'll make me look like a genius if I ever need to siphon fuel in front of others. Thankyou for sharing this.
You're not the only one who knows the thumb trick. Been doing that for decades. And the tank doesn't have to be 80% or more full. What matters is how low you can get your gas can relative to the height of the tank.
@@3BricksHigherI've used the 1st method for draining aboveground pools. It's a great way to reuse a broken garden hose. You can get more than a single siphon going at the same time. Saves a ton of money over a sump pump.
First tip I learned is make sure the truck ain't a diesel unless your car is. Second thing to note is most new vehicles have some kind of anti-siphoning flap or locking gas cap.
Clear plastic hose, even if you had to suck on it,why would you get gasoline in your mouth,if you were at all careful?? Not like using green garden hose,da!
He is using a vehicle that doesn't even have an unleaded fuel nozzle reducer. This vehicle also has a vertical gas tank behind the drivers seat, that fuel level is 3 and 1/2 to 4 feet off of the ground. Due to the way the tank is situated, the fuel level in that tank can be up to 2 FEET deep. Absolutely NONE of this applies to a modern vehicle, and the liar making the video knows it, that is the reason he is using an old truck to demonstrate on in the first place. Let's face it fellas, you can do whatever you want with your fingers or thumb, put it in shallow, push it in deep, put your thumb over the end of it, stick another hose next to it, wrap a rag around it, blow into it or any of that other foolishness, NOTHING works as good as a set of lips and some good strong suction. Don't wanna get a mouthful? Practice, practice, practice till you are good enough to get your face out of the way in time. If you don't mind the taste, practice anyway. And as us older viewers already know, it was a hell of a lot easier to do 40 or 50 years ago, and the flow was MUCH stronger than today.
I worked in an auto repair shop. After the first time I got a mouthfull of gasoline I decided I had to be much more careful. Eventually I came up with my own foolproof method- I took a piece of string a bit longer than the hose, tied a small piece of rag to one end and a small bolt to the other. I would drop the bolt through the tube and stuff the rag into the other end, put the rag end of the hose in the tank and pull the string so it pulls the rag all the way through the hose. The fuel follows up the tube behind the rag. Your methods are easier.
Yes. Great video, I have done this sypthoning method by draining oil from the oil inlet of a riding lawn mower (took about 5 hrs, but had time on my side) i have also done this type of sypthoning from a 10.000 gallon water tank using a garden hose (drained a few thousand gallons just over nite// thank you again
I've been doing something quite similar to the blowing into the tank, but your way works better. I used to put the hose in and put a rag around the hose, to make it airtight. I would then blow into the hose, and hold my thumb over the end of the hose until I took another breath, building up pressure in the tank with each breath. After a few times doing this, the pressure would build in the tank enough to push the gas through the hose. Sometimes it didn't work and sometimes I'd get a taste of gas,, but usually it would work just fine. Thanks for the tip, it's 2 hoses if I ever need to siphon gas again.
There is another simple way. Take a relatively long hose 6 ft or so. Shove as much as you can into the fuel tank, getting as much hose into the gas and filled with gas as possible. Hold your finger or thumb over the end of the hose (or kink the hose, or put a closed valve on the end. Now yank about 3-4 ft of hose out of the tank as quickly and smoothly as possible and pull it down to the ground. Release your thumb, make sure it’s flowing, and stick the end into your gas can. Simplest way ever, works with water, diesel etc.
That's pretty slick! My 40 year old invention was a 6' section of garden hose, a hollow rubber toilet float, and a 3' length of 1/2" vinyl hose. I cut two holes in the flapper, one to put the hose down the center and a smaller one slightly offset from it for the vinyl. Run the hose down into the gas tank, hold the flapper against the filler opening, and blow into the vinyl hose. It would push the gas up the larger hose and fill your jug in no time at all. Keep blowing for faster transfer. Alas, the smog cannisters lowered the efficiency of that method since then, but it still works for pre-1995 cars. (just like your rag and two hoses method.)
I was basically using that first method 50 years ago. Nobody had to tell me how to do it. It just seemed obvious. The only difference is I used a longer hose and shoved in in so it would fill with gas, then I put my thumb over the tip of the hose and drew out about half, which is now filled with gas, then released my thumb with the nearly gas-filled portion of the hose lower than the tank.
I have used that but if the tank is low put the hose in as far as you can put your thump over the end and pull it out and release thumb . Do it quickly in and pull out do it quickly using your thumb like a check valve . When gas comes out lower the hose and it will run on gravity .
If I have to drain a fuel tank I can't get a hose into I remove a line at the filter or at the fuel rail " schrader valve core " remove fuel pump relay and use a jumper wire to run the fuel pump .
Another thing to remember , any car with a mid mounted tank if take out the seat part of the back seat you have access to the fuel pump , in these vehicles you can change a fuel pump in about 1/2 hour and it makes it easy to do diagnostic .
After you open your gas cap, if you have a flap, just push it in with a pencil (or something similar) then stick the hose in the tank. Once finished, push the flap back in so you can pull the hose out. I hope you and yours recoup quick and stay safe! 👍
Thank for the video. I love old Chevy's! I have a 71 C 10 in my driveway I need to drain the tank and replace stolen parts on, a 72 El Camino in my garage and an 86 Chevy g 20 van I got a really good deal on a few months ago it needs a some work too. I'm going to be really busy this spring/ summer learning how to fix them myself bc I'm never going to trust anyone with any of my vehicle's ever again.
I understand how you feel. I work on all of my vehicles when they need it. I will post a video of how i changed the ignition in my 69 without paint damage just after the new year. I hope you'll check back 🙂
@@3BricksHigher After the 71 was stripped for parts, it was stolen bc the guy that set me up to have it stripped for parts wanted the engine, that engine only has about 3,000 miles on it after it was rebuilt an older man I knew he was like my adopted dad wasn't any of it, he told me I'll get your truck back and don't ever trust him with that truck again and the next day after we located my truck I got it back! That dude was mad he called me and said Let's go get your f***ing truck! I was in a long term relationship with the guy that set me up to have my truck stripped for parts and tried to steal my truck for the engine. So like I said I don't trust anyone with my vehicle's anymore. When I bought the van the old guy that sold me that threw in a repair manual for 67 thru 87 Chevy trucks. All I need is tools and parts I'll fix myself.
@@3BricksHigher I've observed that karma finds guys like that multiple times until they figure out what they did wrong and make it right and they better hope they don't run into my brother we grew up in the old days when vehicles like that were built in our hometown and some of our family members were on the assembly line building those vehicles and retired from those factories. They made it personal.
I had a Yanmar diesel in my sailboat and the engine had a primming lever which took for ever to pump fuel. I would blow into the fuel tank and prime the engine that way. It worked great.
Right, I believe that new cars have a screen in place, or some other mechanism that defeats the siphoning process. Very frustrating. I was hoping this video would address that when I clicked on it. Is there a way around it? Tip the vehicle up-side-down? ;-)
Yes , that's pretty good . I do think it's safe enough though when you have a few metres of hose because you have time to act when you see it coming . For the inertia method you probably need ½ inch or more cos the thinner sizes would likely have too much resistance , maybe.
@@3BricksHigher btw I am a maintenance supervisor (not some who steals gas haha) so it comes up a few times a year we need to syphon something. Tastes horrible. I cannot wait till next time to show the boys this. But also to avoid an hour or more of gas taste. This really helped me be more professional so thanks again to you and your kin for sharing!
@@3BricksHigher my thoughts exactly! 👍 Also we get old compressor generators sometimes or the old work trucks thenneedngasnchanged out sometimes. But most mowers and stuff. I can stop carrying toothpaste hahha
Awesome. I have a 70’s vehicle that’s been sittin a while. I want to dump the old fuel and use fresh fuel. Your clip was great timing. 👍🏼 from Australia
I don't even use a hose, I just pick the truck up, turn it upside down and empty the gas into my metal beer ice cooler. I learned this while attending a NASCAR race.
Someone correct me I'm wrong but don't most modern cars have a blocker of sorts a little bit down in the hole to prevent you from putting a hose into the tank?
All modern vehicles have a check valve in the fuel neck. You can push past it, but you will need a very small hose like the hose’s on the hand pump siphons you buy at the auto parts stores. On most modern vehicles it’s probably best to go in thru the EVAP line or the section between the fuel filler neck and the fuel tank. I had a 1998 Monte Carlo and the factory service manual instructed going thru the evap line to the tank. I did that job in June of this year. On my minivan I go thru the section after the filler neck.
Not only have I seen this before, I've been doing it sine the 1970's. I was shown this by my dad when I was a kid. My neighbor was a Chevy salesman and that's what he did when they were draining tanks.
Since I was a kid I used the technique to lower plenty hose, cover it with my thumb and pull the hose. It will bring the liquid trough by inertia. The only downside is that the other end might end up over the surface of the container you are pulling the liquid from, but mostly it works.
Thanks for that video. I've been doing something similar by inserting the hose, then, thumb on the discharge end, moving the hose up and down rapidly about 6 inches at a time while closing and opening the discharge end with the thumb to simulate a check valve. But you have to get the timing just right. Your method is foolproof.
This works no matter how low the tank is. I run the tubing to the bottom of the tank. Wrap a small rag around the tube at the filler. Press the rag (dampen it helps) tightly to the filler while blowing hard into the tube - you should hear the gas bubbling and air hissing out around the rag at the filler. Quickly pull the tube out of your mouth and put your thumb on it. Put the tube into your gas can (can sitting on the ground) and the gas should start to flow, then pull the rag out and inch. Been working for me for 50 years without spilling a drop.
A skill i will never forget.... Thanks for the education. Now i know and i will spread the teaching. I will give you credit but i will look fancy for a bit.
Haven’t used my mouth to siphon gas , maybe one or twice when I was very young , I use compressed air or a suction gun on the hose end , I used your idea many times works great !
That’s exactly how I used to drain my pool many years ago with a long garden hose. The man who built my pool, showed me this. The weight and pressure of the liquid (water, gas, whatever) will push the liquid right through the tubing if done properly. Great reminder. Thanks
@@3BricksHigher Want a 3rd cool method? This won't always work... But---insert the hose as far into the tank as possible. The trick is to make sure no air gets into the hose. Now, hold tightly the outtake portion with your thumb (holding vacuum). Pull out the hose. There should be enough to prime the system.
This is great. Instead of a cloth rag, you could also try a plastic bag, which might be a little more air tight, though it doesn't need to be for long.
Just used two hose method to remove some fuel from my motorcycle. Worked great but watch out for fuel blowback on the blow hose when you stop blowing...if the second hose dips into the fuel, fuel comes up that hose for the same reason it does on the thumb on the end of the single hose method. Use a short hose to blow air into the tank. Thanks again for safe method!
Cool video, what does 3 bricks higher mean?
You are the 1st person to ask me that in 15 years on this channel. When i was looking for a name for my channel, i happened upon a picture of my Daughter's kindergarten graduation picture. My younger Son was standing beside Her in front of a brick wall. She was 3 bricks higher than Him. When i make a video i always think about them and if what i am putting out to the world would be something appropriate and not something shameful. Thanks for asking 🙂
@@3BricksHigher very cool, thank you for sharing
Lol! Well, not a brick Short of a load….
@@3BricksHigher
It's interesting that he's the first person to ask. This is my first time seeing your channel and I was coming to ask what your name meant. LOL
By the way, I generally REALLY dislike videos that say "you've never seen this before" because I have seen a LOT of things in my 6.6 decades on this big rock but I have never seen this method of siphoning... sooooo.... thanks!
@@watchdogu.s.a.8973thank you for the kind words 🙂
I like your system for siphoning gas! I’ve never seen that done before. My dad was an expert when it came to pumping water. He earned two U.S. patents for his Jet drives. He was a well driller and pump installer by profession. He kept a 55 gallon drum gas can in his pickup to power his well drilling rig. When he needed to siphon gas he would lower a garden hose into the drum. He would move the hose upward about a foot with his thumb over the end. Then he would release his thumb and very quickly move the hose downward. When the hose struck the bottom he would cover the opening with his thumb and repeat the process until the hose was full and would siphon on its own. Not only will this start a siphon but the pumping action can shoot a liquid at least 10 feet! I worked for a farmer that I didn’t like. He was trying to siphon gas with his mouth. I said, “Let me do that Al! Stand back!” He was about 6 feet away and I blasted him in the face with a stream of gasoline. 🤗It was great! “Oh sorry Al! I told you to stand back!” The only people that I’ve seen use this technique are my dad and my brothers. My dad was a smart man!
It sounds like he is a smart man. I'm gonna have to try his technique. It sounds pretty cool 🙂 Hey thanks for sharing. Whoever reads your post will appreciate it too! 👍
He's right, I did also appreciate it!
This is the only siphoning video we ever need on TH-cam. Your pappy should be proud.
Thank you! :)
Wait, was that pappy or daddy, as it appears they are two different people?
It won’t work on ANY modern car 😂😂
You are correct sir - and what a dumb tragedy that is - however, there are a lot of other reasons and situations that call for siphoning - and other liquids besides gasoline @@Bob10009
Helps your allowance go a little further.
Can’t wait to try this on my neighbors Tesla 😈
Works just fine if You use a power cord and a battery that isn't charged 👍
Use a power drill, dem tanks are tough
Hook it up to your lights and drain the battery.
Tesla spelled otherwise is Slate, or Tales, or Stale, or Least, or Steal.
just make sure there’s no cameras
My dad taught me the same over 50 years ago.
That’s one beautiful truck. Stay well
Thank you. You too
….and that’s about the era when this would have actually worked. Try it on a modern car….😂😂🤷🏻♂️
Works good on 50 yr. old vehicles
@Bob10009 it worked just fine on my 2013 wrx sti
Mate i've been playing with syphons all my life as long as i can remember and have never come across those two bloody brilliant ways to syphon without as you said, "getting a mouthfull of petrol".. Thanks for that video, being a farmer with lots of machinery I do still use the syphon from time to time, and i am very thankfull for your ideas..
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During the 1972 oil crisis everyone was siphoning gas. I made myself a 2 tube siphon using a cut-off from a pinboard covered with a quarter inch of cork. I was a student driving a VW Beatle when I came across a farmer in a pick-up that ran out of gas about 5 miles from the nearest pump. He flaged me down and explained that he had run out of gas and enquired if I had a spare can of gas. I said no, but I have a hose and could siphon some from my car to his pick-up.
He smiled and said, "without a can". I said, "yes, without a can". He got a smile, while eyeing the pick-up gas cap about two feet higher than that of the Beatle, "do you know how siphoning work?" I got my contraption out and transfered about half a gallon siphoning "upwards". We both left smiling and happy. We could still make the pump that closed at 6pm as a gas saving measure during that stage of the oil crisis.
@@gerhardvandenberg7249 that is interesting. I would like to see that in action. That's a pretty darn smart contraption 🙂👍
On ya mate
@@gerhardvandenberg7249 Great story! My dad was a VW mechanic and I remember his first Beetle was a '56 rebuild he called Betsy. But you drove a "Beatle" - was it by any chance named John, Paul, George or Ringo? 😁😉😊
Works great on older vehicles like the one you are demonstrating of course, but most modern cars and trucks have anti-siphon screens and rollover valves deep in the filler tube that prevent your step 1- "lower the tube to the bottom of the tank..." .
So what you're saying is, it does work 🙂
@@3BricksHigherno....it doesn't. The hose stops before it ever gets into the fuel tank. That's why thieves drill holes in the tank.
Not to mention that he is using a vehicle that doesn't even have an unleaded fuel nozzle reducer. This vehicle also has a vertical gas tank behind the drivers seat, that fuel level is 3 and 1/2 to 4 feet off of the ground. Due to the way the tank is situated, the fuel level in that tank can be up to 2 FEET deep. Absolutely NONE of this applies to a modern vehicle, and the liar making the video knows it, that is the reason he is using an old truck to demonstrate on in the first place.
Let's face it fellas, you can do whatever you want with your fingers or thumb, put it in shallow, push it in deep, put your thumb over the end of it, stick another hose next to it, wrap a rag around it, blow into it or any of that other foolishness, NOTHING works as good as a set of lips and some good strong suction. Don't wanna get a mouthful? Practice, practice, practice till you are good enough to get your face out of the way in time. If you don't mind the taste, practice anyway. And as us older viewers already know, it was a hell of a lot easier to do 40 or 50 years ago, and the flow was MUCH stronger than today.
It’s basically impossible to do this on a vehicle that’s less than 25 years old.😮
@@3BricksHigher he is saying the exact opposite.
Thanks so much I've been able to save a lot of money siphoning gas from my neighbors vehicles. Your video made it easy!
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Forty years ago, I had a friend in Florida that had a Chevelle with a 350 / 375 horsepower engine. (Important later.) He worked for a paving company and had the keys to the yard where they parked the trucks at night. On weekends, he'd get blackout drunk and go cruising. At the end of the night, he'd go back to the yard to an old gas powered dump truck, take his "Georgia gasoline credit card", (6 feet of water hose), and fill his car. One night, not paying attention, he pulled up to a diesel truck and pumped 15 gallons of diesel fuel into his tank. When he got done, he started the car and the gas in his carburetor and gas line got him as far as the gate. As soon as that diesel fuel hit the carb, that's where the car landed and stayed until the tow truck got there. He had to drain the tank, flush out the fuel system and change the sparkplugs as they were all gummed up too.
As a 16 year old in 73, me and my buddies sure could have used this during the oil crisis. My 429 SCJ Mustang got 6 miles to the gallon with that 850 double pumper. But now I know! Thanks!
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Two brilliant ideas I've never seen before. I learn something new every day. Thanks!
Thank you 🙂
Trick number 3. Use two different size hoses. One short, one long. Kind of like trick 2. One must slip into the other pretty snuggly. Slip one into the other. Insert the long hose into the tank like trick one. Lower the end of the hose below the tank. Put your finger on the end of the hose and pull the short hose off of the long hose. The vacuum created when pulling the hose will suck the fuel up and over the bend. Just don't make the short hose too short. It should be about as long as the distance from the bottom of the tank to the filler spout, give or take a few inches. Works no matter what the fuel level is unless it is nearly empty. In which case it won't siphon anyway.
Thank you for sharing that. Good tip 👍🙂
Yes
The way I've always done it is similar to the first method, but even works on tanks nearly empty. The trick is to use a hose 3 feet longer then normal. Insert that extra hose into the tank, WITHOUTH thumbing the end, so the slack fills up with gas. Then thumb the end, and start pulling the line out of the tank. Once enough is out of the tank that you can start the siphon, release the thumb. Its a little tricky with an unfamilar tank, but better then using your mouth.
Very nice indeed! That does sound like a good way 😎
ooh dang that's a good idea
Whats the name of the hose?
@@careywhite9974Any clear rubber hose will work.
@@careywhite9974 can’t believe you asked that !
I'm 75 and have ''drank'' more than my fair share of fuel !!!! GREAT VIDEO !!!!!!
Thank you!
this will come in handy with the apocalypse right around the corner.
But only for about 6 months until all the fuel goes bad :(
If you find a car not taken out by a nuke's EMP wave
@@thecoolerTK421 i mean the plain nuke will probably mess a car up too
Nothing ever happened 👍
exactly why i’m watching
I learned the second trick from my father when I was 5 years old, and I used it 23 years later, hours after the 2010 Chile earthquake. My father-in-law had two Peugeot 505s, but the only one with gasoline broke down the day before. Public transportation wasn't working and that way we were able to go buy food and other things. I didn't know the first trick, I'll try it in the next earthquake.
Wow! Thank you so much! The siphon we bought had the bulb in between the tubes and didn't work. I detached them and used your method on our motorcycle, which worked immediately. I impressed everyone.
Thank you for watching 😊
@@3BricksHigherWrong, many others, including myself, were taught this trick many decades ago,…nice try though pal.
The bulb is often directional and needs some gravity assist to work properly.
@@gregflores8959 so you wasted your own time watching a video about syphoning gas when you already had a method..
@@michaeltoner1993 Sorry my statement triggered your sensitivity, you obviously felt compelled to comment, again, I apologize Michelle.
See, it's the little things like this that I love to randomly find, and turns to be great knowledge that'll make me look like a genius if I ever need to siphon fuel in front of others. Thankyou for sharing this.
But does it work at night in the dark?
Glad I stuck around for the second tip. That was dope
You're not the only one who knows the thumb trick. Been doing that for decades. And the tank doesn't have to be 80% or more full. What matters is how low you can get your gas can relative to the height of the tank.
My Pappy had friends. Whoever you learned it from might have been one of em 🙂
Sharp old truck. I think those old trucks are beautiful.
Thanks Mike 🙂👍
@@3BricksHigherI've used the 1st method for draining aboveground pools. It's a great way to reuse a broken garden hose. You can get more than a single siphon going at the same time. Saves a ton of money over a sump pump.
@@Lavender-y3p Thanks for sharing 🙂👍
@@3BricksHigher Any time. Gotta get the knowledge out there.
First tip I learned is make sure the truck ain't a diesel unless your car is. Second thing to note is most new vehicles have some kind of anti-siphoning flap or locking gas cap.
They do, but this method works on other equipment that has fuel tanks 👍
There's a video of dude stealing gas. Except that he got the wrong tank. It was motor home and he was sucking crap. Lol 😢
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I've never seen anything look easier than this. Thanks!
thats the magic of DECEPTION
Clear plastic hose, even if you had to suck on it,why would you get gasoline in your mouth,if you were at all careful?? Not like using green garden hose,da!
The second method is a good idea, you're simple pressurizing the tank to force the fuel through the other hose. Good idea. Thanks for posting it.
Thanks for watching 🙂
Good info. Especially with gas prices the way they are. 😂
More of a SHTF
Good one!
He is using a vehicle that doesn't even have an unleaded fuel nozzle reducer. This vehicle also has a vertical gas tank behind the drivers seat, that fuel level is 3 and 1/2 to 4 feet off of the ground. Due to the way the tank is situated, the fuel level in that tank can be up to 2 FEET deep. Absolutely NONE of this applies to a modern vehicle, and the liar making the video knows it, that is the reason he is using an old truck to demonstrate on in the first place.
Let's face it fellas, you can do whatever you want with your fingers or thumb, put it in shallow, push it in deep, put your thumb over the end of it, stick another hose next to it, wrap a rag around it, blow into it or any of that other foolishness, NOTHING works as good as a set of lips and some good strong suction. Don't wanna get a mouthful? Practice, practice, practice till you are good enough to get your face out of the way in time. If you don't mind the taste, practice anyway. And as us older viewers already know, it was a hell of a lot easier to do 40 or 50 years ago, and the flow was MUCH stronger than today.
Agreed.
Underrated :D
I worked in an auto repair shop. After the first time I got a mouthfull of gasoline I decided I had to be much more careful. Eventually I came up with my own foolproof method- I took a piece of string a bit longer than the hose, tied a small piece of rag to one end and a small bolt to the other. I would drop the bolt through the tube and stuff the rag into the other end, put the rag end of the hose in the tank and pull the string so it pulls the rag all the way through the hose. The fuel follows up the tube behind the rag.
Your methods are easier.
Your way is genius. 🙂👍 I wouldn't have thought of that. I might have to give it a shot 😁
Thank you. I learned something new in my 70 yrs !!
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Love videos like this, smart, to the point, and clear to understand. Excellent.
Thank you 🙂
Thanks, very straightforward unlike other videos!
That really works. I just emptied out my snowwblower for the off season!
Yes. Great video, I have done this sypthoning method by draining oil from the oil inlet of a riding lawn mower (took about 5 hrs, but had time on my side) i have also done this type of sypthoning from a 10.000 gallon water tank using a garden hose (drained a few thousand gallons just over nite// thank you again
Thank you 🙂👍
I've been doing something quite similar to the blowing into the tank, but your way works better. I used to put the hose in and put a rag around the hose, to make it airtight. I would then blow into the hose, and hold my thumb over the end of the hose until I took another breath, building up pressure in the tank with each breath. After a few times doing this, the pressure would build in the tank enough to push the gas through the hose. Sometimes it didn't work and sometimes I'd get a taste of gas,, but usually it would work just fine. Thanks for the tip, it's 2 hoses if I ever need to siphon gas again.
Thanks Lawrence 🙂👍
There is another simple way. Take a relatively long hose 6 ft or so. Shove as much as you can into the fuel tank, getting as much hose into the gas and filled with gas as possible. Hold your finger or thumb over the end of the hose (or kink the hose, or put a closed valve on the end. Now yank about 3-4 ft of hose out of the tank as quickly and smoothly as possible and pull it down to the ground. Release your thumb, make sure it’s flowing, and stick the end into your gas can.
Simplest way ever, works with water, diesel etc.
Nice tip!
That's pretty slick! My 40 year old invention was a 6' section of garden hose, a hollow rubber toilet float, and a 3' length of 1/2" vinyl hose. I cut two holes in the flapper, one to put the hose down the center and a smaller one slightly offset from it for the vinyl. Run the hose down into the gas tank, hold the flapper against the filler opening, and blow into the vinyl hose. It would push the gas up the larger hose and fill your jug in no time at all. Keep blowing for faster transfer. Alas, the smog cannisters lowered the efficiency of that method since then, but it still works for pre-1995 cars. (just like your rag and two hoses method.)
Nice tip! 🙂
Hell yeah!! Youre a genius! I'm making one right now.. got any DIY toilet float ideas? My toilet will need one after this haha
I was basically using that first method 50 years ago. Nobody had to tell me how to do it. It just seemed obvious. The only difference is I used a longer hose and shoved in in so it would fill with gas, then I put my thumb over the tip of the hose and drew out about half, which is now filled with gas, then released my thumb with the nearly gas-filled portion of the hose lower than the tank.
Thanks for the info! That seems like a good way too 👍
Great tip! Thanks! Got a 70 elco I need to replace fuel tank. Have already tasted enough fuel to last a while! You have a nice old chevy truck!!
Thanks!
Great info, I’m planning on using about eight feet of garden hose with the brass ends cut off.
Totally slick! Thanks for the tip my guy!
Thank you for watching! Hope this helps one day 🙂
had to subscribe after seeing this i remember my pop showing me the first method when i was a child out in the bush 4x4ing here in Australia ✌
Thx for the sub! New vid out soon 👍
I have used that but if the tank is low put the hose in as far as you can put your thump over the end and pull it out and release thumb . Do it quickly in and pull out do it quickly using your thumb like a check valve . When gas comes out lower the hose and it will run on gravity .
Nice tip. Thanks for that!
Fantastic ! Keep on keeping Old School techniques alive and well !
Thanks man 🙂👍
Method 2 worked great with my old triumph here in England. Our trusty old American friends come up with the goods again. Thank you.
Thank you sir 🙂👍
I'm a trainnee mechanic and I've learnt something new today 😊. God bless you
Its a great skill most people do not have. As long as you want a job, there will be one for you 👍
If I have to drain a fuel tank I can't get a hose into I remove a line at the filter or at the fuel rail " schrader valve core " remove fuel pump relay and use a jumper wire to run the fuel pump .
Another thing to remember , any car with a mid mounted tank if take out the seat part of the back seat you have access to the fuel pump , in these vehicles you can change a fuel pump in about 1/2 hour and it makes it easy to do diagnostic .
Pre unleaded gas you were able to squeeze two lengths of garden hose in the filler tube. Pressurize the tank to start your siphon.
Thanks, now I never need to pay for fuel again, my neighbour on the other hand, his fuel bill just doubled!
This is the most helpful video. We're without power, gas is scarce, people are crazy my car tank is full. Thank you!
After you open your gas cap, if you have a flap, just push it in with a pencil (or something similar) then stick the hose in the tank. Once finished, push the flap back in so you can pull the hose out. I hope you and yours recoup quick and stay safe! 👍
Thank for the video. I love old Chevy's! I have a 71 C 10 in my driveway I need to drain the tank and replace stolen parts on, a 72 El Camino in my garage and an 86 Chevy g 20 van I got a really good deal on a few months ago it needs a some work too. I'm going to be really busy this spring/ summer learning how to fix them myself bc I'm never going to trust anyone with any of my vehicle's ever again.
I understand how you feel. I work on all of my vehicles when they need it. I will post a video of how i changed the ignition in my 69 without paint damage just after the new year. I hope you'll check back 🙂
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After the 71 was stripped for parts, it was stolen bc the guy that set me up to have it stripped for parts wanted the engine, that engine only has about 3,000 miles on it after it was rebuilt an older man I knew he was like my adopted dad wasn't any of it, he told me I'll get your truck back and don't ever trust him with that truck again and the next day after we located my truck I got it back!
That dude was mad he called me and said Let's go get your f***ing truck! I was in a long term relationship with the guy that set me up to have my truck stripped for parts and tried to steal my truck for the engine. So like I said I don't trust anyone with my vehicle's anymore.
When I bought the van the old guy that sold me that threw in a repair manual for 67 thru 87 Chevy trucks. All I need is tools and parts I'll fix myself.
@@maryw3989 after all of that i don't blame you. Karma finds people like him
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I've observed that karma finds guys like that multiple times until they figure out what they did wrong and make it right and they better hope they don't run into my brother we grew up in the old days when vehicles like that were built in our hometown and some of our family members were on the assembly line building those vehicles and retired from those factories. They made it personal.
I had a Yanmar diesel in my sailboat and the engine had a primming lever which took for ever to pump fuel. I would blow into the fuel tank and prime the engine that way. It worked great.
Never thought about using the method to prime a carb. Nice tip!
Two excellent methods! Thank you!
Holy mother… both so freakin easy! Thank you for sharing!
that was a marvelous & practical demonstration of applied fluid mechanics (no calculus required) ..
Thank you for the kind words 🙂👍
I've siphon gas many times over the years and got gas in my mouth so much I began to like the taste. Great tips thanks
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02:17 . . . gets back into his truck to realize he has just siphoned all the fuel out. . . .
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Excellent video, sometimes tough to get the siphon tube down on newer cars.
Right, I believe that new cars have a screen in place, or some other mechanism that defeats the siphoning process. Very frustrating. I was hoping this video would address that when I clicked on it. Is there a way around it? Tip the vehicle up-side-down? ;-)
Yes , that's pretty good . I do think it's safe enough though when you have a few metres of hose because you have time to act when you see it coming . For the inertia method you probably need ½ inch or more cos the thinner sizes would likely have too much resistance , maybe.
Good thought. Would be interesting to try out to see 👍
Awesome bro! Thank you and your kin for these awesome tricks. No more gas taste for me. Awesome!
Thank you 🙂
@@3BricksHigher btw I am a maintenance supervisor (not some who steals gas haha) so it comes up a few times a year we need to syphon something. Tastes horrible. I cannot wait till next time to show the boys this. But also to avoid an hour or more of gas taste. This really helped me be more professional so thanks again to you and your kin for sharing!
@@peacebrain4471 This works on lawnmowers and other equipment too 👍
@@3BricksHigher my thoughts exactly! 👍 Also we get old compressor generators sometimes or the old work trucks thenneedngasnchanged out sometimes. But most mowers and stuff. I can stop carrying toothpaste hahha
Thanks, some nice comments too on methods.
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Modern Day video that looks like it's two decades old! :D
Doubt I will ever need it, but who knows, eh? Thank you, it's never bad to learn something new :)
The zombie apocalypse is nigh!
> comments that aged like milk
If you swirl the hose very fast it will cause a suction inside the hose and draw up the gas to start it flowing.
Nice tip
Awesome.
I have a 70’s vehicle that’s been sittin a while. I want to dump the old fuel and use fresh fuel.
Your clip was great timing.
👍🏼 from Australia
Thank you for watching 🙂👍
And now I know why my grandfather was blowing into his gas tank.
I was expecting the truck to not start at the end because it was outta gas haha
This is something every man should know. Thanks for sharing!
Marvellous presentation. Constructive vids of this type do enrichen our lives. Thankyou sir!
Thank you for the kind words 🙂👍
Never did the one with thumb on the hose but did the other one with compressed air because I was near an air hose. Thanks for sharing
I don't even use a hose, I just pick the truck up, turn it upside down and empty the gas into my metal beer ice cooler. I learned this while attending a NASCAR race.
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Someone correct me I'm wrong but don't most modern cars have a blocker of sorts a little bit down in the hole to prevent you from putting a hose into the tank?
Just use a pencil or small stick to push it down, insert the tube and you can siphon just fine 🙂
Ya but his pickup is not modern
All modern vehicles have a check valve in the fuel neck. You can push past it, but you will need a very small hose like the hose’s on the hand pump siphons you buy at the auto parts stores. On most modern vehicles it’s probably best to go in thru the EVAP line or the section between the fuel filler neck and the fuel tank. I had a 1998 Monte Carlo and the factory service manual instructed going thru the evap line to the tank. I did that job in June of this year. On my minivan I go thru the section after the filler neck.
Two great approach that I never thought off. Thanks for showing us.
Thank you 🙂👍
Absolutely brilliant, and, you’re right, I’ve not seen these before.
Thank you for the kind words 🙂
This video feels so much older than it is
looked like it was filmed in 2004
It would've been better if the truck didn't pull away because you were out of gas.
Came here to comment this, thanks!
Nice! I thought i was gonna see tricks i already knew. But both you showed were new to me.
Thanks 🙂👍
Not only have I seen this before, I've been doing it sine the 1970's. I was shown this by my dad when I was a kid. My neighbor was a Chevy salesman and that's what he did when they were draining tanks.
It's been around a long time. Hope folks start using the method agian 👍
Since I was a kid I used the technique to lower plenty hose, cover it with my thumb and pull the hose. It will bring the liquid trough by inertia. The only downside is that the other end might end up over the surface of the container you are pulling the liquid from, but mostly it works.
Thanks for that video. I've been doing something similar by inserting the hose, then, thumb on the discharge end, moving the hose up and down rapidly about 6 inches at a time while closing and opening the discharge end with the thumb to simulate a check valve. But you have to get the timing just right. Your method is foolproof.
Thanks for the kind words and for passing along your tip! 🙂👍
Thanks! I needed that. Wish I knew before all them times with a mouthful of gas. You have made the next time a lot nicer!
These are brilliant. I’ve never seen either method before.
Thank you for watching 🙂👍
This works no matter how low the tank is. I run the tubing to the bottom of the tank. Wrap a small rag around the tube at the filler. Press the rag (dampen it helps) tightly to the filler while blowing hard into the tube - you should hear the gas bubbling and air hissing out around the rag at the filler. Quickly pull the tube out of your mouth and put your thumb on it. Put the tube into your gas can (can sitting on the ground) and the gas should start to flow, then pull the rag out and inch. Been working for me for 50 years without spilling a drop.
Thanks for sharing 🙂👍
A skill i will never forget.... Thanks for the education. Now i know and i will spread the teaching. I will give you credit but i will look fancy for a bit.
Thank you for the kind words Franky 🙂👍
Haven’t used my mouth to siphon gas , maybe one or twice when I was very young , I use compressed air or a suction gun on the hose end , I used your idea many times works great !
Compressed air would be ideal 🙂👍
Very cool two good tips. Never heard of either idea so thanks much for making this video.
Thank you for the kind words 🙂
Thank u!!!all these years of puking r done!!!
LOL! Thank you for watching 🙂
Been siphoning gas for nearly fifty years. But I have to admit you taught me something. Thank you!
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That’s exactly how I used to drain my pool many years ago with a long garden hose. The man who built my pool, showed me this. The weight and pressure of the liquid (water, gas, whatever) will push the liquid right through the tubing if done properly. Great reminder. Thanks
Nic tip. Hadn't heard it could be used for pools, but it makes sense 🙂👍
Clever ideas. Gonna remember those.
I made an easy syphon using a boat motor primer. One way valve. One long line, one short. Eazy peazy.
That's better than a gut full of p etrolCharlie from Australia
This has given me hope, since I may have gotten some water in my tank tonight.
I'll try siphoning some of it in the morning!
Great info, short and sweet. Your dialect is fantastic, as for myself (a Brit) you sound like the perfect authentic American.👍👍
Thanks 🙂👍
Thanks for the tips mate very handy for the bush in Australia
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Great, never tried 1st one been doing #2 for 40 years, sometimes I use a air nozzle... I love that truck dude...
Thank you. The air nozzle is a definite way without getting gas in your mouth 👍
2 Awesome ideas! Great! Thanks!
Thank you! 🙂👍
@@3BricksHigher Want a 3rd cool method? This won't always work...
But---insert the hose as far into the tank as possible. The trick is to make sure no air gets into the hose.
Now, hold tightly the outtake portion with your thumb (holding vacuum).
Pull out the hose.
There should be enough to prime the system.
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You were right I’ve never seen that. Thanks sir I appreciate the tips.
Thank you 🙂👍
Hey great vid. Thank your dad and grand dad for me. Cheers from Canada.
I absolutely will. Thank you sir 🙂👍
I've got to siphon about a half tank from my 40 gallon Suburban. This may be the pot of gold I've been looking for. Thanks for this.
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Outstanding ! Thanks for the tip ! May come in handy when the SHTF !!!
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I think your ideas are the greatest. Great good ole boy presentation. Thanks Bud.👍🏻🇺🇸
Thank you 🙂👍
This is great. Instead of a cloth rag, you could also try a plastic bag, which might be a little more air tight, though it doesn't need to be for long.
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Thanks… way easier than my previous methods.
First time I saw your channel and i love it. Straight to the point and so helpful! Awesome love it.
Thank you! 🙂👍
@@3BricksHigher Thank you brother! Keep it going!
Thanks for making this video. I am an old timer that has got his share of mouthfuls of gas ! I have never seen it done either way.
Thank you for watching sir 🙂👍
Just used two hose method to remove some fuel from my motorcycle. Worked great but watch out for fuel blowback on the blow hose when you stop blowing...if the second hose dips into the fuel, fuel comes up that hose for the same reason it does on the thumb on the end of the single hose method. Use a short hose to blow air into the tank.
Thanks again for safe method!
Good call out! Thank you for watching 🙂👍