Just disconnect the filler tube, that's how I siphoned mine.
On 1/9/09, Dave Wilker <wilkerbeast01@charter.net> wrote:
>
> No, I think there is something there. I tried the same thing in my '98
> Dakota, when it was disabled. I think there is a device in there to prevent
> siphoning. Something you might try is to disconnect the fuel feed from the
> fuel rail under the hood, run a line from it to a can, and use the electric
> fuel pump to drain the tank. It may take a while though, so be careful. You
> will have raw fuel, vapours and electricity all in the same general area.
>
>
>
> "If we can not afford to take care of our Veterans, then we should stop
> making them"
> David C. Wilker Jr.
> USAF (RET)
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "spook" <richardfiser@mchsi.com>
> To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
> Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 8:31 PM
> Subject: DML: gas siphoning
>
>
>>
>> I have 1998 Dodge Dakota that is disabled till spring due to accident,
>> weather and money. It has near a full tank of gasoline. I wanted to siphon
>>
>> most of the gas out to use in other vehicles and I have a bulb pump siphon
>>
>> hose. Now the last time I siphoned gas was from a 1968 Dodge Coronet. In
>> the Dakota I try to insert the hose into the filler tube and there seems
>> to be an obstruction preventing the hose from entering the tank. Is there
>> some kind of anti siphoning baffle and is it possible to defeat it? Or am
>> I just not doing it right somehow?
>>
>
>
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