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From: So.Ca./ N.E. UT
It will take all day to use the fuel pump. Do you have an air compressor? Stick your siphon hose all the way in the tank and run it to a can on the ground, seal the inlet to the tank with a rag stuffed around the siphon hose and air nozzle and blow...will only take a second or 2 to get the fuel flowing up the siphon hose then you can cut off the air.
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From: Whittier, CA
It will take all day to use the fuel pump. Do you have an air compressor? Stick your siphon hose all the way in the tank and run it to a can on the ground, seal the inlet to the tank with a rag stuffed around the siphon hose and air nozzle and blow...will only take a second or 2 to get the fuel flowing up the siphon hose then you can cut off the air.
More importantly, figure out what you are going to do with 30 plus gallons of bad gas!
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A good stock electric fuel pump will pump at least 30 gallons per hour, if not more, like MUCH more. A quicky search at autozone shows a replacement pump for my V10 (probably the same as the 5.4L) as pushing 60 to 70 gallons per hour.
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From: Whittier, CA
I don't really believe it will do 60/gals/hour through a 1/4" fuel line, just as an aside. Rated flow is one thing.
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From: Pflugerville, tx
based on this chart, 1/4in tubing, (1/2 the smallest here) would be around 3 gallons per minute and 180-200 gallons per hour..
http://flexpvc.com/WaterFlowBasedOnPipeSize.shtml
easy to empty a 35 gal tank.. 10 mins..
sam
http://flexpvc.com/WaterFlowBasedOnPipeSize.shtml
easy to empty a 35 gal tank.. 10 mins..
sam
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I usually remove the Schrader valve from the fuel rail (bicycle/tire valve remover), and use a piece of 5/16" fuel line with a hose clamp. Then, pull the connector off the inertia switch, look at a wiring diagram to see which color wire it is, and energize the fuel pump with a FUSE (same amperage as the fuel pump fuse in the panel) on a piece of wire to the + side of the battery.
