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Old 02-13-2008, 07:52 PM
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whats the easiest way to drain the gas tank?
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Just poke a hole in the bottom. Just kidding. What you could do is unhook the fuel line at the filter and turn the key to the on position so that the pump just pumps out the gas thinking its priming the system.
Old 02-14-2008, 04:54 PM
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what all will i have to remove to do that?
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Just disconnect the fuel line from the filter. It just takes 2 sec and a wrench to do.
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dont laugh... but where is the filter
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Re: tanks

Originally Posted by 2.8RS
Just disconnect the fuel line from the filter. It just takes 2 sec and a wrench to do.
not to be a jerk and correct people but you would probably want to use two wrenches one on the filter and one on the fitting, and if there is room for another smarta§§ answer...to drain the gas you could drive it.
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it doesnt run, and i want to get the gas out before it goes bad
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not to be a jerk and correct people but you would probably want to use two wrenches one on the filter and one on the fitting, and if there is room for another smarta§§ answer...to drain the gas you could drive it.
Sorry, I didn't mean to come across like that. I thought he didn't know what kind of connection it was. Just a nut on the fuel line that requires a wrench.
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it doesnt run, and i want to get the gas out before it goes bad
Under the car on the driver side, about where the rear seat it. You can pretty much reach it without jacking up the car.

Just to ask since you said it didn't run, does the pump come on?

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Old 02-15-2008, 09:07 AM
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yeah, every thing works, but it doesnt run, so im gonna drain the tank til i can get some $$ to get it worked on.
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Re: tanks

Just open up the fuel line under the hood and drain it from there using the pump. That way you get filtered fuel out and you don't have to crawl underneath to do it. The lines are on the driver side right behind the A/C.
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