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politicallycorrect@ahole.com - 10 Jan 2009 04:36 GMT

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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Steve W. - 10 Jan 2009 05:20 GMT

> 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
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> 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?

Yep there are actually two items that prevent you from stuffing a hose
in the tank. One is the tank baffle and the other is the roll over valve
in the neck of the tank. It is basically a round ball in a tube. It only
has a small gap around it.

About the only way to defeat it would be to pull the tank and remove
that valve. Not easy to do without damaging the tank as the valve is
sealed to the tank.

However you could jump the power to the fuel pump and disconnect the
line at the injector rail and connect a hose to it and drain the tank
that way.

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nunya - 26 Jan 2009 15:35 GMT

>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
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> 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?

actually leaving the tank full will prevent condensation from forming and
causing you even more trouble down the road. i would leave it that way but
might add a little fuel stabilizer just for grins.
michael

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