Siphoning fuel.

[Farmerford]

Thanks for that reference, Paul in VT. Now I know why I have been "slow" all these years. As a pre-teen in the early1950's, out of boredom, I often would lie on the hood of an old John Deere A with my nose in the tank and sniff until I passed out (and usually fell off). I thought I was sluggish from banging my head on the exposed flywheel, but it appears the vapors may have helped.

At $4/gal, even sniffing is expensive.


Mike D74T: AHH!! A "clear" tube. Might not be rocket science to you, but it never occurred to me. Maybe sniffing did affect my brain.

JC: The 90 octane burp. I always wondered if you could light one, but I never had the nerve to try.

[LBrown59]

Originally Posted by MossRoad

I wonder if modern fuel has additives to prevent the kinds of things that we have all heard about.

Not according to Briggs.
They told me they have more gummy carb problems from todays gas than they had with the gas of yesteryear.[/quote]

[txdon]

DO NOT SIPHON GASOLINE WITH A VACUUM CLEANER!

Yesterday a guy in the next County did. He is now at the burn center.

News Article:

Williamson Co. man burned trying to siphon gas | News for Austin, Texas | KVUE.com | Local News

[MossRoad]

Originally Posted by txdon

DO NOT SIPHON GASOLINE WITH A VACUUM CLEANER!

Ya! I've read three or four stories about that in the last year. GadzookS!!!

[Iron Horse]

Ive seen people use their lungs to siphon fuel , like taking a drag on a smoke . For those who do this , it is not how you do it and can kill you if it gets into your lungs . You use the muscles in your mouth , the same way you would drink your Coke at Macca's . Once you feel the resistance subside on the hose , lower it into the tin as the fuel is on it's way .

[MikeD74T]

Mossroad, Without any scientific basis I think modern gas is worse than years ago. I too had machines that would start after 8 months of sitting. Now I find myself disassembling carburators to fix plugged jets & stuck closed float valves. Mostly I empty the tanks & drain float bowls at the end of the season to use the gas in the next seasons toys & to make stealing the off season toys harder. Motor vehicles without fuel are just harder to steal. MikeD74T

[Treemonkey1000]

Ok picture number one is after siphoning gas with a hose.. 2nd picture is before siphoning gas.. Ignore the cigar...

[Soundguy]

Originally Posted by LBrown59

Not according to Briggs.
They told me they have more gummy carb problems from todays gas than they had with the gas of yesteryear.

[/quote]

That's why I now try to have as few cheapy whizzbang small gasser engines as possible.. IE.. a pto genset, and electric yard tools.

I got tired ( and real good at ) rebuilding brigs carbs that had stuck float needles due to junky varnish in the gas.

soundguy

[john_bud]

[quote/]
Seriously, I can think of better ways to fill my equipment. Anyone else do this?[/quote]

Now you come from Oregon where you can't even PUMP your own gas at the station, and they let him siphon? I'm suprised the gas police didn't come and ticket him! Come on, it's no big deal. You act like he charged you for the gas!