So, I need to drain some 6 year old gas out of my truck. I was told the only safe way is to either drop the tank or lift the bed off. Its an 89, 4.9, dual tanks. Any advice is great

Thanks

 

Hey Rusty,

I had to do this about 4 months ago. I got some 3/8" white hose from home depot and worked it into the tank. The hose is kinda hard and fairly tough to bend. I snaked it into the tank and syphoned out as much gas as I could.

A tank of gas can be quite heavy even if it is a gallon and you don't want it sloshing around while you are trying to lower the tank.

You have to take the inlet hose off the tank, to get it out of the truck and if there is gas in the tank, you could have a spill.

Once you get as much gas out as you can, cover the tank inlet with something to keep excess gas from coming out and trash getting in.

Sparks and open flames are a NO NO!

Have the same truck, by the way.

Hope that helps! Its how I did it.

 

I wouldn't drop the tank. I had to replace the rear tank in my truck and found the leak when I had filled it. I siphoned out as much as I could to drop it, and had got out all but maybe a half quart or so.

 

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Any ideas on where to put the old gas after its drained out? I think it has like a full tank in the front tank and half a tank in the back

 

You may want to get yourself some cheap plastic gas cans. When your done have a yard sale and sell um or just sell um without the yard!

 

dump it in the lake