![]() ![]() These valves, also known as anti-siphon valves, act as a siphon prevention system. If you’ve read One Second After, you may be surprised by my findings.Ī little research into modern-day siphoning revealed that all new cars have an anti-rollover valve on all the openings in a gas tank. NOTE: Wondering if any vehicles will still be operating after an EMP? Be sure to read my note at the bottom of this article. This got me wondering how to siphon gas from the new cars. ![]() In a real disaster, like an EMP strike, obtaining gas from damaged vehicles may be necessary to keep older vehicles running when a gas station may not be available. Siphoning gas out of the older vehicles was easy, but when was the last time you tried to siphon gas out of a car? In the past, I can remember when we used to siphon gas out of our gas tanks to fuel our lawn mowers or other small engines. They had no suggestions.” Siphoning fuel from a gas tank was easy So, I went to a local auto parts store and asked the folks if they had anything to siphon or pump fuel from the tank on any modern car or pickup truck. I found none.Ī cursory examination of the bottom of my fuel tank revealed no drain plug. I looked under the hood of my car (2001 Toyota Highlander) for a place where I could tie into my fuel line. ![]() I tried inserting a conventional siphon hose into my tank but it bottomed-out on some obstruction before it touched any gasoline. ![]() However, that seems to be not the case nowadays. While doing some maintenance work on my gasoline powered electrical generator, the thought struck me that back in the old days, and in case of an emergency, one could always siphon gasoline out of their cars gasoline tank and use it to run things like generators. The other day I received this e-mail on siphoning gas from cars: ![]()
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