Trying to change my fuel pump, but need to drain the gas first.How do you drain the gas from a jeep grand cherokee laredo straight 6, if there is no drain plug?
You have to use the gas up, there is no further option. You can wait over a long period of time and let it dissolve on its own. Other than that there is no other option.How do you drain the gas from a jeep grand cherokee laredo straight 6, if there is no drain plug?
You can get a line to connect to the fuel rail, jump the relay with a wire and let it drail into a gas can. It will take a while to drain but you can empty as much as you need to safely lower the tank.
If you look on the side of the fuel rail you will see a screw on port for a fuel pressure gauge, just get a line that fits onto it, you can bring the cap with you to the store to make sure it will fit on the rail so you don't need to make multiple trips.How do you drain the gas from a jeep grand cherokee laredo straight 6, if there is no drain plug?
You don't need to drain the gas,use a floor jack to lift the gas tank up and down hardest part is getting the gas tank to balance on the floor jack.It works great if you can have one person on each side of the tank to help balance it when it's lowering down and raising up.
Jumping the fuel pump with straight power to drain the tank won't work if your fuel pump is not workingHow do you drain the gas from a jeep grand cherokee laredo straight 6, if there is no drain plug?
Get a syphon pump for a boat gas tank at a marine store or walmart, it will be a simple line with a sqweeze bulb. sqweeze the bulb to syphon the fuel out, you can transfer it to anothers car tank and put the rest in a 5 gallon can for youself to get back to gas station when repair is done, dont try to take off tank full of gas cuz you could spill it everywere, plus much hevier and makes the job a pain, the syphon pump is real cheap.How do you drain the gas from a jeep grand cherokee laredo straight 6, if there is no drain plug?
This is one of those things I wish had a drain plug. I cannot tell you how many times my best friend and I had to take my gas tank off my Jeep Cherokee because of a bad fuel pump, broken hose and then to discover a relay had been the culprit.
You will either have to drive the vehicle to burn the gas or drop the tank.
For my BF and I luckily he had a lift and equipment to lower the tank down without breaking our arms and backs- empty or not.
One way that we did drain gas out was jumping the fuel relay and draining gas out from the fuel rail. I only recommend doing this IF you know what you are doing.How do you drain the gas from a jeep grand cherokee laredo straight 6, if there is no drain plug?
Simply amazing, some of the other comments made....... I digress, get it up on a lift if possible, stands at least. The higher the better, by letting the rear axle hang down as far as possible, place a floor jack under the gas tank and loosen the straps. Now you can reach over the axle and remove the pump. There is no reason to drain the gas to change the pump.How do you drain the gas from a jeep grand cherokee laredo straight 6, if there is no drain plug?
I used one of those hoses with a pump that you squeeze with your hand. You can get these at most auto parts stores. If the hose will not go all the way to the tank, you can remove the filler hose at the tank then put the hose in there. Then removed the tank. You can pour what is left out your filler neck.How do you drain the gas from a jeep grand cherokee laredo straight 6, if there is no drain plug?
pick up a siphon pump from any local auto parts store. Pump the gas into a container. Drop the tank and change the pump.
EDIT: the guy above me has a much better solution if it works. If not then drain as stated.How do you drain the gas from a jeep grand cherokee laredo straight 6, if there is no drain plug?
Don't worry about draining the gas if your just changing the fuel pump.
Just take off the gas line and plug it or just let the gas drain into a coffee can.
You'll only loose a little gas if your good at it.How do you drain the gas from a jeep grand cherokee laredo straight 6, if there is no drain plug?
you can get a electric pump for a rail hose in one car one on a can hook batterry an thereHow do you drain the gas from a jeep grand cherokee laredo straight 6, if there is no drain plug?
You have to pull the tank.
