• over_clox@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    Siphoning doesn’t work unless you and the hose are underneath the level of fuel/liquid in the tank.

    Don’t ask how I know this, but I should probably call her…

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      6 days ago

      First you sip it, then close the hose with your thumb. Then you move the hose down. You’re not lying on the ground as you do this, are you?

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        6 days ago

        Sip it? That’s not a straw, that’s a garden hose, and she’s standing up. She’d be trying to suck something like the volume and weight of like a quarter gallon to even fill the hose up.

        From a standing position, that would be one hell of a feat, and probably lungs slap full of gasoline fumes. No I wouldn’t be lying on the ground to start a siphon, but I definitely would start in a crouching position so as to not have to fight all the weight of the volume of fuel to fill the hose.

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      6 days ago

      Yes, but you do it like this until the gas level is near the end, then cover the end, and then put the end in your storage vessel and remove your thumb.