No Longer Running on Empty
It’s so nice to have a working gas gauge again. I took a few days this past week to drop the gas tank to replace the fuel sending unit. Overall, it was a relatively smooth project. I’ll share some of the highlights that I learned from the process. Try to Use Up as Much Fuel as Possible Before Starting For the last couple of years, I filled the car with gas when the trip odometer hit 250 miles. Normally I have another 60 miles left in the tank, which I assume to be about 3 gallons. I forgot that I had a long highway run on the current tank of gas, which meant the car was more fuel efficient, and I had about four gallons left in the tank. It wasn’t a bid deal dropping the tank, but it did take a long time to siphon out four gallons of gas, which brings me to the next point. Use a Transfer Pump or a Large Diameter Siphon Hose I had a tiny siphon hose that liked to curl while in the tank. It took forever to drain the gas tank. A larger siphon hose or a transfer pump would have been a time ...