Faster way to drain fuel tank '02 Cobra

[digthemup]

I am sure that this has been posted before, but I could not find it. With C-19 and everything else going on in my life this year, I ended up the year with about a 1/2 tank of fuel after a filled it up in mid August, so I would like to drain it down to almost empty for the winter. The fuel in it is ethanol poison free, and, though I think it would be fine to sit over winter since it has the Don Weed cocktail treatment for my Merc, I would like to drain it.
The only method I figured would be using the line bulb and let gravity feed it into a 5 gal can, but this is proving to be a real PITA, so I pray that someone in the Cobra family has figured a faster way.

Thank you all the replies in advance.

[TomM]

why not top it off with fresh gas and stabil and be ready to go in the spring? That's what I do and my boat sits outside all winter, snow and all, and it's fine in the spring.

Tom

[digthemup]

why not top it off with fresh gas and stabil and be ready to go in the spring? That's what I do and my boat sits outside all winter, snow and all, and it's fine in the spring.

Tom

Tom,
That is my next option, but I always prefer to start the yr fresh. I have about 20 gls left in it, so it would be a 50/50 mix of old and fresh.

[TomM]

I think that's fine. I often don't fill my tank prior to winterizing.....I have about 2/3s of a tank now and come the first trip of 2021, I'll top it off on my way to the lake. I've never had any issue doing like that.

Tom

[Tx 201]

I think the pump is 20-30 dollars

See below. tried to edit this as it was a double post.

[Tx 201]

Go to any auto supply and purchase a cheap electric fuel pump and hook it up to your fuel line. Won't take long to pump out the gas, used to do this every spring if I had not fished much in the winter.

[digthemup]

Go to any auto supply and purchase a cheap electric fuel pump and hook it up to your fuel line. Won't take long to pump out the gas, used to do this every spring if I had not fished much in the winter.

TX201

I know the pump you are talking about, which we use in some of our large excavators, as a kick up to the main pump from the tank. However, I have never used with gasoline, since it has a much higher ignition point than diesel making me very nervous about sparking up.

Have you ever used it?
Thank you

[Tx 201]

TX201

I know the pump you are talking about, which we use in some of our large excavators, as a kick up to the main pump from the tank. However, I have never used with gasoline, since it has a much higher ignition point than diesel making me very nervous about sparking up.

Have you ever used it?
Thank you

yes, several times when I was concerned that the gas was old and I didn’t want to run it through the motor. Usually in the spring after boat hadn’t been used for months. I would connect about 8-10’ of gas line just after the bulb, then the pump and a couple feet of line to put in gas containers. I figured if I moved the pump away from the battery compartment I had less chance of any sparks being a problem. Since it is a fuel pump I never worried about the pump itself causing a problem igniting the gas.

[digthemup]

yes, several times when I was concerned that the gas was old and I didn’t want to run it through the motor. Usually in the spring after boat hadn’t been used for months. I would connect about 8-10’ of gas line just after the bulb, then the pump and a couple feet of line to put in gas containers. I figured if I moved the pump away from the battery compartment I had less chance of any sparks being a problem. Since it is a fuel pump I never worried about the pump itself causing a problem igniting the gas.

Thank you so very much for the information, and good point on being used for fuel. I always thought that it was diesel only due to the lower ignition point. I have seeing it where the tank was pressurized with air at the fill nozzle end to push fuel out of diesel tanks.
I have the pump, so I am going to give it a go when the weather permits.

Have a blessed and prosperous New Year.