[s-cars] Buried in snow - need some help

[Theodore Chen]

--- Robert Welch <Robert.Welch at TechnologyCrafters.com> wrote:
> Yup, we're trying to dig out from the blizzard here in Golden and we're
> stuck.
>
> The driveway is covered with 4' of snow and the snow blower only made a
> trivial dent before we ran out of gas.  Knowing that the trusty 93 S4 had a
> full tank, we tried siphoning, but we're unsuccessful (despite stuffing
> about 5' of hose into the tank).

you sure you were establishing the siphon?  was the hose completely full
of liquid?  was the outlet of the hose lower than the lowest point of the
gas tank?  are you sure the inlet end of the hose is getting into the
fuel?

you could disconnect a fuel line somewhere and turn on the car to run
the fuel pump, but i don't see why the siphoning shouldn't work.

> I'm guessing one of you knowledgeable folks can point me to some other way
> to access the fuel that will allow us to break free to go play on the snowy
> Colorado Mtn. roads.

well, you could always drill a hole in the gas tank and get the gas
out that way.  :)

-t.


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