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[–] jadero@lemmy.ca 84 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Ingesting gasoline is deadly in far smaller doses due to something called hydrocarbon pneumonia. My dad very nearly died as a result of having a tiny amount get past his throat while siphoning gas to a small engine's tank.

If you must siphon gas, go buy a cheap "pump siphon" from Canadian Tire.

[–] LuckyBoy@lemmy.world 31 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (4 children)

I dont have any canadian tire near me as I live in europe. What do you advice?

[–] cerulean_blue@lemmy.ml 32 points 9 months ago

Just siphon direct, your free health care will keep you safe.

[–] jadero@lemmy.ca 19 points 9 months ago

This is what I was referring to. There are a number of variations on the theme.

If you are really in a pinch:

  1. Feed a length of hose into the source until only a small amount is left clear of the liquid.

  2. Put your thumb over the exposed end, or otherwise make the end as close to airtight as possible.

  3. Rapidly pull the hose out of the liquid, moving the end down to the destination container. The end must be below the top surface of the source, the further the better.

  4. Release your thumb/seal. If you've done it all correctly, the hose will be nearly filled with liquid and enough of it will be below the surface of the source to start the siphoning process.

If the source liquid is too far below the opening for this to work with the length of hose you have, you can manually pump it far enough to start a siphon, by rapidly submerging and lifting the hose while alternating the closing of the top. Open top while submerging, closed top while lifting. You have to push down faster than what gravity pulls the liquid back down. Ideally, you're lifting fast enough to get some help from the liquid's own inertia when you reverse course.

[–] figjam@midwest.social 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Deutsche Wheelen??? ... (or something like that, I don't speak German)

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 months ago

Germans put their words together

[–] Gingernate@programming.dev 3 points 9 months ago

Start booking flights to Canada