he can take a set of angle cutters to that fuel line and cycle the key and fill a pan with fuel then transfer it to the generator.
Critical thinking involved in breaking my working car? Just admit it was a poor idea for a gear head site.
he can take a set of angle cutters to that fuel line and cycle the key and fill a pan with fuel then transfer it to the generator.
Car vs medicine......I'll take the meds, thank you. While a gear head site, sorry you can't think out of the gear head box and considering that at his age, maybe meds that are required to be kept at a certain temp may be more important.Critical thinking involved in breaking my working car? Just admit it was a poor idea for a gear head site.
What's Cadillac have to do with the high pressure system??? Or any car for that matter???This isn't some remote spot in Nevada or Montana 50 miles from the nearest town. If he's in a life threatening emergency he can call 911 or drive to the hospital. That he isn't in a nursing home indicates he isn't incapacitated or frail.
I've gotten fuel out of a 10 year old Nissan Versa by hotwiring the fuel pump relay and connecting a hose to the fuel rail, but I had the service manual to look up the wiring diagrams and fuel system. I wouldn't even attempt that on a 2022 Cadillac what with the high pressure system they have.
You seen the damage??? I did. Got a niece and a sister in that situation. She's not getting through to anything or going anywhere anytime soon. Comms are still down. If she didn't have a generator and plenty of fuel on hand, my nieces meds would be useless. Then what??? Wait for a air lift when it could be used for someone else??? Sorry, meds first.Hanstringing your functioning transportation to remain in a situation where you need to run a generator for power is idiotic.
Get in the car and drive to where there is power.
Critical thinking...
Yeah, they can be pretty rough on this site. You have to excuse them. They're stuck into a "gear head" box where all that matters is cars and oil. Power is required for comms, and most important, medicine.I too was pretty dismayed by the comments on this thread. Yes, if it was a millennial I would point and laugh also. He is 85. 85 year old forget things. Getting up can be difficult. Lifting a gas can may be difficult. I am fortunate my 86 year old father lives in a small town. If he didn't have gas a neighbor would likely fill his generator without being asked.
Glad to hear he's going to be OK. Some areas got hit hard.He got power/internet/cable back, an hour ago.
Easier now to amuse the wife, who is suffering dementia.
Were gonna install a propane / 3 fuel conversion kit for the generator over the holidays.
Buy the cheap hf fuel pressure gauge for the shraeder test port on the fuel rail. Jump the relay contacts and it will pump gas down the hose.
Thanks for that info. Didn't know that. Now I do.Don't even need that, just use an R12/R22 charging hose, the fitting on the fuel rail (if GM) is the same as an R12/R22 low side port.
Yeah, don't do the inverter thing unless it has welding cables hooked to it. Should be illegal to sell a 12V 3K inverter...that if fed by 12 Ga wire.An inverter on an idling engine will certainly work, but is a pretty inefficient generator.
Also, a maxxed out alternator at idle parked, is not a happy alternator.
I have acquired temperature data on my own alternator, and will no longer max out my alternator, at idle ,for more than a few minutes( making 50 amps) as it quickly gets to 220f, though at 65mph it stays under 140f making 121.4 amps.
100 amps at 14v, is 1400 watts
Alternators are only 55% efficient or so
Inverters are only About 85% efficient or so
I have the one from USCarb, has worked fine for over 12 years now. I have NG service to my house so that is how it is hooked up most of the time. Have all the stuff to run it on propane as well.He got power/internet/cable back, an hour ago.
Easier now to amuse the wife, who is suffering dementia.
Were gonna install a propane / 3 fuel conversion kit for the generator over the holidays.
I am sorry that I cannot help, but your comment about conversing with canines made me laugh out loud. Now my dog is thinking it is time to take her for a walk and the dog is right.Its not an emergency.
@ 85 years d he has gotten used to some comforts.
Still has fuel, rationing generator use to keep freezer below 32f. No cable/internet/tv has him bored.
Said he went out, found one station pumping fuel, with huge lines in all directions, and decided he did not need gas that badly.
Thanks.for.those who had helpful.replies regarding extracting fuel from a modern vehicle's tank.
Most other replies just remind me why I prefer conversing with canines.
I have run a briggs lawnmower on 100% "white gas", coleman camping fuel.a low compression Jenny would run on a mixture of Toluol and Mineral Spirits and some twc3. You can get painting supplies in gallon tin cans at Walmart or the hardware store.
My own vehicle I can get about 1/4 gallon at a time with a siphon, and in the past, have just run 12v direct to my fuel pump and disconnected a fuel line at external filter, but on anything modern, I'd have little idea where to start.
Depending on tank location that access might be way in the back of the trunk.It won't apply to all new cars, but some have a fuel pump access door from under the rear seat cushions. A mechanically inclined person can access the fuel that way if needed in a jiffy.
Depending on tank location that access might be way in the back of the trunk.
Not something I would ask an 85 year old to do.