# Draining gas tank on a 2009 Toyota Camry

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/draining-gas-tank-on-a-2009-toyota-camry/96292>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** toyota, camry\
**Created:** [October 30, 2016, 4:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/draining-gas-tank-on-a-2009-toyota-camry/96292 "2016-10-30T16:18:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2016, 2:52am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/draining-gas-tank-on-a-2009-toyota-camry/96292/21 "2016-10-31T02:52:10Z")

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Excellent suggestions, db.

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**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2016, 11:51am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/draining-gas-tank-on-a-2009-toyota-camry/96292/22 "2016-10-31T11:51:55Z")

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How about putting a 2 gallon can of gas in the trunk, then when she calls after running out of gas tell her it is there.

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**Author:** ![always\_fixing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/71e660/32.png) [@always\_fixing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/always_fixing)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2016, 4:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/draining-gas-tank-on-a-2009-toyota-camry/96292/23 "2016-10-31T16:55:44Z")

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That’s seems like an excessive thing to do to teach her a lesson and also somewhat dangerous. If you have or know someone with some electrical knowledge, maybe they can connect a 12V piezo electric buzzer in parallel to the low fuel light?

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**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 12:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/draining-gas-tank-on-a-2009-toyota-camry/96292/24 "2016-11-01T00:13:48Z")

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> [@bing](#):
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> It took several hours for someone to finally notice and tow him to shore. He did make it on time but was beet red from the sun burn

LOL!! That’s a great story @bing , thanks for sharing. I doubt romantic-comedy movie writers could come up w/something funnier than that!

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**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 4:34am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/draining-gas-tank-on-a-2009-toyota-camry/96292/25 "2016-11-01T04:34:29Z")

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If you do that, I don’t think the daughter will ever learn

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**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 1:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/draining-gas-tank-on-a-2009-toyota-camry/96292/26 "2016-11-01T13:57:16Z")

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She might learn to always carry a can of gas in the trunk. Fire departments everywhere will cringe at the very thought. This is IMHO not a good thing to teach her. It’s not safe.

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