# Siphoning Gas 2002 Mazda MPV **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [June 19, 2008, 8:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/siphoning-gas-2002-mazda-mpv/15576 "2008-06-19T20:18:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Vaniam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c89c15/32.png) [@Vaniam](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Vaniam)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 8:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/siphoning-gas-2002-mazda-mpv/15576/1 "2008-06-19T20:18:19Z")
Thought I would save a trip to the gas station by using a siphon tube to get gas into my lawnmower. The tube goes in but does not make any contact with gasoline. Tank is full. Anti-siphon in the filler neck? ---
**Author:** ![GreasyJack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df705f/32.png) [@GreasyJack](https://community.cartalk.com/u/GreasyJack)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2008, 2:12am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/siphoning-gas-2002-mazda-mpv/15576/2 "2008-06-20T02:12:18Z")
Yep, it’s pretty tricky to siphon gas out of a modern car. That’s why gas theives have been resorting to punching a hole in the bottom of people’s gas tanks. An old coworker of mine who mowed lawns on the side had a contraption that I’m pretty sure he made himself that had a female schraeder valve connection on one side, a 6-foot long hose and a little squeeze valve on the other end with a nozzle. He could screw the schraeder valve onto the fuel rail of his truck, turn the key to run and, viola, instant gas pump! ---
**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2008, 10:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/siphoning-gas-2002-mazda-mpv/15576/3 "2008-06-20T10:23:13Z")
Yea as Greasy said, it is not easy or safe. Buy a good gas can or as I did, an electric mower. ---
**Author:** ![Triedaq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Triedaq](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Triedaq)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2008, 6:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/siphoning-gas-2002-mazda-mpv/15576/4 "2008-06-20T18:15:23Z")
Years ago, I bought a siphon pump that consisted of a bellows with a check valve. One line went into the gasoline tank and the other to a container that was lower than the tank of the car. It never worked very well. In fact, I found it far easier just to go to the filling station with a good gasoline can. I really don’t like carrying gasoline containers in the car, but I haven’t found any other way to get gasoline to the mower. BTW, I just read where the sale of gasoline power mowers is down because of the price of gasoline. However, I’m not ready to switch to a non-powered reel mower. I remember pushing one when I was in elementary school. When the lawns got ahead of us, it took three of us kids to operate the mower–two pushing and one pulling with a rope tied to the front of the mower. We got 75 cents a yard. If I could do it myself, it was all profit. Otherwise, we made a quarter apiece. ---
**Author:** ![Caddyman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/caddyman/32/23_2.png) [@Caddyman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Caddyman)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2008, 6:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/siphoning-gas-2002-mazda-mpv/15576/5 "2008-06-20T18:29:27Z")
What’s blocking you is the anti-rollover check ball that lives in the filler neck…Sometimes you can slip a smaller hose past it, 3/8" tubing…But it takes a long time to get 2 gallons of gas…