Your Jeep is a fueling station!
 

Here's a cool tool you can make yourself: a tap line for your Jeep fuel
injector rail that you can use to pump gasoline.

During and after Hurricane Frances we were having to get 15 gallons/day
of fuel into a portable generator, and shuttling that much via small
cans was a chore, and for a while gasoline was rationed so that you
weren't allowed to even fill portable containers, although you could
fill your vehicle tank.

After I discovered that my 2003 TJ, like most modern cars, will not
admit a siphon tube into the fuel filler neck, I thought about using the
service port on the fuel injector rail. Turns out this is a standard
1/4" flare fitting, which is the same used on the old R12 refrigerant
charging hoses. I took one of those hoses from the auto parts store,
cut it in half, and spliced in a length of 1/4" polyethylene tubing with
a brass hose repair coupler.

Running the engine at idle, this delivers 1/2 gallon/minute through the
hose. On my car, the pump runs only when the engine is running. At
least at idle, tapping off the fuel doesn't seem to affect the engine's
needs. With the engine off, you can attach and remove the hose without
spilling more than a few drops that you can catch with a rag.

I've disconnected, coiled, and stowed this hose inside the engine
compartment using some cable ties, where it's ready to supply fuel in an
emergency.

Seems like with a shut-off valve, this could also avoid the need to
store gasoline in the garage for lawn mowers and such.

Re: Your Jeep is a fueling station!
 

Richard J Kinch did pass the time by typing:
> Here's a cool tool you can make yourself: a tap line for your Jeep fuel
> injector rail that you can use to pump gasoline.

<snip interesting info>

> Running the engine at idle, this delivers 1/2 gallon/minute through the
> hose. On my car, the pump runs only when the engine is running.

You just need to jumper the fuel pump relay to make it pump. Depends
on the model but it's a fairly easy thing to do.

As for the siphon, you can. It just takes a long screwdriver to move
the spring out of the way. Least on my ZJ it does.

--
DougW

Re: Your Jeep is a fueling station!
 

Richard J Kinch did pass the time by typing:
> Here's a cool tool you can make yourself: a tap line for your Jeep fuel
> injector rail that you can use to pump gasoline.

<snip interesting info>

> Running the engine at idle, this delivers 1/2 gallon/minute through the
> hose. On my car, the pump runs only when the engine is running.

You just need to jumper the fuel pump relay to make it pump. Depends
on the model but it's a fairly easy thing to do.

As for the siphon, you can. It just takes a long screwdriver to move
the spring out of the way. Least on my ZJ it does.

--
DougW

Re: Your Jeep is a fueling station!
 

Richard J Kinch did pass the time by typing:
> Here's a cool tool you can make yourself: a tap line for your Jeep fuel
> injector rail that you can use to pump gasoline.

<snip interesting info>

> Running the engine at idle, this delivers 1/2 gallon/minute through the
> hose. On my car, the pump runs only when the engine is running.

You just need to jumper the fuel pump relay to make it pump. Depends
on the model but it's a fairly easy thing to do.

As for the siphon, you can. It just takes a long screwdriver to move
the spring out of the way. Least on my ZJ it does.

--
DougW

Re: Your Jeep is a fueling station!
 

Geez, everyone with a lawnmower here in California has a Mexican
credit card, and a Jeep can.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
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DougW wrote:
>
> <snip interesting info>
>
> You just need to jumper the fuel pump relay to make it pump. Depends
> on the model but it's a fairly easy thing to do.
>
> As for the siphon, you can. It just takes a long screwdriver to move
> the spring out of the way. Least on my ZJ it does.
>
> --
> DougW

Re: Your Jeep is a fueling station!
 

Geez, everyone with a lawnmower here in California has a Mexican
credit card, and a Jeep can.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

DougW wrote:
>
> <snip interesting info>
>
> You just need to jumper the fuel pump relay to make it pump. Depends
> on the model but it's a fairly easy thing to do.
>
> As for the siphon, you can. It just takes a long screwdriver to move
> the spring out of the way. Least on my ZJ it does.
>
> --
> DougW

Re: Your Jeep is a fueling station!
 

Geez, everyone with a lawnmower here in California has a Mexican
credit card, and a Jeep can.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

DougW wrote:
>
> <snip interesting info>
>
> You just need to jumper the fuel pump relay to make it pump. Depends
> on the model but it's a fairly easy thing to do.
>
> As for the siphon, you can. It just takes a long screwdriver to move
> the spring out of the way. Least on my ZJ it does.
>
> --
> DougW

Re: Your Jeep is a fueling station!
 

L.W.(ßill) ------ III <----------@cox.net> wrote in message news:<414CAEC8.30BF541B@cox.net>...
> Geez, everyone with a lawnmower here in California has a Mexican
> credit card, and a Jeep can.
>

Do you have to have the filler restriction in in California? We cut
them out the first time the tank or filler neck is out over here.

Re: Your Jeep is a fueling station!
 

L.W.(ßill) ------ III <----------@cox.net> wrote in message news:<414CAEC8.30BF541B@cox.net>...
> Geez, everyone with a lawnmower here in California has a Mexican
> credit card, and a Jeep can.
>

Do you have to have the filler restriction in in California? We cut
them out the first time the tank or filler neck is out over here.

Re: Your Jeep is a fueling station!
 

L.W.(ßill) ------ III <----------@cox.net> wrote in message news:<414CAEC8.30BF541B@cox.net>...
> Geez, everyone with a lawnmower here in California has a Mexican
> credit card, and a Jeep can.
>

Do you have to have the filler restriction in in California? We cut
them out the first time the tank or filler neck is out over here.