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SharpSS · 12-15-2009, 04:11 PM

I would like to syphon out the gas that the dealer put in my car. (They put in regular) Weather is not nice enough to drive it out and I still have over a quarter tank. Has anyone done this?

jimmie.briseno · 12-15-2009, 04:12 PM

I really dont think that a quarter of a tank of gas will ruin the engine. but if you really need to you can go to the nearest auto parts store and buy a siphoning kit for like 20 bucks

1320junkie · 12-15-2009, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by jimmie.briseno

I really dont think that a quarter of a tank of gas will ruin the engine. but if you really need to you can go to the nearest auto parts store and buy a siphoning kit for like 20 bucks

TooCool5 · 12-15-2009, 04:14 PM

Most GM cars do not let you get a siphon hose into the tank.

67 Convertible · 12-15-2009, 04:19 PM

It's very difficult, if not impossible to siphon gas from any newer cars not just GM, but all manufacturers.

SharpSS · 12-15-2009, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by jimmie.briseno

I really dont think that a quarter of a tank of gas will ruin the engine. but if you really need to you can go to the nearest auto parts store and buy a siphoning kit for like 20 bucks

True but I have noticed a drop in power since first getting the car. I read through the fuse pull thread a while back and wondered if it really made that big a difference. Two days after getting the car I went to pass a vehicle, dropped it down to third and hit 100mph fairly quick. This past Sunday did the same thing and it was slower. Temps were about the same so that should not have had anything to do with it. I just want to get the lower octane fuel out and put in what is recommended.

brAnd7onX · 12-15-2009, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by SharpSS

True but I have noticed a drop in power since first getting the car. I read through the fuse pull thread a while back and wondered if it really made that big a difference. Two days after getting the car I went to pass a vehicle, dropped it down to third and hit 100mph fairly quick. This past Sunday did the same thing and it was slower. Temps were about the same so that should not have had anything to do with it. I just want to get the lower octane fuel out and put in what is recommended.

Okay first of all you need to get all of that 87 octane out of there and you need to put in 91 or 93 ASAP! And then you need to do the fuse pull trick or else your gonna have a lemon for the rest of your life. Here read this thread... http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38964

SleepWarz · 12-15-2009, 04:38 PM

Start and idle that crap away!

SharpSS · 12-15-2009, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by brAnd7onX

Okay first of all you need to get all of that 87 octane out of there and you need to put in 91 or 93 ASAP! And then you need to do the fuse pull trick or else your gonna have a lemon for the rest of your life. Here read this thread... http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38964

That is why I am wanting it out. Would it be possible to put in octane boost?

brAnd7onX · 12-15-2009, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by SharpSS

That is why I am wanting it out. Would it be possible to put in octane boost?

No that wont work. You just have to drain it all out by either breaking in the car or letting it idle. You should be fine if you have a little 87 in there and you fill it up with 91 and do the fuse pull trick. I've heard that works.

skuttduck · 12-15-2009, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by 67 Convertible

It's very difficult, if not impossible to siphon gas from any newer cars not just GM, but all manufacturers.

My understanding is that there is a checkvalve in there that allows things to go in, but not out.

My salesman told me when picking up the Camaro, they had issues where they had to remove the tanks on the vehicles to get the fuel out because people put E85 in them.

THUMPER20X · 12-15-2009, 06:19 PM

Idle wont hurt. Wait till the distance to empty reads like 1 mile and dump 5gallons of supreme in there.

Frank in MD · 12-15-2009, 06:39 PM

Wait, wait, wait.... So, not only did your dealer not fill your tank, but they put 87 octane in your SS Camaro?

Tell me that this is a joke, PLEASE!

Are they.... S T U P I D?

THUMPER20X · 12-15-2009, 06:42 PM

Something tells me this would never happen at Ourisman Chev lol. jk.

12-15-2009, 04:11 PM	#1
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12-15-2009, 04:19 PM	#5
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12-15-2009, 06:19 PM	#12
THUMPER20X GM fix my PAINT U suck! Drives: 2010 Black 1SS/RS 6Spd Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Great Red North Posts: 1,856	Idle wont hurt. Wait till the distance to empty reads like 1 mile and dump 5gallons of supreme in there. __________________

12-15-2009, 06:39 PM	#13
Frank in MD Raining Blood Drives: 2014 SS Performance Sedan Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: facebook Posts: 2,682	Wait, wait, wait.... So, not only did your dealer not fill your tank, but they put 87 octane in your SS Camaro? Tell me that this is a joke, PLEASE! Are they.... S T U P I D? __________________ Ordered 1/9/12 - Born 2/3/12 - Delivered 2/21/12 - '12 1SS/RS Summit White - TRADED. 2014 SS Performance Sedan #2974 - Red Hot 2 - S/R. & Spare. Built 01/09/14 #238 of 291 as configured

12-15-2009, 04:12 PM	#2
jimmie.briseno Drives: camaro Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: MS Posts: 621	I really dont think that a quarter of a tank of gas will ruin the engine. but if you really need to you can go to the nearest auto parts store and buy a siphoning kit for like 20 bucks

12-15-2009, 04:38 PM	#8
SleepWarz Banned Drives: 1991 New Yorker, 69 Tbird, ABM2SSRS Join Date: May 2009 Location: BC Canada Posts: 2,248 View My Garage	Start and idle that crap away!

12-15-2009, 06:42 PM	#14
THUMPER20X GM fix my PAINT U suck! Drives: 2010 Black 1SS/RS 6Spd Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Great Red North Posts: 1,856	Something tells me this would never happen at Ourisman Chev lol. jk. __________________

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