sgtrisk

I've got 500 gallons of fuel oil in my home heating oil tank (which I no longer need the house). I'm having trouble getting it OUT of the tank to use in the truck. (We'll worry about "off-road diesel issues" later.)

I don't have, nor can I afford right now, an electric pump that will pull it up from the tank. And I was, just now, very disappointed to see that the fuel will not drain by gravity from the copper lines left in the house!! Do those lines (or at least the supply line) SIPHON the fuel out, or does the furnace actually provide suction to pump the fuel up and out of the tank? (Unfortunately, all of the old parts of the furnace went away with the heat pump installers!)

If the old supply siphons the fuel, perhaps I could pressurize the tank enough to get it started?

Any ideas would be great!!

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Brad
N7IVV

Currently without equipment!