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ok so this morning my mom went to start her suburban its a 2003 z71, and it wouldn't start. turns out her tank was dry. i thought on the newer vehicles you could not syphon from the tank? and her tank didn't have any holes in it from were they could poke a hole. i guess keep your eyes out, i want to get locking gas caps but GM said you can't, they don't hold pressure and cause the SES light to come on. :sadnana:
Wow--so the tank was bone dry, or did the fuel pump 100% crap out? If you can't siphon, what is preventing people from using a type of sump pump to extract fuel from a tank?
fuel pump is good, we put in some gas and it fired right up after priming the fuel lines and hasn't given her any problems. i though GM did something were you can't suck gas from the tank anymore. but i guess they have a tool for that :grr:Quote:
Originally Posted by txarkitekt
nope you can suck gas from a tank. when I was doing my lowering kit I left my truck at my buddies house, and my friend thought it would be cute to tank a few gallons of gas out of my tank. needless to say I figured I would return the favor by "borrowing" some air out of his tiresQuote:
Originally Posted by ChevyLee
:LOL::LOL: That's funny!Quote:
Originally Posted by duckysbht
well that stinks. at least she only had about 5 gal hahaQuote:
Originally Posted by duckysbht
i would have pee'd in his gas tank david :LOL: be nice and help him fill it up
THEY do have locking fuel doors..... i dont think that will throw an SES light, im so glad i dont live in the city.
:pow::grr:****in crooks
they do make locking gas caps ..you just have to look around and see which ones seal the best...the ones that dont seal very well will just throw a code...thats it...it wont change anything and you still have a locked gas cap...i have seen thou where they just cut the hose going to the tank from in the fender well to by pass the locked cap...
I have a chrome fuel door that locks, and there are actually only something like 4 bolts that attach to your truck. Its not tightly sealed to throw a code or anything, and i got mine mostly so people cannot take my gas or f with my gas tank. Just the locking gas caps wont throw a code either i know people with them and there fine.
There's no way that you could siphon a tank so dry that the motor won't start.
I agree. Maybe her gas gauge wasn't working, and she thought she still had enough in the tank, but she was really on fumes, literally.Quote:
Originally Posted by MikeGyver
the tank was dry but the lines had fuel in them. she normally can go about 650 miles to a tank (32 gal tank) she averages about 20 MPG. and even the miles were far from what she normally has. when the gas light comes on she has about 5 gal left. her gas light didn't even come on before she parked it the night before. it could have been busted or stolen who knows, but the past 2 weeks in my general neborhood there has been a gang going around breaking into cars, taking stereos, lap tops, speakers, tail gates, and amps and taking gas from there tanks. To break into the new cars they would cut the glass pop the hood and cut the battery cables. the older ones, they cut the weather stripping off, and tore threw the door. My friends 1990 454SS got ripped apart. they stole his touch screen dvd player/cd player. his speakers and cut his wiring harness and stole his a/c vents. he needs all new wiring, a new dash, all new plastic around the back of the cab were they pried it to try and steal his 200 pound sub box. His interior is totaled. Anyway these guys knew what they were doing, did it in about 1 hr to the hole street. so i wouldn't put it past them to steal gas from our street tooQuote:
Originally Posted by AKlowriderZ71
Holy crap!! Sounds like it's time to move or build a garage. That really sucks. Sorry to hear it.
nope. just go invest in a 40 cal and call it a day. castle law. im bout to go get my chl and get me a 40 and chill til someone gets frisky then its bad news for them...
Mine's a .44mag, don't wanna leave those shells laying around. S&W
Carry concealed permits are not required in Alaska. What about Texas?
sounds like y'all need to sit on the roof with a deer rifle and start picking off the douche bags. personally i would set up a few claymores get a jug of something and wait for the little bastards.Quote:
Originally Posted by ChevyLee
I'd invest in a 40-cal for sure. I've been looking to get a Sig for a long time. Just don't have the need for it (relatively safe neighborhood with tight neighbors).
I siphoned gas from my truck without even trying (during the motor swap on my C10). All you need is a small external pump, and a 5-gallon can. No rocket science there.
Yes, a CHL is required here--but a lot of people carry anyway... :)Quote:
Originally Posted by AKlowriderZ71