Just an Idea

[jjtt]

Tossing around an idea of making a portable gas tank to start and tune without having to put gas in the sleds tank. Thinking about getting a 1 gallon gas can and putting a tank fitting in the side then add a shutoff and fuel line. I could then attach to carb and start engine. When done, just shutoff gas and remove line. Has anybody done anything similar, if so how did it work?

[monte44]

Yes. I think someone one the site has made something similar. Look in the tips and tricks section? I use a motion pro hanging bottle (it just hangs off the handle bars with a long hose and a shut off valve) that is very similar to what you describe and it works great also.

[AirborneX4Special]

Yep, that will work fine. Have seen them used at dealer service shops, especially when priming a repaired oil injection system.

[427cobra]

Yes I do this all the time. I use a 1 gal fuel container which fits nice on the floor board. Drop one end of the fuel line into the container (with a screen pick-up) the other end goes to the fuel pump. I usually stuff a shop towel around the line going into the tank to help keep things in place.

The container I use is actually for my weedwacker, snowblower, chainsaw, etc... They all use the same mix. So no need to use a special container for me.

This eliminates the need to fill up the fuel tank on the sled.

[nick80lf]

Like this?

I didn't put a check valve style pickup inside the tank. I use the mityvac to put a little pressure on the tank to pre fill the carbs.......I hate pulling my guts out. I can also flip the mityvac to vacuum and suck the last bit of fuel out of the tank when summerizing the sleds

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[PolCat]

Yes I do this all the time. I use a 1 gal fuel container which fits nice on the floor board. Drop one end of the fuel line into the container (with a screen pick-up) the other end goes to the fuel pump. I usually stuff a shop towel around the line going into the tank to help keep things in place.

The container I use is actually for my weedwacker, snowblower, chainsaw, etc... They all use the same mix. So no need to use a special container for me.

This eliminates the need to fill up the fuel tank on the sled.

Yup just grab the weed eater can and stick the pick up line into the filler hole. Use a squeeze bulb to pump the gas to the carb.
Sometimes I just use a 16 oz pop bottle. Hole in the cap to push the fuel line into.

[WinnipegStPaul9]

We just use a gallon plastic container and stick the fuel line in. Nothing magical and it saves from putting gas in the tank until you're ready.

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