How to drain gas tank?

[dank41582]

Originally Posted by bluemavrick5510

Just FYI. I ended up removing the fuel pump from the gas tank via access under the rear seat and using a harbor freight tools hand pump to remove the old gas. kind of a waste effort though because there was only two gallons of gas in the tank. And I had to buy a tool ($33.00) to remove the fuel pump locking collar. Upside now though is that I can easily do it all again if needed. And with new fuel and oil the car started right up and seems to run as if it had never been sitting for five (not four) years. Now I need to tackle the underside body rust and interior mouse nests and smell.

2008 Yaris here, car has been sitting for 8 months with 3 gallons of gas in it. Looking to siphon the old gas out.. you couldn't siphon the fuel out via the fuel filler pipe? Is there something blocking the pipe or otherwise preventing you from doing it that way that was causing you to need to access the fuel via the fuel pump access?

Also where did you get the $33 tool?

Hope the car's running well!

Note: lots of people online are saying that 8 months old gas won't do any harm, other than maybe causing the need to change the fuel filter.. I'm leaning towards not risking it though, can't change the fuel filter on an 08 yaris as far as I'm aware.