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How to drain old/stale fuel from fuel tank(96' civic 2dr)

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Old Mar 2, 2011 | 08:31 AM
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Default How to drain old/stale fuel from fuel tank(96' civic 2dr)

-like title states basically, i bought a 96' civic coupe shell about 6months back & jus put a swap in it...well the gas tank has about 3/4 tank of old *** gas in it, but i cant seem to find a drainplug. Theres no obvious "bulges", where plug might be covered by the undercoating..so i guess my question is how do i drain the gas without dropping tank?
maybe theres a drainbolt im just not noticing someone can advise me where to look specifically or should i try and cyphen the gas out? or should i take the time to drop the tank?
thanks in advance

& sorry, i couldnt find this info in "faq's" or a serach, i looked.
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Old Mar 2, 2011 | 08:36 AM
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I would just siphon the gas out. You don't need it all out, just most of it. Then just fill a bucket and use it as bonfire starter.
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Old Mar 2, 2011 | 08:37 AM
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there should be a plug i believe on the driver side rear of the tank on the bottom, or it is on the passenger side.
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Old Mar 2, 2011 | 08:37 AM
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http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...drain+gas+tank
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Old Mar 2, 2011 | 08:42 AM
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or you could hope the old fuel pump still works, find the wires for it, and connect them to a car battery and just let the pump do the work
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Old Mar 2, 2011 | 10:49 AM
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thx..imma check it out again tonite..
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Old Mar 3, 2011 | 08:18 PM
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I agree with Vartok. I did this to my old 300zx and it worked perfect. Find the fuel lines, disconnect them and be prepared for when the fuel comes.
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Old Mar 3, 2011 | 08:22 PM
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there should be a drain bold on on the driver side more twords the back of the car. ill try to snap a pic tomrrw when i get to my car. hopefully it will help ya out
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Old Mar 4, 2011 | 04:02 AM
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i found it..thx guys
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