Gas Tank Question......

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NJWashingGuy

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Is there a way to feed a small engine 13 hp or so with a gas tank that is not attached to the engine, such as in the Honda 13 etc? I dislike the minimal run time on the tank and find it a pain to keep filling it up.
I would like to attach it to a 9 gallon tank or something like that so there is no more worrying about fuel level.
Thanks in advance,
Mike
 
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yes and no, it involves an extra tank, a 1/4 barbed T, and an extra ball valve, and a small holley fuel pump or other 12Volt pump.


You can take the spare tank, plumb it into the on/off fuel valve onto the machine using the T mentioned above. This will allow you to fill the tank within a short matter of time and keep from carrying gas cans and stopping throughout the day to fill them up.

8 gallons will usually last you 1.5 to 2 days of full on washing. Basically you will close the valve off going into the carb, open the valve from the fuel pump and click on a switch that will fill the tank up for you. This isin't the idea your looking for exactly however one that works.
 
yeah, i tried it before, bought the flat red fuel tank, and was hoping it would just feed itself, nah. so u need a 30$ electric fuel pump from advance, the red tank, an inline fuel filter and fuel line. and a battery of course to feed the pump. its safer, longer run time, but just a little more room and time needed. safer for the fact that u dont have pour fuel over a hot engine
 
I have done it with a tank you would use for a small outboard motor. 5 gal with a prime. But it has to be mounted above the motor. I just did it last night on a 4.8gpm PW on the back of my trailer. I just conected a M/M barb to the existing hose off the standard fuel tank. If you leave the bigger tank lower than the motor, then no gravity will not feed the carb. but it works
 
El Flojo said:
I have done it with a tank you would use for a small outboard motor. 5 gal with a prime. But it has to be mounted above the motor. I just did it last night on a 4.8gpm PW on the back of my trailer. I just conected a M/M barb to the existing hose off the standard fuel tank. If you leave the bigger tank lower than the motor, then no gravity will not feed the carb. but it works
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If it is mounted above, with the priming bulbm then once its running does it create suction?? to draw gas to the carb? If so that sounds like the easiest way to go.
Anyone else?? I see that I am not the only one who has this problem.
Thanks in advance, Mike
 
I've found if you mount a tank slightly higher it will work fine with gravity. Too high or with a fuel pump some carb float valves will let it leak and cause flooding or float bowl overflow problems. Maybe I just had bad float needles. They were Chonda motors so they aren't Honda quality.
 
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