These things are awesome for the price! I have probably around 400 gallons or so of gas / diesel on this one now and it still works great.

Thank you.I honestly didn't think this pump was going to hold up as well as it has. Since i've made this video i've pumped over 100 gallons of gasoline on top of what I did in this video and it's still working great! That's a really good idea to use as a bilge pump.

You’re very welcome! It might work it might not depending on how long your suction line is. At the minimum if you could get a good siphon going the pump should do its job of maintaining it. So far my pump has worked great although a few others it seems are having mixed results.

That’s hilarious. Hopefully there isn’t any poo in there to stop that bad boy up haha

Mine still works great as well. After talking to a few people on here it sounds like we got lucky! 😁

I like mine too! From some of the comments it seems like we got really lucky with ours. Mine is still running strong.

@@reallifetested2605 Ya we maybe did but then again I find it’s very hard to please some people now a days.

That’s awful brother! Luckily mine is still going strong. I did have to start removing the batteries from it as it got a parasitic drain somehow.

Yes, if you look at the base it just has a small motor with an impeller. That has to be fully submerged. On my generator to fully drain it I usually have to disconnect the fuel hose, drain it the rest of the way, then run it dry. Hope that was able to help a little!

The tube on this is too large for that. This works by using a small electric motor with an impeller at the end of the tube. It has to be submerged in order to draw fluids.

I double checked to verify and yes it’s safe for gasoline, diesel, and oils. Just nothing corrosive.

I would say no. It really doesn’t have enough power to lift much further than the length that it’s made. I will say that when we siphon our pool out for winter. (This is hard to explain in txt) but! If you put your hose completely in the water (while holding one end of course) let the hose fill completely with water. Put the end that you have in your hand under water until the bubbles stop coming out. Then put your thumb over it. You should be able to just pull the end out and it will self siphon. Don’t take your thumb off until it’s below the water level though or it won’t work. Hope that makes sense!

@@reallifetested2605 it does! I'll try it. Thanks so much.

After talking to you and a few others I think i might’ve gotten lucky with this one. My dad bought one because I spoke so highly of it and he literally used it one time after that it was leaking. The one I have has literally had hundreds of gallons of fuel through it and still works!

@@reallifetested2605 i bought 1 from wallys....JUNK doesnt work

I’m not sure I understand? This video didn’t include me with any angle iron.

I think I got lucky because my dad had the same issues as you. Mine is still kicking and I use it all the time.

I don’t think this would work to good for that. You have to have the end of the pump submerged into the tank for it to pull the gasoline up through it. Even if you managed that by adding an extension hose I don’t believe the pump would have enough lift to be able to draw the gasoline out.

Since i've posted this video i've at least ran another 100 gallons of gasoline through it and it's still working great! I've been very happy with this.

lmfao I thought I knew the part you were talking about at 0:27 and didn't realize I did that twice! That's hilarious.

Oh no! So far I have been lucky. Mine has pumped well over 100 gallons at this point and still going strong. It does go through batteries though.

I really looked into this a few years back. Some manufacturers recommend draining the tanks and running dry, while others recommend leaving tanks full and running stabilizer through everything. I think it depends on carb vs fuel injected, steel tank vs plastic tank etc.

I've been using it a good bit and have been happy with it for my uses. You're right about it having bad lift though. It does lift ok when you have a set of fresh batteries in, but that's not for long.

It definitely won’t on the suction side. On the outlet side it could if you had it below the container you were pulling from. gravity would help the weak pump.

@@reallifetested2605 I guess I am cutting my bed cause I’m not dropping my tank with 30 gallons of gas in it

Thanks for the reply

Can you get a small hose in there and siphon it out? I had to do that on my dad’s truck to change his fuel pump. It takes forever to siphon it out because of the small hose but it’s better than taking that tank down. I just used my mouth to get the siphon going. Gas burns so be careful if you go that route.

@@reallifetested2605 I will just go through the bed and then weld it back up I think it will be way easier than dropping the tank I literally just put a full tank of gas in so I am not too keen on the syphon method to be honest I will just cut it with a grinder and then I’ll have access to the pump

My dad said the same thing. He was going to use the one you’re talking about for kerosene and it cracked when he pressed on the bulb.

This definitely wouldn’t have enough lift for thick gear oil. I made a video a while back that I’ll link below of a pump that I use to do oil changes, I’ve also used it to do differential oil changes as well. The video is a of me changing the oil in a lawn mower, but I use this pump for all sorts of things. Can You Change Oil Without Draining | Lets Find Out! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/e-B8YMJ_rNy1gIE.html

@@reallifetested2605 thanks bro

@@ericsivilla4091 actually here is a video of me doing differential fluid. I had forgotten about it. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p5OoqdqUxrDSnaM.html

@@reallifetested2605 thank you bro

Sorry to hear that. You’re right that could’ve ended up bad real quick. I’ve been extremely lucky as mines still kicking, but a lot of others are having similar results as you.

@@reallifetested2605 There is no room here for a single error. Even if gas isn't entering the battery compartment fumes are. And fumes ignite instantly when the on/off switch is pressed. Not worth a risk. Also, I noticed that sellers of these pumps leave no company name, and no phone number. Contact e-mail they leave is bogus. These people can not be tracked down. They know they are selling dangerous product.

Hey Lisa! :D

This thing definitely wouldn’t do a good job on thicker fluids. Luckily mine is still kicking. It seems quality control is lacking on this. It’s almost 50/50 for loving and hating on it.

Alkaline does have more capacity than the zinc chloride equivalent. It would be interesting to see the runtime differences between the two.

haha yes.

It seems like in the past year the quality on these has went downhill. Mine is still working but everyone I talk to says the same thing as you.

It would be cool if you could, but this pump definitely doesn't have enough lift for that.