Water in gas tank

What’s the best way to drain bad gas from my 3rd gen taco?
I know I can’t siphon it from the filler neck and I know that I can’t jump the fuel pump relay. So is my only option to have a shop with a Scan tool turn the pump on to drain the tank?

 

You could try gas line antifreeze, depending on how bad it is. It allows the water to break down and pass through the system and burn it off. Once you have run through a couple of clean tanks with fuel antifreeze, change the filter.

 

How do you know it is bad gas?

 

use star tron. we get a lot of water contaminated gas in my area.

 

I have tried 2 bottles of heet and the filter is in the tank so I’d have to drop a full tank

 

I'm also wondering how you know you have water in your fuel tank.

 

heet is garbage. try startron. or you can drain your tank.

 

Thanks for the starteon recs I will try that. Any other ideas on how to drain the tank without an expensive scan tool?

 

just try to burn as much fuel as possible before filling up again. maybe get a gas container and drive until it says range:0. or just drive it until it dies, not great for the fuel pump but i don't think running out of gas once is going to kill it.

 

Sorry if I didn’t mention it, but it doesn’t start

 

do you have any codes? how do you know it's water in your fuel? i've never had so much water in my fuel that truck wouldn't start.

 

While I appreciate the troubleshooting help, what I’m really asking for is technical help draining the fuel tank.

 

Unless there is something you're not telling us, the odds of there being so much fuel in your tank to prevent the engine from starting are pretty slim.

 

The great flood came. How do I drain my fuel tank?

 

Do 3rd gen fuel pumps not kick on when the key is in the ON position? If anything pull the bed, that'll give you access to the tank. From there you can siphon most of it out from a disconnected fuel hose I'd think.

 

You may find this thread helpful.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/how-to-drain-my-gas-tank-2016-taco.441499/

 

If the filler neck was submerged and the cap leaked, you surely had water in cab and possible ECU damage?

 

Drill a hole in the tank, drain it, seal the hole. Quick and simple.

 

If you bought contaminated gas wouldn’t the station be responsible for the repairs? That is the way it works here.

 

The fuel tank on modern automobiles is sealed quite well to prevent greenhouse emissions. There are a ton of other reasons high water might have affected your engine negatively. Unless you have reason to believe there is water in your gas tank, I would start with other potential causes.

In any case, I suspect the best way to drain your gas tank is to remove it, turn it upside down, and let gravity do its work. Some sort of pump might work too, but I think there is a screen in the filter tube to present foreign material and siphoning tubes.