So I was taking off my gas tank today to get it painted. I still had gas in it so I siphoned it out with a clear hose. I start sucking the hose and didnt notice any fluid in the tube, so I suck harder and it ****ing shoots in my mouth causing me to swallow some gas and it got in my nostrils. I was ****ing scared as ****. I was like **** I just ****ing swallowed a lethal chemical. So I run to the sink and soak my face mouth and nose with water and tried to spit it all up and ****. It was burning my mouth and nostrils like hell. I googled what to do if you swallow gasoline and also called the poison control center. I felt better when they said they had calls like this all the time, and all i needed to do was just wait for it to settle down and not throw up. I just felt like *** for the rest of today. I still feel ****ty.

 

Should of turned on the video camera and try holding a lighter to your nostrils....

could of made some good youtube footage? haha.

Yea, my uncle did that once. You'll be fine.

 

hate to admit it but ive done the same but with diesel. it sucks dude. i felt like sh*t for like 3 days.

 

Awe LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that just made my night...Havent we all been there, but i managed to soak myself in the gas too

 

Was your mouth level lower than that of the tank?

 

No I had a long tube, maybe about 7 ft or so long. I figured I would be able to see the damn gasoline as I was sucking it, butI aint see anything at all. I really should have been more careful. I have learned a good lesson though.

 

you will probably taste gas for the next couple of days every time you burp, i did every time it happened to me anyway.
the easiest way to syphon i find is with a shorter hose- hold the end of the hose above tank level and suck the gas up to just before your mouth then pinch the line so the gas don't go back in and just stick it in the gas can and release it seems to work every time. Don't feel bad though every body i know including myself has swallowed a little gas.

 

If its 97 octane, don't cough and fart at the same time, you'll explode....joking .

You'll be fine, its all part of the experience

 

I siphoned gas out of my bike the other day, my girlfriend was there telling me to be careful. After it was in the bucket we did something else in the garage, but when we turned around we saw her cat drinking the gasoline!!! That thing ran around like crazy for about 5 minutes and then just fell over over. I asked my girlfriend if the the cat was dead. She said 'no, it just ran out of gas.'

It is an old joke, been waiting to tell it for about 20 years.

 

lol that sounded like a joke my little niece would say...lol but it sure was funny.

If you thinking syphoning gas is bad..try fish water :/