Report on battery DEWAY gas transfer pump

[Jess from VA]

Sorry guys, I looked for the thread where someone linked the Deway gas transfer pump, which led me to buy one, but I couldn't find it.  Otherwise, I would have posted this to that thread.

I got my Deway transfer pump from Amazon but hadn't had a chance to try it.  Too chilly for bike work today.  This pump takes 2 D batteries for power, you stick the pickup tube down in the can (it reaches to the bottom of a 5gal can), and the top of it has a see through hose you put in your tank.  

First (an experiment, not need) I used it to top up my Dodge Promaster van.  Set the 5gal can on the ground, and the gas filler neck is about hip high to my short legs.  It worked like a champ; not as fast as a real gas pump, but it topped up 2-3 gallons in short order, and the auto nozzle shutoff for a full tank worked as advertised (no overfill or spill).

Next, I tried it on an Interstate.  You may recall from the other thread there was some question whether the hose was long enough to reach the tank with the 5gal can on the ground.  That reach was about as far as it could go (and about a third taller than my Dodge truck gas fill) but it reached the tank OK.  It pumped the gas up to about 8-10 inches from the tank, but did not have enough push to get the gas into the tank.  The bike was in the shed (tight quarters), so I pulled the seat and set the can on the frame, and now it pumped gas like a champ again, and the nozzle auto shutoff worked again, and no mess or spill (though I used the on-off switch to top it up a bit more).

I only run non ethanol gas in my bikes (unless traveling) and lawn equipment (totaling about 33 carburetors I don't want gummed up) and have to drive about 100 mi round trip to get it, so I get 6 5gal cans (and a couple smaller ones) to have on hand (I also treat it with Marine Stabil/Berryman's B12).  Filling my Interstates with full 5gal cans is heavy and messy.  So this little transfer pump is a good deal for me.  Even though it lacked the power to get the gas from the ground to my bike tank, I still give it a very positive rating.  Pulling the seat (to keep gas and the crummy can off it, and to make a platform to pump from) is one key-turn easy.    

[HayHauler]

Glad it worked out for you Jess.  I will be using mine every weekend for the next 8 weekends filling the generator at our campsite.  My ginny tank fill hole is not as tall as your IS and works like a champ.  I was concerned that it would need a little height to overcome the gravity head pressure, but am really glad it keeps you from holding that can above the tank filler tube.

Hay 
Jimmyt

[Jess from VA]

I thank you for the recommendation Jimmy.   

Not only is it easy to use and not expensive, no matter how careful I am with cans, the various (old) spouts and gaskets and plastic make some slop and leakage a virtual certainty every time you use one.  But this thing did not spill or leak at all. 

Not like I'm going to use it to fill my 2 stoke and lawn equipment, but I've also been slopping gas filling the smaller cans I use for those things from the full 5gal cans with a funnel.  Now I can just line the small cans up and fill them all from 5's using the transfer pump leaky free once in a while.   

[3fan4life]

I have this that I bought from Harbor Freight:




https://www.harborfreight.com/automotive/lubricants-adhesives/fluid-collection/battery-operated-liquid-transfer-pump-63847.html

It's only $13.50 and it looks like a parking lot sale is coming up where if you're an Inside Track Club Member you can get it for $6.96

I bought it to pump gas out of an Interstate tank so that I could remove the tank easier.

I couldn't empty the tank, but it pumped out the first 3-4 gallons.

[HayHauler]

That is the D-cell version that doesn't shut off automatically, but several of my fellow campers have them.  They also have a spare, just in case. 

Hay 
Jimmyt

[Jess from VA]

I bought it to pump gas out of an Interstate tank so that I could remove the tank easier.

A lot easier.   

Pulling a full or almost full IS tank is a good way to drop it.