Foraging Fuel

[Paul]

In a disaster or post apocalyptic scenario, he who owns the fuel will reign.

Prices soar in emergencies and profiteering will become the norm.
Fuel will be carefully guarded and only available for essential services and those who can pay A LOT.

Consequently fuel is possibly the most important thing to forage for.
You must drain ANY sources of fuel into your vehicle at EVERY OPPORTUNITY. BOLO for motor oils as well.

Don't just use the "suck the tube" siphon technique.
Apart from it tasting foul, it is not good for you and can cause vomiting and diarrhea which in a survival scenario is not wise.

I use a simple 3 meter 9 mm plastic tube with a diesel bulb pump which you can get from a number of sources for under £8.00

It takes about 15 minutes to fill a 20 liter Jerry can using one of these pumps (timed from a test with my heating oil).

If you can't get the cap off a car filler, I've got a steel pipe 15cms long, 9mm OD which will spike into the tank bottom hose from underneath.

A note on Number 2 Fuel from Heating Oil Tanks.
This is NOT diesel but might run in older diesel cars and you will lose a bit of power. It works for me in a diesel generator without any obvious difference.