HF Fuel Transfer Pump

[theoldwizard1]

Are these HF furl transfer pumps "reasonably" decent ? I just want one that will last more than a dozen uses !

 

[cgrutt]

Are those actually rated for fuel? Id look for an old style 12v automotive inline fuel pump personally.

 

[Bronson]

Don't waste your money, my buddy bought one a couple of weeks ago, it is junk,
I ordered one off of Amazon that seemed decent, solid, appeared well built, 12v, came with accessories.
It lasted about 30 minutes and seized up, I have it apart on the bench.
I was draining the 25 gallon fuel tank on my trawler, it barely finished that job.

 

[AC-WC]

If you buy them on sale (<$10) they are more than worth it. I struggle to lift the 5 gal can to the top of the tractor hood to fill them and i no longer have to deal with leaking spouts. They can be spotty for durability. I bought 2 for home and 2 at mom's. 1 for gas and 1 for diesel at each place. I replaced one at mom's this yr. The red piece came disconnected near the discharge hose. It's basically a twist connection at both ends of the battery holder. It wouldn't stay connected/pumping. They're all around 3 or 4 yrs old and are used once or twice a month during grass/snow season.

I would NOT do more than a 5 or 10 gallons at a time.
If you're doing real heavy transfers 20 gallons and up I would look for something heavier duty.
They work great on kerosene heaters!
I tried a 12v inline pump to transfer 200 gal to a tank and it would take hours.

 

[Steel_Rain]

I bought the Amazon version of this HF pump from a brand called "TeraPump". I've used it for about a year (weekly) and it still works, but I wash it out it out with WD40 after every use and it's not making great noises these days.

It seems difficult to find good, battery powered stick pumps like this for gasoline/oil/diesel. I know Milwaukee and Ryobi make these but all the comments online say they die when pumping anything but water. I don't mind getting something able to deal with it better, but the larger transfer pumps require alot more setup time and are bulky.

Can anyone suggest a good quality stick pump able to move liquid fuels instead of just water?

 

[rust in the eye]

I've given up on all of these transfer pumps. Hand pump, the jigglers, etc. Never had one worth a ****.
An old inline pump as suggested by cgrutt above is the answer for me too.

 

[Farmall450]

If you buy them on sale (<$10) they are more than worth it. I struggle to lift the 5 gal can to the top of the tractor hood to fill them and i no longer have to deal with leaking spouts. They can be spotty for durability. I bought 2 for home and 2 at mom's. 1 for gas and 1 for diesel at each place. I replaced one at mom's this yr. The red piece came disconnected near the discharge hose. It's basically a twist connection at both ends of the battery holder. It wouldn't stay connected/pumping. They're all around 3 or 4 yrs old and are used once or twice a month during grass/snow season.

I would NOT do more than a 5 or 10 gallons at a time.
If you're doing real heavy transfers 20 gallons and up I would look for something heavier duty.
They work great on kerosene heaters!
I tried a 12v inline pump to transfer 200 gal to a tank and it would take hours.

My experience has been the same. I love them; for how cheap they are they seem to work great. I take out the batteries when not in use (they're worth as much as the pump lol). I've used them to drain tractor tanks with leaking shutoffs and recover fuel from tractors/heaters/etc to repurpose or whatever. No issues yet, my oldest one (also doing a gas/diesel rotation) has to be 3 or 4 by now (I got it right when they came out).

 

[Farmall450]

I bought the Amazon version of this HF pump from a brand called "TeraPump". I've used it for about a year (weekly) and it still works, but I wash it out it out with WD40 after every use and it's not making great noises these days.

It seems difficult to find good, battery powered stick pumps like this for gasoline/oil/diesel. I know Milwaukee and Ryobi make these but all the comments online say they die when pumping anything but water. I don't mind getting something able to deal with it better, but the larger transfer pumps require alot more setup time and are bulky.

Can anyone suggest a good quality stick pump able to move liquid fuels instead of just water?

How much fluid are you moving? I've had no issues w/ these HF ones (and if I did, I'd just get a new one, as it will have earned the $10).

 

[Farmall450]

Don't waste your money, my buddy bought one a couple of weeks ago, it is junk,

What happened to your friend's? I just bought a new one and used it to drain my windshield washer res to change out the truck's pump. Worked fine.

 

[Steel_Rain]

How much fluid are you moving? I've had no issues w/ these HF ones (and if I did, I'd just get a new one, as it will have earned the $10).

Maybe 5-10 gallons weekly.

 

[AA/FC]

I have two of them and both work great. Going on two years of use at this point. One of them has a slight leak where the tube meets the pump body but other than that, both still pump fuel as intended. They are battery operated, both are still using their original set of batteries. Can't beat it for the 6 or 7 bucks I paid for each of them. I keep one in my garage, and one in my shed. WHEN they decide to **** the bed, I wont care one bit, they will owe me nothing. I will buy more of them and never look back.

 

[Bronson]

What happened to your friend's? I just bought a new one and used it to drain my windshield washer res to change out the truck's pump. Worked fine.

We tried to remove gas from my boat, and his Harley, it was too weak to do either, quality was what one would expect from a throw away tool. He had already tried to use it on a lawnmower and a tiller and no luck with any of them. Maybe it was defective, I looked at them at HF, looked too sketchy for me, even at that price.

 

[WillyBoy]

Id look for an old style 12v automotive inline fuel pump personally.

This sounds like a better solution. However, the ones that NAPA sells don't include hose and they appear to have 1/8 inch connections. That makes for a really slow fuel transfer. Will it pick up diesel from a 5 gallon can on the floor and push it into a tractor tank 4 feet up?

 

[cgrutt]

This sounds like a better solution. However, the ones that NAPA sells don't include hose and they appear to have 1/8 inch connections. That makes for a really slow fuel transfer. Will it pick up diesel from a 5 gallon can on the floor and push it into a tractor tank 4 feet up?

No clue. I used one to pull fuel from my boat probably 4' lift it was slow but I was also running through a water separating filter. It was an old Edlebrock or Holley pump that my buddy had laying around. Used a hand bulb that they use on outboard style tanks to prime line. Believe it was larger than 1/8" possibly 1/4" or even 3/8".

 

[4xdog]

I have the hand pump from Griot’s Garage. It’s OK. It comes with about 6’ of PVC tubing. Pumps well, but it seems to swell a bit in contact with gasoline despite that being its intended use.

They’re pretty proud of it. It’s pricey.

I’ve had one of the hand bellows-pumped cheapo plastic siphons for over 40 years. Surprisingly it still works fine for very infrequent use.

If I have the gravity head to work with I’ll reach for the Super Siphon jiggler every time.

 

[lolaetype]

re these HF furl transfer pumps "reasonably" decent ? I just want one that will last more than a dozen uses !

I've been using the same pump for probably 8 years. Over that time I've probably used it to transfer about 20 gallons a month from 5 gallon cans to car gas tanks. It continues to work just fine. I'd recommend it.

 

[Farmall450]

We tried to remove gas from my boat, and his Harley, it was too weak to do either, quality was what one would expect from a throw away tool. He had already tried to use it on a lawnmower and a tiller and no luck with any of them. Maybe it was defective, I looked at them at HF, looked too sketchy for me, even at that price.

Yeah, you got a bad one. These things rip, and you can even shut it off and let it siphon once it's going.

 

[Steve_P]

I bought an inline hand fuel pump from HF 20+ years ago and it worked just fine for the one use to empty a gas tank. If you want 10+ uses, I'd probably look somewhere else, unless you're going to pump some type of oil thru it after each use to keep the seals intact. I got the $9.99? out of mine and considered it a win. If you are going to use it regularly, I'd buy some type of electric one and build a harness to power it.

 

[MidMoBob]

I use one for filling my lawnmower. Sure beats hoisting a five-gallon fuel can.

And yeah, they're pretty much junk. I know I've had at least one go bad -- maybe two. No worry. They last a couple of lawn mowing seasons. Catch them on sale.

 

[JeepYJ]

I struggle to lift the 5 gal can to the top of the tractor hood to fill them and i no longer have to deal with leaking spouts.

Pro tip-only put 4 gallons in your five gallon can (or less if it’s still too heavy). Use a wide funnel in the fuel tank and just unscrew the spout completely. These two things make fueling up tractors with the fill opening in the hood 100x simpler.

 

[Oregon Dave]

Have used them for a long time; 4 - 6 around the place have used them for everything found on a home/farm/ranch - water to fuels to liquid fertilizer - no problems; always a strong flow.

After use; always fill a bucket with soapy water & rinse; always take the batteries out when done.

Seems they were less than 10 bucks or so. ???

 

[Torque&Recoil]

The Corvette team I race with uses one of those HFT pumps. Works just fine to transfer fuel from jugs into dump cans. I am not aware of a single failure. Probably 160 gallons of gas every weekend.

 

[AC-WC]

Pro tip-only put 4 gallons in your five gallon can (or less if it’s still too heavy). Use a wide funnel in the fuel tank and just unscrew the spout completely. These two things make fueling up tractors with the fill opening in the hood 100x simpler.

The lowest tractor hood/tank is 5 ft and I'm 5'6" so it's basically lifting above my head. Each tractor holds 10 gallons. Brain power over brawn