1986 toyota camary. sat for 2 to 3 years and the

Best bet would be to drop the tank and clean it out
they tend to get rust inside the tank when they sit this long if you decide to drop the tank and find rust inside take a 3 ft piece of heavy chain and shake it around inside the tank to loosen all the rust and clean the rust out really well before putting the tank back in

First disconnect the negative terminal of the battery. Next left out the back seat. It is spring clipped in with two clips on the bottom left and right front of the seat. Pull clips forward and lift seat front up. It hooks in at the back so rotate the front up to unhook and lift out. In the middle under the seat is the gas gauge float. Disconnect the wire connector and remove floor cover with Philips screwdriver. Then remove float from tank. From here you can siphon off the gas in the tank and inspect it for rust.


I think the is a plug on the bottom of the tank that a half inch drive may fit. I have never tried it but it may be the quickest way to remove gas. However you could not see into the tank to inspect it.

At the bottom (underneath) of the fuel tank thire sould be a spot were a line leads from the gas tank to some where else in the car see if u can some how pull the hose out to let the fuel drain on your toyota the hose might be on the top of the tank.
Then u would have to syphon it out you will need a very very small hose a air compresser/ air pump and get a rag to put over where u put gas in to keep the air from escasping so that it builds presure and force the gas to go out the line.