I have a 2003 sante fe that has died with a full gas tank. I have tried syphoning the gas out but it appears there is something blocking the syphon hose from going all the way into the tank. any suggestions?

To do this you will need a decent syphon pump. DO NOT use any other method as you are working with a very flammable fuel!!!
ONLY do this with ALL the vehicle's doors AND windows WIDE open and parked Outside!
Some vehicles have an access panel built into the floor underneath the rear bench seat. This gives access to the top of the fuel tank, fuel sender unit and the fuel pump. Once these are removed you can syphon the fuel directly from the tank.
If there is no access panel you will need to SAFELY get underneath the vehicle and physically remove the tank to empty it. This is a TWO PERSON job as the tank will be VERY heavy!
Trying to syphon via the fill hole often won't work as most vehicle manufacturers fit a 'baffle' into the pipe to prevent fuel theft.

Take filer line off tank and try to acsess tank will mite have chek ball in line

you can't syphon the gas out on these vehicles. They have a ball that is in the metal hose on the gas tank to keep any large object out of the tank. Your best bet would be to drop the tank, and take the fuel pump out and dump all the old fuel. Hope this helps, James Booth

welcome to the world on anti gas theft, there is a block in the filler neck to prevent syphoning, you can disconnect the feed line to the injectors and hotwire the fuel pump to drain it

Hi, there are baffles in the filler pipe designed to prevent siphoning. If you need to drain the tank, I would disconnect the filter and use the fuel pump to drain it.

You can **** on a hose the primitive way or purchase a syphon hose with a bellows that will syphon the gas out for you. Even a electric one can be bought

There is a safety block in there that doesn't aloow them to be syphoned. Sorry to tell you. If you are needing to get the gas out then you will have to drop the tank. It sucks cause it is alot of work but that is the only way it can be done.

Yes, it has a wire mesh type anti syphon device, if you desperately need to syphon fuel from the vehicle it can be pushed through with the hose pipe, but you may risk blocking the fuel outlet if the mesh falls into the tank.

make sure evap vent hose doesnt have a sipers nest, if so clearit out,if hose is blocked it will not allow air out when fuel is being pumped in.good luck.

Get an inexpensive manual transfer pump. Fuel tanks do not have drain plugs.