When Governor Copper declared a state of emergency for Hurricane Florence, he also told people to top off their tanks. So everybody went out and filled up their cars, including the one that hasn't been out of the driveway in the last three months. This created spot shortages of gasoline. Most thought by having a car full of gasoline in driveway, in case of power loss, they could siphon gas out of the spare car. Not quite so, as cars now have a check valve in the filler neck to prevent gas spillage in case of a roll over accident. Check valve also prevents siphon hose from being used to get gas. You can get gas by connecting hose to pressure gauge port on the fuel rail, but you have to have the correct adapter. With hose connected, you turn on ignition and fuel pump will fill your generator tank. Remember that fuel pump runs about 15 seconds AFTER ignition is shut off, so turn it off BEFORE generator is full