gas / fuel container modification -- Not so hot.

[SARG]

A couple years ago I spotted a remedy to those self venting fuel containers that are a royal pain.

It involved drilling an approx 5/16" hole and inserting a tire valve stem ( minus the valve ).

There is YouTube videos on the technique. The part they didn't mention is after about a year the rubber is effected by the fuel and swells to the point it fractures with half falling inside the container and the other half off the outside.

Now I have six fuel cans with holes on the back.

Live N learn.

 

[sublimate]

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[SARG]

Just found from revisiting all the YouTube complaints...... Ebay sales are up on plastic vent caps to replace the tire stems.

 

[chris_1001]

I bought the Ebay vents. Though I have not yet installed them. While the tire stems are a good hack, I prefer the made for it ones.

 

[58Yeoman]

I've got so many steel gas cans that I have to get on ebay. So many cans...so little time.

 

[ADSR]

I just posted this a couple days ago. You can fix your cans with this.....

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=288653

 

[SARG]

Just ordered a dozen caps to rework my cans.

 

[ADSR]

Just ordered a dozen caps to rework my cans.

Post pics of the operation if you can

 

[theoldwizard1]

You can buy a metal tire stem. Replace the rubber seal with gasoline resistant o-rings.

 

[xyster101]

Just get a no spill can for $34. They are great, sold at hardware stores and Amazon. Big fill hole, empties fast and stupid fuel if it touches the pour spout. Great for filing weed wackers.

 

[Lippyp]

We can still buy lovely new NATO spec steel jerry cans over here.

 

[ADSR]

We can still buy lovely new NATO spec steel jerry cans over here.

list em on ebay and make a ton of money.

 

[StingRay]

You can still buy real vented gas cans up here. Walmart caries them. I think they are Wedco. Anybody close to the border come and stock up.

 

[DC73]

I just recently gave up on the new style plastic gas cans. Too much trouble. I picked up a couple of Justrite Safety Cans. Extremely pleased with them. They come in various sizes and colors for color coding different fuels. Not cheap but well worth the price to me.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_n...ite+safety+can&rh=i:aps,k:justrite+safety+can

DC

 

[NUTTSGT]

I bought one of these replacement kits. It comes with a vent.

http://www.ruralking.com/ez-pour-hi-flo-replacement-spout-kit-30051.html

 

[LS6 Tommy]

I hate those stupid gubment required fill necks. They cause more spillage than they prevent. I have two red, 5 gallon "utility" jugs leftover from the GT1 car. They're no longer legal to sell new as fuel cans, but since they're red no one has ever questioned them at a gas station.

Tommy

 

[Rogue1987]

I've got a bunch of metal safety cans floating around, but I've also added all of the eBay plastic vent caps to my plastic cans and been very happy with the outcome. Worth the small price per can!

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[NeuseRvrRat]

I bought one of these replacement kits. It comes with a vent.

http://www.ruralking.com/ez-pour-hi-flo-replacement-spout-kit-30051.html

The EZ Pour kit is, imo, the best fix for these crappy gas cans. Gives you a vent and a regular, long, flexible spout and also eliminates the annoying childproofing. They can't advertise it as such, but it comes with two rings and one or the other will fit pretty much any plastic can, even the new CARB-compliant cans. Also, if you live in one of the states that restricts the sale of these non-CARB-approved spouts, you just have to buy the "water jug" kit. The only difference is it's white instead of black.

 

[whyNick?]

I used metal stems on my cans 3 or 4 years ago, they still work great.

 

[chris142]

I threaded mine 1/8 pipe and pit a plug in there.seems to hold fine

 

[bczygan]

Just counted up my cans...24.

Time to pick the best and leave the rest on the curb for the firebugs. Joking. That's where some of them came from. Found them in vacant and open houses and garages in the neighborhood. Didn't want to leave them there for the firebugs to use. Too tempting.

 

[NUTTSGT]

The EZ Pour kit is, imo, the best fix for these crappy gas cans. Gives you a vent and a regular, long, flexible spout and also eliminates the annoying childproofing. They can't advertise it as such, but it comes with two rings and one or the other will fit pretty much any plastic can, even the new CARB-compliant cans. Also, if you live in one of the states that restricts the sale of these non-CARB-approved spouts, you just have to buy the "water jug" kit. The only difference is it's white instead of black.

I'll have to look at mine but I believe it's black like the picture in the link I posted. . . . . supposedly they are not for sale in Ohio.

 

[eddiemeddiem]

Another vote for the ez-pour kits. Buy the deluxe kit. The nozzle is extra long so you can put it into the tank before tipping the can up. I have two for my five gallon cans, and can empty all five gallons in about 40 seconds. It's real nice on your arms, and my wife doesn't even mind using them.

 

[drmarkr]

If the diameter is right, replace it with the vent that are used in race fuel jugs....

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0081ZZXO4/?tag=atomicindus08-20

Or here, if you want to wait a tab bit longer on deliver, but save a bundle:

http://www.bonanza.com/listings/8-V...=&goog_pla=1&gclid=CPjVvei148UCFYeTvQod7hMAGg

 

[1oldtimer]

I just get old ones and a funnel .

 

[CJ7VFR]

I'll have to look at mine but I believe it's black like the picture in the link I posted. . . . . supposedly they are not for sale in Ohio.

That is why they sell the version of the EZ Pour in White! The White one says it's
for "Water cans and Jugs" only. But it is the exact same thing as the black one. And it
can be purchased in all 50 states. I got 5 of them off of ebay.

I live in New Jersey, and I replaced the stupid government spout with the white
EZ Pour spouts, and they work great! The little vent plug works good, and because the
spout is designed to flex like the old style spouts, you can bend the spout to
go into gas tanks on mowers and weedwackers and chain saws and whatever
else you have, and then lift the can and pour the gas, just you can on the old style
gas cans.

And you don't spill any gas on the ground, or spill it all over your mower or your feet like you
do with the government ones!

Jim

 

[DenisG]

You can also find them on amazon if you don't want to use eBay:

 

[jgorm]

We can still buy lovely new NATO spec steel jerry cans over here.

I bought a bunch from here.
http://deutscheoptik.com/WAVIAN-Great-Britain-OD-20-Liter-Jerry-Can-SINGLE-CAN.html
They say not for gas to get around the CARB BS, but they kick ***!

 

[Strouty]

You guys ever heard of "no spill jill" I admired her jugs so much I bought the company.



Well, I bought a few of her cans.

 

[SALIV8]

I hate those stupid gubment required fill necks. They cause more spillage than they prevent. I have two red, 5 gallon "utility" jugs leftover from the GT1 car. They're no longer legal to sell new as fuel cans, but since they're red no one has ever questioned them at a gas station.

Tommy

I have two red ones I use myself. Always filling one up for the quads. Just looked on summits site and saw they are now yellow and blue. Lol. I didn't even realize they don't make the red ones anymore.

 

[NUTTSGT]

That is why they sell the version of the EZ Pour in White! The White one says it's
for "Water cans and Jugs" only. But it is the exact same thing as the black one. And it
can be purchased in all 50 states. I got 5 of them off of ebay.

I live in New Jersey, and I replaced the stupid government spout with the white
EZ Pour spouts, and they work great! The little vent plug works good, and because the
spout is designed to flex like the old style spouts, you can bend the spout to
go into gas tanks on mowers and weedwackers and chain saws and whatever
else you have, and then lift the can and pour the gas, just you can on the old style
gas cans.

And you don't spill any gas on the ground, or spill it all over your mower or your feet like you
do with the government ones!

Jim

I checked and the one I bought at RK, not for sale in Ohio, was black aka for fuel.

 

[rlitman]

The White one says it's
for "Water cans and Jugs" only. But it is the exact same thing as the black one.

Is it? The black plastic ones are usually dyed black with carbon black. This is just conductive enough to be anti-static. Almost any "white" plastic will buildup static. I would NEVER pour gasoline through a plastic funnel unless it was black, or I checked it first with my surface conductance meter. Metallic antistatic additives are either pink colored, green, silver, or black. I've never seen anything antistatic that was white.