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MaxOHMS
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Put some in one of those federally mandated safety spout gas containers.
You will not be able to pour gas out of that worthless thing.
(Edited for bad spelling due to high blood pressure caused by severe frustration.)
You will not be able to pour gas out of that worthless thing.
(Edited for bad spelling due to high blood pressure caused by severe frustration.)
Comments
Merc
I thought I were some kind of ijiot.
Brad Steele
They are like that for ONE simple reason: Blitz (the giant gas can maker) convinced the government to switch to that design! Guess who owns the patent on that design? You get ONE guess! [xx(]
Merc
Does the patent belong to a cozy Eastern couple?
Possibly a corporate entity that is in bed with another much larger and way more powerful corporate entity (the USA)?
The milling machine took care of all obstructions in the nozzle.
Margaret Thatcher
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."
Mark Twain
Man, was I one happy clown!
So, I come to realize that I have to knock out that little spring loaded trap-door on my car's tank, and widen the hole, as the spout won't fit in my tank.
Back to square one. Ugh.
Joe
Good to know I am not alone.
I thought I were some kind of ijiot.
They are ridiculous aren't they!?!? I have spilled more gas with those pieces of crap then I ever did when I was younger and more careless and mowing lawn for a living.
Jon
EZ-Pour replacement spout
Problem solved
EZ-Pour replacement spout
The problem with this is that you are putting a $10. spout on a $6. gas can.
If these were $2. - $5. they would be worth the money and they would probably sell millions more than they do now.
quote:Originally posted by JasonV
Auctions and yard sales have the old gas cans and I am buying them up.
I got to hunting around the net and found this. If you read the article it seems that this was another of California" great ideas.
http://lfb.org/today/how-government-wrecked-the-gas-can/
A small quote from the article.
The whole trend began in (wait for it) California. Regulations began in 2000, with the idea of preventing spillage. The notion spread and was picked up by the EPA, which is always looking for new and innovative ways to spread as much human misery as possible.
An ominous regulatory announcement from the EPA came in 2007: ?_oStarting with containers manufactured in 2009?_? it is expected that the new cans will be built with a simple and inexpensive permeation barrier and new spouts that close automatically.?__
The government never said ?_ono vents.?__ It abolished them de facto with new standards that every state had to adopt by 2009. So for the last three years, you have not been able to buy gas cans that work properly. They are not permitted to have a separate vent. The top has to close automatically. There are other silly things now, too, but the biggest problem is that they do not do well what cans are supposed to do.
And don?_Tt tell me about spillage. It is far more likely to spill when the gas is gurgling out in various uneven ways, when one spout has to both pour and suck in air. That?_Ts when the lawn mower tank becomes suddenly full without warning, when you are shifting the can this way and that just to get the stuff out.
There?_Ts also the problem of the exploding can. On hot days, the plastic models to which this regulation applies can blow up like balloons. When you release the top, gas flies everywhere, including possibly on a hot engine. Then the trouble really begins.
Never heard of this rule? You will know about it if you go to the local store. Most people buy one or two of these items in the course of a lifetime, so you might otherwise have not encountered this outrage.
Yet let enough time go by. A whole generation will come to expect these things to work badly. Then some wise young entrepreneur will have the bright idea, ?_oHey, let?_Ts put a hole on the other side so this can work properly.?__ But he will never be able to bring it into production. The government won?_Tt allow it because it is protecting us!
Buy a tire valve stem (shortest one you can find)
Determine where the vent should be located on your can.
Carefully drill a 1/2" hole in that position. Start with a new can if using a power drill! Sparks and all, you know.
Remove the valve innards from the valve and discard.
Run a stiff wire from the new hole out of the spout hole.
Thread the valve onto the wire, bending the wire to a 90 degree bend.
Simply pull the valve out and snap it into the hole you drilled.
Screw the valve cap on to seal, remove to vent!
I have three of them fixed like that. No problems so far.
BTW, I cut the hole in two of them with my pocket knife.