No Spill Can Go Boom

bigtiller · Jul 26, 2019

I have a 1 gallon gas can with about a half pint of 50 to 1 mixed 2 cycle gas in it. I found parts of gas can spout on the garage floor this afternoon. The can was on a shelf, about 6' high and the spout pieces were about 10' away on the floor.

Why it blew apart is beyond me. I haven't touched it for over a week and it is in a well insulated garage where the doors are seldom left open.

So much for the new safety-no-spill can. I imagine a replacement will cost about as much as a new can.

4570Man · Jul 26, 2019

I’m not surprised. The ventless cans blow up like a balloon especially if left in the sun. I have to make sure to vent the pressure on mine before tipping it up otherwise it shoots out a geyser of gasoline.

thepumpguysc · Jul 27, 2019

I noticed THAT too.. I have taken it apart & "clipped" the spring about 4 coils & put in a vent, the yellow one like the old cans had..
The shorter spring helps A BUNCH, so u don't hafta put SO MUCH pressure on the noz to keep it open & it still snaps shut..
& the vent is self explanatory..
It works SO WELL that I sometime have to put my thumb over the vent while I'm pouring..!!
Mine also have a little red cap that snaps over the spout to keep small debris from entering thru the spout..
I drilled a small hole thru the lip & tied a piece of very strong fishing line thru it & tied it to the spout.. I'll never lose it, its always attached to the can..

Gordon Gould · Jul 27, 2019

I have spilled and dribbled more gas screwing around with those new cans that have cheap gaskets, no vents, ill fitting caps, and spouts that don't snap shut after a while than I ever did in a life time of using old gas cans. Makes me want to cry thinking about how foolish we are. It used to be if it was worth doing then it was worth doing right. Now it is just for show - quality doesn't matter.

gg

Wagtail · Jul 27, 2019

What's with the spring? No fuel can down here has one... that I know of, anyway.

A small vent hole, with a cap, to deal with fume expansion is all I've encountered.

3930dave · Jul 27, 2019

bigtiller said:
I have a 1 gallon gas can with about a half pint of 50 to 1 mixed 2 cycle gas in it. I found parts of gas can spout on the garage floor this afternoon. The can was on a shelf, about 6' high and the spout pieces were about 10' away on the floor.

Why it blew apart is beyond me. I haven't touched it for over a week and it is in a well insulated garage where the doors are seldom left open.

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With enough of these "accidents", perhaps gasoline should be outlawed totally ?

joking , mostly.......... To Drive an Agenda....... Create a Crisis........ always a good bet though......

Rgds, D.

Rustyiron · Jul 27, 2019

Wag, we have a DEP or Department of the environment that's job is to contrive "feel good" regulations over a vast spectrum of daily life that they institute over us poor slobs regardless of the actual results in the real world.
If we were to believe their think, surely you folks down under would be committing environmental suicide and are probably dying as we speak of gasoline fumes.

(spring loaded dispensing nozzle's on fuel cans to save us from the gas fumes is what we're talking about, they spill more gas than they deliver to your target and are painfully slow burping the air out slowly as there's no real venting)

Thomas · Jul 27, 2019

Happen to me years back now I just barely crack the main cap...these new plastic gas containers are cheap to purchase.

flyerdan · Jul 27, 2019

You can get the old style Rubbermaid flexible spouts on ebay, they have to come from China so it might take a while. Well worth it though to keep your old cans usable.

AWSubie · Jul 27, 2019

Tractor Supply also sells replacement spouts.

WranglerX · Jul 27, 2019

The can pictured is not a "No Spill" can...

This is a "No Spill" brand gas can....

Can in picture in original post probably ejected spring loaded parts because of poor manufacture (defects) not from any pressure build up or explosion...

Dale

Rustyiron · Jul 27, 2019

I have 1 no spill like pictured above, pretty good compared to others but still have about 4 - 5 gallon, 2 - 2.5 gallon and 2 -1 gallon all metal "Eagle" fuel cans that I've become very carefull with.

Wagtail · Jul 28, 2019

Rustyiron said:
Wag, we have a DEP or Department of the environment that's job is to contrive "feel good" regulations over a vast spectrum of daily life that they institute over us poor slobs regardless of the actual results in the real world.
If we were to believe their think, surely you folks down under would be committing environmental suicide and are probably dying as we speak of gasoline fumes.

(spring loaded dispensing nozzle's on fuel cans to save us from the gas fumes is what we're talking about, they spill more gas than they deliver to your target and are painfully slow burping the air out slowly as there's no real venting)

Oh. OK. Ta.

[PS: You poor buggers... :confused3:]

handirifle · Jul 28, 2019

Yea I looked at the no spill brand. Try adding gas the tank of a car that has the fill on the side. That thing is impossible to use. All mine with the exception of a 1 gal can I use for 2strokes and a 2 gal I use for small equip., have a flex nozzle and the yellow vent cap. I live too far out to fart with those new one and as was mentioned, I have probably spilled more gas with those than any type.

But boy do I feel real good about the environment everytime gas runs down the side of my car when trying to add to the tank. I am personally so sick of listening to all this crap. I do what I need to make em work.

LouNY · Jul 28, 2019

You all are making me feel better about the jugs that I use most for gas,
my used 5 gallon oil pails, pour the oil or hytran out save them for other uses :laughing::drink:

WranglerX · Jul 28, 2019

I always liked these...

Caps have threaded plug you can pull out, put in 1/2 NPT valve and add short hose , life is good....

Funny thing is I don't even own one....

Dale

David_Kb7uns · Jul 28, 2019

Get a ticket if you use those for fuel now.

David

Industrial Toys · Jul 28, 2019

I have had gas cans swell incredibly in my fuel storage locker for temperature increase. BUT. Would you really want those fumes venting out? Seems they are safer, kept in the can.

Plus, I always wondered. Does continuous venting, lower the flamability of the fuel? Like, every time it breaths out, there goes more of the good stuff.

Ivan49 · Jul 28, 2019

I use a small battery pump that sits in the gas can no spill at all. It runs on 2 AA batteries and I have probably pumped a couple hundred gals of fuel with it on the same batteries

4570Man · Jul 28, 2019

Industrial Toys said:
I have had gas cans swell incredibly in my fuel storage locker for temperature increase. BUT. Would you really want those fumes venting out? Seems they are safer, kept in the can.

Plus, I always wondered. Does continuous venting, lower the flamability of the fuel? Like, every time it breaths out, there goes more of the good stuff.

Gas evaporates pretty fast. I had to drain an old truck once. I had four open top 5 gallon buckets nearly full. In the time that it took me to figure out what to do with it it was gone.