Making gas cans great again

Duds13 · Friday at 8:29 AM

Thank you for your attention to this matter!

Make Gas Cans Great Again by Improving Flow | US EPA

Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued letters to portable fuel container (PFC or gas can) manufacturers encouraging them to add vents to gas cans to ensure safe and effective refueling.

www.epa.gov

deezler · Friday at 8:40 AM

Saw this, great news. Reducing gas can flow to a pathetic dribble helped nobody.

So wait. They are only directing the manufacturers to specifically add vents again. So potentially increasing cost a little bit. And you still must have the spring loaded nozzle? ugh

Glad I have all my old cans around still. You can pry them from my cold, dead hands.

Runner · Friday at 8:49 AM

The fix:

https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/ez-pour-hi-flo-replacement-spout-1053258

deezler · Friday at 9:01 AM

I bought a larger pack of similar nozzles and caps from amazon a while back.

Behold the beautiful options available

EddieWalker · Friday at 9:10 AM

Almost makes me hope that they will get rid of DEF next!!!!

2manyrocks · Friday at 11:35 AM

More gas gets spilled and vented into the air with these stupid EPA cans than the old ones.

deezler · Friday at 12:22 PM

2manyrocks said:
More gas gets spilled and vented into the air with these stupid EPA cans than the old ones.

Completely agree. Spilling gas is FAR worse than letting a pittance of it evaporate out of the nozzle over time.

deserteagle71 · Friday at 3:22 PM

Runner said:
The fix:

https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/ez-pour-hi-flo-replacement-spout-1053258

I've not seen one of those "push-in vents" that come with the new nozzles that didn't leak. And half the time the threads on the replacement nozzle don't match my gas cans.

Suburban Plowboy · Friday at 4:04 PM

I bought new nozzles, and the threads were too deep. This prevents the lids from sealing against the cans, so diesel pours out. Frustrating.

I found a guy on Youtube who pulls the springs out of the original spouts.

Runner · Friday at 5:38 PM

deserteagle71 said:
I've not seen one of those "push-in vents" that come with the new nozzles that didn't leak. And half the time the threads on the replacement nozzle don't match my gas cans.

Same here. I will say, the vent seems to leak less over time. I don't know if it's possible the plastic swells when gas hits it or what. Might just be my wishful thinking....

I wonder if going down one size from the recommended drill bit to make the hole would help?