No Spill Can Go Boom

[bigtiller]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

 

[flyerdan]

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]

Tractor Supply also sells replacement spouts.