The government ruined the gas can...

[HeyBub]

"Soap doesnt work. Toilets dont flush. Clothes washers dont clean. Light bulbs dont illuminate. Refrigerators break too soon. Paint discolors. Lawnmowers have to be hacked. Its all caused by idiotic government regulations that are wrecking our lives one consumer product at a time, all in ways we hardly notice...

"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."

And check the part about "exploding" gas cans!

[Frank]

I just had to buy one of these new POS cans for the lawn mower. The old one got the seal pinched and torn and leaked. I've never spilled more gas since these new cans were mandated. Hardware store owner was roundly cursing the EPA.

I noticed the bulging 5 gallon cans and now I never buy gas for them in the winter. That is when the proportion of butane in the gas is highest and winter gas in the summer has more pressure in the can than gas bought in the summer.

[(PeteCresswell)]

Per Frank:

Don't feel like The Lone Ranger.

Mine worked, barely, when new. After a few months, the mechanism started jamming and I was spilling at least 20 times more gas than I was before this mess was foisted on me.

Now I'm shopping for a workaround that works.

In the meanwhile, I've resorted to poly milk bottles with an aftermarket twist-to-close spigot that works pretty well.

If I could find 5-gallon containers that took that spigot, I'd be home free.

[(PeteCresswell)]

Per HeyBub:

Personally, I think Rand Paul represents the lunatic fringe... but when I heard him going on about the toilet valves he gained a little credibility.

If somebody is getting their water from the Ogalalla (or however you spell it...) aquifer, that's one thing. Every drop that comes out of the spigot is *gone*.

But in our area, water comes from rivers. Big, dirty rivers. The more water I "waste" the more I dilute the sewage stream and the easier it is to process that stuff before it goes back into the same river. Wasted energy... maybe. Wasted water, no way.

[Mr.E]

A fix- pick up old faded gas cans from roadside and yard sales. Find a WATER SPOUT to fit the can if the cap and/or spout is bad. Problem solved.

[nestork]

Perhaps I'm misunderstanding the problem, but it seems to me that a hole drilled into the plastic gas can near where the former vent was located and plugged with a 1/4 inch long #8 sheet metal screw would solve the problem.

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I think the real problem is that the people on the EPA committees don't live in the real world. With gas costing over $5 per gallon, people make an effort NOT to spill it all over the ground even without the government's efforts to prevent that from happening. Not providing a vent on a gas can only serves to annoy people. The high price of gas serves to prevent spillage more than the lack of a vent on the gas can.

[Frank]

Don't use the polyethylene milk bottles. The plastic falls apart after long exposure to light and even if it didn't it is too thin to be safe.

I regretted throwing away an empty deck stain can. I could have used it for the limited amount of two cycle gas I use.

[CRNG]

On Fri, 10 May 2013 13:41:21 -0500, "HeyBub" wrote in Re The government ruined the gas can...:

Vote or write-in Libertarian and turn the tide. Vote Repub/Democ and get more of the same.

[CRNG]

On Fri, 10 May 2013 15:21:43 -0400, Mr.E wrote in Re Re: The government ruined the gas can...:

How about cleaning out plastic 5-qt oil cans and storing gas in them? Use a funnel to fill.

[Ralph Mowery]

There was a vid on utube about drilling a hole where the old vent plug used to be and using a tire valve that has the plunger removed. You use the cap on the tire valve to seal off the gas and remove it when you want to vent the can to pour the gas out.

I have 3 old style plastic gas cans with out the vent. I can live with that. The problem for me is a new two gallon can I have for the 2 cycle stuff. That has some kind of nospill spout that I spill out about as much as I use. It may work beter if I had a big gas tank on the weedeater, but that small fil hole on the weedeater tank just does not mate with the gas can.

I think the ones comming up with the ideas do not have to deal with the problem. Just how many congressmen mow their yard ?

[Fat-Dumb and Happy]

That's what I'm doing, no funnel though, just a steady hand.

[Lerry the Cable Guy]

If you're looking to cast blame, it's the fault of stupid idiots that cause the gas can accidents and idiot jurists that award them huge sums of cash.

[gregz]

I would have expected change after the last hurricanes. No ones talking.

Greg

[gregz]

I bought one 6 gallon water container last year to store kerosene. Sold where they sell other containers !!!

Greg

[Percival P. Cassidy]

It was a loong time ago, but I am sure I read that those bottles are likely to generate static electricity discharge when used with gasoline

-- different kind of plastic from that used for gas cans.

Perce

[bob haller]

I use some 5 gallon cans for gas. I tossed away the nozzels, and just use the lids, with gaskets. and a funnel

[Harry K]

MOst of the problem lies with the spouts. The first ones needed 3 hands to operate. I havn't tried one of the new ones yet. I have head of a brand "No Spill" that supposedly works reasonably well.

Harry K

[John]

This one?

John

[Larry Weil]

I have one of the cans with the vent (it's about 24 years old), but the cap on the vent has split and I am unable to find a replacement for the cap. Anyone have a good idea for a substitute?

[Dean Hoffman]

The first thing that comes to mind is a short piece of rubber hose that slides over the vent nipple and a small bolt to fit into the hose.