Making gas cans great again

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The NATO cans don't screw on, they have a lid with sort of a cam-lock to hold the lid closed or to clamp a spout on.

Precisely.
Thank you for your valuable addition.

 

[triptester]

I use a battery-operated liquid transfer pump, no lifting no spilling.

 

[tmcj]

Adding a vent to increase the flow was the best thing I've done with jugs with the safety style spout. It empties a 5 gallon jug in about half the time.

The "vents" are super cheap and about a 5 minute installation. Its a tubeless tire valve stem with the guts removed. Search YouTube for it. Works like a charm.

 

[Hay Dude]

I use a battery-operated liquid transfer pump, no lifting no spilling.

Which one? I want to get one. Lifting oil buckets 5 feet off the ground and precisely pouring them sucks.
The battery lift pumps I saw were either $20 chinese garbage or $1,000 made in Sveden.

 

[triptester]

I paid $12 for one that runs off 2 D batteries has worked great for filling my lawn tractor and generators at deer camp. Been using it for 2 years now.

 

[MH8675309]

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.

Reducing gas can flow to a pathetic dribble helped nobody. True and it caused INSTANT GROUCHINESS

 

[EscapedSuburbia]

Which one? I want to get one. Lifting oil buckets 5 feet off the ground and precisely pouring them sucks.
The battery lift pumps I saw were either $20 chinese garbage or $1,000 made in Sveden.

I like the cheap chinese garbage for fuel and DEF but the one time I tried it with hydraulic oil it couldn't do it.

 

[Grumpycat]

Back in the day when I had a long commute, there were no gas stations in my rural area that were open early or late. I would sometimes forget to fill up on the way home so as a backup, I would store some gas in a 150 gal skid tank by pumping it out of the 40 gallon tank on my pickup. That way, I would always have a supply on hand for my small engines, as well as my vehicles when necessary.

You could have charged an EV at home, overnight, much easier. Never be at the mercy of someone else’s working hours.

 

[bdhsfz6]

You could have charged an EV at home, overnight, much easier. Never be at the mercy of someone else’s working hours.

I most certainly would have done just that if EV's had been available in the 1990's.

 

[Jstpssng]

I bought one of these to transfer 170 gallons of old heating oil from one tank to another about 100 yards away. I then outfitted it with a 10 micron Goldenrod filter. Talk about mixing my metaphors, but I didn't want to take any chances on contaminating the furnace.
All told I have about $300 in the pump, filters and pipe to go to the bottom of the tank. Also a gallon of diesel conditioner, just in case. It took longer to set it up than to pump into 55 gallon drums and back out into the other tank.

 

[John_Mc]

Adding a vent to increase the flow was the best thing I've done with jugs with the safety style spout. It empties a 5 gallon jug in about half the time.

The "vents" are super cheap and about a 5 minute installation. Its a tubeless tire valve stem with the guts removed. Search YouTube for it. Works like a charm.

I ordered a 10-pack of "replacement" vents for the older style gas cans. Funny how they fit just as well on the new style cans. The only bummer is that you need a 31/64" drill bit to make the hole for it. (An oddball size that I did not already have.) Why they could not design it around a 1/2" hole is beyond me.

Amazon.com

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[RayIN]

I ordered a 10-pack of "replacement" vents for the older style gas cans. Funny how they fit just as well on the new style cans. The only bummer is that you need a 31/64" drill bit to make the hole for it. (An oddball size that I did not already have.) Why they could not design it around a 1/2" hole is beyond me.

Amazon.com

www.amazon.com

Yea, I screwed up one new plastic gas can by grabbing a ½" drill. I solved my delimma though, by heating a new vent with a hair dryer while squishing it with pliers to make it shorter and fatter. I've yet to try out that new can/vent.

 

[rontaki]

I know this isn't quite the same as a gas can/fuel, when I have a large cube of water and want to vent it, I take a #6 or so stainless sheet metal screw and screw it into the top of the cube, letting it form the hole so that it will seal well. Screw in to seal, out for venting. Seems like that would work work even better with the thicker wall of a gas can.

 

[IXLR8]

Yea, I screwed up one new plastic gas can by grabbing a ½" drill. I solved my delimma though, by heating a new vent with a hair dryer while squishing it with pliers to make it shorter and fatter. I've yet to try out that new can/vent.

I started epoxying them in so they would stay in place and not leak.

 

[RayIN]

I started epoxying them in so they would stay in place and not leak.

What brand? I tried the 2-part gas tank repair, perhaps I did something wrong.

 

[bsekf]

I do use a $25 12 volt transfer pump for diesel. Went through 2 of them in a year and then discovered if you hang them and let them drain, they last. I understand they are not made for gasoline. New zero turn and tractor have a 4 inch gas tank hole and are low. Dump directly out of the can.

My plastic gas cans are so old I've lost the caps and I can't find a cap that fits the can threads. I have several spout assortments from Amazon, but don't have the correct thread, too small. Where do I find the correct size?

 

[gstrom99]

I've just been drilling the plastic cans, and using a 1/4" bolt. No need to fiddle with the plastic (odd-size drill) vents. The can's replacement caps? those are odd size - hope I don't loose 'em.

 

[IXLR8]

What brand? I tried the 2-part gas tank repair, perhaps I did something wrong.

I used West System epoxy, part 105 (resin) and 205 (hardener)

 

[STCL01]

I vent my plastic cans with a schrader valve like you you use for air etc. Drill the hole a little smaller and screw it into the can with a little silicon. Remove the valve core and put the cap on it. No leaks. Remove the cap when you need to vent. My main problem is misplacing the cap so I keep extras on hand.

 

[John_Mc]

I tried the Schrader valve on one of my cans. I was constantly losing the cap. That’s what prompted me to order the 10 pack of vent plugs. I think they came to something like a buck a piece, and the cap is connected to the body of the vent