New fuel can comments.

[WinterDeere]

I had watch it a second time to see the gas can....

Whoever hired that model/actress, certainly knew his audience. No way on earth I'd have watched 66 seconds of John Doe showing me how the spout on a gas can works, but I've seen Jill do the same, more than once!

 

[LittleBill21]

I own 7 no spills, other then they empty slowly, they are flawless, no spills, even when they are doing back flips in the trunk of the car.

Amazon.com

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[RayIN]

I've been considering buying 2 of these SST Jerry cans.
Amazon has a 30-day no questions return policy, so if they aren't as described, back they go.

 

[ultrarunner]

I've been considering buying 2 of these SST Jerry cans.
Amazon has a 30-day no questions return policy, so if they aren't as described, back they go.

Says not currently available.

I like stainless construction and the problems it eliminates.

 

[RayIN]

Says not currently available.

I like stainless construction and the problems it eliminates.

Ya, I missed out. Hopefully they return, I'm watching.
Speaking of problems it eliminates; I have 2 old galvanized gas cans. I never used them since plastic hit the scene.
Well, last year I had to drain my MF 135 gas tank before removal so I drained in onto a galvanized can.
Fast forward, I then used that gas in my ZTR Honda engine. After using ½ a tank the engine stoped like it was out of gas.
Inspection of the fuel filter showed it was full of a coarse white powder.
the inside of the can.
BTW, I sat those galvanized gas cans outside a field gate. Someone "borrowed them".

 

[WinterDeere]

Inspection of the fuel filter showed it was full of a coarse white powder.
the inside of the can.

Delaminated zinc? What do you think that does to valves and seats at combustion temperature? Hopefully none of it was fine enough to pass thru the filter.

 

[dodge man]

I ordered a set of new nozzles and vent caps from Amazon. When you drill the hole for the vent do you just flush the plastic bits from drilling out with a little fuel? Any tricks so you don’t end up with plastic shards inside the fuel can when drilling?

 

[WinterDeere]

You could pressurize the can with the blower end of a shop vac, so all plastic chips blow outward while drilling.

I would NOT put the suction end of a shop vac on a used gas can, unless it were extremely well-washed first. Seems like a recipe for exploding shop vacs.

 

[bdhsfz6]

When installing these vents in jugs, I use a heated metal rod, like the chuck end of an old drill bit, to melt through the plastic rather than drill it. No chips to worry about. Melting also leaves a thicker reinforcing ring around the hole.

Do NOT attempt this in a jug that has been used with a flammable liquid!!

 

[grsthegreat]

I use 2 part epoxy when installing my plugs. Eliminates all leaks and movement of vent plugs