mapper
Veteran Member
Recently was on our way into town to fill my diesel cans when my wife suggested that we stop at TSC and get an additional 5 gallon fuel can. I certainly was not going ignore that suggestion! So we stopped in, I purchased a new can and we proceeded to the gas station to fill the cans.
Now we all know what a pain the new safety spouts are and there has been plenty of discussion about that here. Well there is now an additional safety feature on fuel cans; the anti flashback screen. This is a fine mesh gizmo in the neck of the can to supposedly prevent fire from igniting the fumes in the can. What it really does is prevent you from filling the can at anything more than a dribble, the slowest latch setting on the nozzle is too much for and will cause fuel to back up and spill before the nozzle will trip. This screen is also very difficult to extract from the neck of the can, especially when you are at the gas station trying to fill it.
So beware if you buy a new fuel can, take it home and pry the screen out before you try to fill it the first time.
I really never thought that filling a fuel can would be slower than emptying one with the new safety spouts!
Now we all know what a pain the new safety spouts are and there has been plenty of discussion about that here. Well there is now an additional safety feature on fuel cans; the anti flashback screen. This is a fine mesh gizmo in the neck of the can to supposedly prevent fire from igniting the fumes in the can. What it really does is prevent you from filling the can at anything more than a dribble, the slowest latch setting on the nozzle is too much for and will cause fuel to back up and spill before the nozzle will trip. This screen is also very difficult to extract from the neck of the can, especially when you are at the gas station trying to fill it.
So beware if you buy a new fuel can, take it home and pry the screen out before you try to fill it the first time.
I really never thought that filling a fuel can would be slower than emptying one with the new safety spouts!