Gas can mystery
A while back I noticed my brand-new Eagle "safety" metal can was developing some nasty scrapes and dents. I didn't understand that.. I had never dropped or smashed the can with a hammer. It looked t...
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2oldman wrote:
At least with plastic, they will 'breathe' with changing pressure, but this.. I don't know where this stops. These are not cheap cans.
They should not. the EPA requires that they NOT breath or if they do the out-gas breath has to pass through something like activated charcoal vapor capture canistor same as the gas tank on your car.
The solution is 3/4 fill, never fill beyond 3/4 mark Even that won't be enough if you fill it in AZ in August and then spend January in Northern AlASKA.
But you get the idea.
