Safety Gas Cans
Saw this video on another site. Shows how to modify plastic fuel containers to be user friendly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lcnwdIYEfI
Forum Discussion
BurbMan wrote:jwmII wrote:
After drilling the vent hole for the tire stem he did not check for and remove any plastic cuttings that could have gone into the can. Why introduce them into your fuel system if you don't have to. Regarding the gas attacking the rubber tire stem. They are cheap and obviously easy to change. I don't see that as a problem when you compare the kind of problem 5 gallons of gas could be.
The issue is not changing the tire valve....it's that the fumes degrade the part of the rubber valve on the inside of the tank, so when you go to unscrew the vent cap, the stem splits in half along the groove that locks onto the can, allowing the inside half to fall into the gas and further dissolve. Contaminating the gas just like you pointed out with the drill shavings.
So I imagine if an old piece of rubber falls in to the can it wouldn't be retrievable. More nitpicking.
This link was posted in the YouTube comments for the correct plastic vent caps made for gas cans.
