On Wed, 26 Sep 2012 12:30:48 -0400, Art Todesco
wrote:

On 9/26/2012 9:06 AM, CRNG wrote:
On Wed, 26 Sep 2012 00:20:34 -0500, The Daring Dufas
wrote in
Re How To Fix A New Gas Can:

I know the horrible EPA gas cans have been discussed before but I came
across some videos about fixing the evil things. I'd already modified
one that I have and this video shows a great conversion of an unusable
product into one that is. ^_^

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lcnwdIYEfI

TDD

Looks like a nice field modification. I think I'll give it a try with
one of the small cans.

I used a cork or rubber stopper for the vent and it works well. Because
the new "cans" are really out of balance, I added a fill extension that
adds a little flexibility to the spout, from a piece of hose. I didn't,
but will, take out the lock for the valve. My valve really doesn't seal
very well, but what do you expect from junk from China. A simple cap
was soooooo nice and soooooo easy.

Even the previous iteration of gas jugs are junk - that's when they
went to the ventless jugs. Most spout-to-jug connections leak.
Last night me and my son replaced the rusted/leaking gas tank on my
'97 Lumina, so we transferred the old gas to the new tank.
Poured about 8 gallons total to and from various containers.
Here's what works best, and avoids spillage.
A funnel. I've got rigid funnels and a flex spout funnel. They're
cheap. Get some and avoid the gas can spouts.
Just pour from the jug.
Sure, you get more vapor when pouring, but you won't spill.
Sometimes you have to prop the funnel or have somebody hold it.
And you put easily line a funnel with a clean rag to filter, which we
did because the old tank had a lot of rust particles in it.
The old metal jugs with flex metal spouts nearly always leaked too.
I've still got a 2 1/2 and a 1 gal plastic jug with pop vents, and
they're good.
If I knew what was going to happen with gas jugs, I would have filled
my garage and basement with them and made a fortune selling them on
eBay