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Bob F

On 8/21/2019 12:09 PM, wrote:
On Sunday, December 4, 2011 at 4:14:00 PM UTC-7, Frank wrote:
On 12/4/2011 5:52 PM, worker bee wrote:
Blitz five-gallon plastic portable gasoline container

Dumb ass gas cans such as this are mandated here.
Real PITA to use and probably result in more gas spillage than old
fashioned cans. When I needed a new can a few years ago, I learned that
only the so called spill proof cans could be sold here.
Doubt if manufacturer would sell you a spout to defeat the mechanism.

Frank... you are spot on. The new style "enviro-safe" caps literally burst gas into my mower due to the "safety" spring mechanism holding pressure until the can is inverted and forcing the gas out at high pressure... blasting spray and spillage out the to of the tank. I once got a face full of gas on a very hot day because I forgot to release the pressure first. The old style allowed you to simply pour the gas... but apparently that was too logical and easy for the enlightened/woke crowd out there and had to be gutted and regulated.

Releasing the pressure BEFORE you tip the can completely solves that
problem, and saves almost all the gas that would have evaporated into
the atmosphere between uses.