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Vic Dura July 23rd 05 03:16 PM

Ventless gas cans
 
It's been a long time since I've bought a gas can. I need some new
ones and all I could easily find are vent-less. Do these pour and seal
well? I need cans to store generator gasoline for up to six months; so
I need something that seals well. Will they work in this application?

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Dennis Turner July 23rd 05 03:51 PM

On 7/23/2005 9:16 AM or thereabouts, Vic Dura appears, somewhat
unbelievably, to have opined:

It's been a long time since I've bought a gas can. I need some new
ones and all I could easily find are vent-less. Do these pour and seal
well? I need cans to store generator gasoline for up to six months; so
I need something that seals well. Will they work in this application?


The ventless can I have seals very well, but pours rather poorly (pardon
the pun). As long as the can is full to minimize condensation you should
have no problem storing gasoline for 6 months.

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Neon John July 23rd 05 06:24 PM

On Sat, 23 Jul 2005 09:16:10 -0500, Vic Dura
wrote:

It's been a long time since I've bought a gas can. I need some new
ones and all I could easily find are vent-less. Do these pour and seal
well? I need cans to store generator gasoline for up to six months; so
I need something that seals well. Will they work in this application?



You need to look somewhere else other than Walmart and the big box
stores.

They work OK. Not as well as conventional cans but OK. They seal as
well as any other gas can.

John
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[email protected] July 23rd 05 07:21 PM



Vic Dura wrote:
It's been a long time since I've bought a gas can. I need some new
ones and all I could easily find are vent-less. Do these pour and seal
well? I need cans to store generator gasoline for up to six months; so
I need something that seals well. Will they work in this application?





So? Buy one and poke an air hole in it.



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JustDave July 23rd 05 09:49 PM


"Vic Dura" wrote in message
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It's been a long time since I've bought a gas can. I need some new
ones and all I could easily find are vent-less. Do these pour and seal
well? I need cans to store generator gasoline for up to six months; so
I need something that seals well. Will they work in this application?

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The one my wife bought me (after she gave away my perfectly good 'regular'
plastic can to a stranger who claimed to be stranded) leaks, and I have to
apply so much pressure to open the valve that I'm always worried I'll damage
the plastic gas tank I'm filling.

Just get a standard plastic can. It's not that hard to open the caps

JustDave.



Dean Hoffman July 24th 05 01:24 AM

On 7/23/05 9:16 AM, in article ,
"Vic Dura" wrote:

It's been a long time since I've bought a gas can. I need some new
ones and all I could easily find are vent-less. Do these pour and seal
well? I need cans to store generator gasoline for up to six months; so
I need something that seals well. Will they work in this application?


You might take a look he

http://www.tractorsupply.com

It might not hurt to put some StaBil in your gas for long term storage.
That stuff works as advertised.

Dean


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Chip C July 24th 05 04:32 AM



wrote:
Vic Dura wrote:
It's been a long time since I've bought a gas can. I need some new
ones and all I could easily find are vent-less. Do these pour and seal
well? I need cans to store generator gasoline for up to six months; so
I need something that seals well. Will they work in this application?





So? Buy one and poke an air hole in it.


This would allow gas fumes to escape and collect in whatever storage
area the can was in. That's bad, you get on the news that way. Properly
vented cans have sealable vents to keep closed when you're not actually
pouring.

Chip C


Alan July 24th 05 02:29 PM

On Sat, 23 Jul 2005 09:16:10 -0500, Vic Dura
wrote:

It's been a long time since I've bought a gas can. I need some new
ones and all I could easily find are vent-less. Do these pour and seal
well? I need cans to store generator gasoline for up to six months; so
I need something that seals well. Will they work in this application?


I bought a Flo N Go nozzle and ventless can together and this
combination works great, no spills and easy to use.

[email protected] July 24th 05 05:45 PM



Chip C wrote:
wrote:
Vic Dura wrote:
It's been a long time since I've bought a gas can. I need some new
ones and all I could easily find are vent-less. Do these pour and seal
well? I need cans to store generator gasoline for up to six months; so
I need something that seals well. Will they work in this application?





So? Buy one and poke an air hole in it.


This would allow gas fumes to escape and collect in whatever storage
area the can was in. That's bad, you get on the news that way. Properly
vented cans have sealable vents to keep closed when you're not actually
pouring.




So? Get your chainsaw out and whittle a stick to poke in the hole when
you aren't pouring gas.







Chip C



Vic Dura July 25th 05 05:01 PM


Thanks to Dennis Turner, Neon John, AnOldFart, JustDave, Chip C and
Alan for the comments.

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Offbreed July 31st 05 10:50 PM

wrote:
I have found that I can not put the spout in
the can after filling. and have to leave the spout sticking out of the
can. The can will not seal without the spout inserted. that is the
part that forms the "gasket".


Uhm, "Don't fill it all the way up"?


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