Fuel Cans

[Brazos]

What's the purpose for gas/diesel cans that suck? I bought an new 5 gallon diesel can from Home Depot about a month ago and it is worthless. What a PITA. I had diesel all over me, the tractor, ground, and everywhere else just trying to put diesel in the tank. Absolutely stupid design. Why do I feel the government has something to do with this? I just don't get it. Just put a good nozzle on it, a vent hole, and that is it. No spills. I pulled a nozzle off another gas can I no longer use. I will have to make a vent hole.

 

[ipz2222]

Just be careful with the valve stem vents. Some of them will turn into liquid rubber. The first ones I used did that, got a different brand and they are working good. Should have wrote it down but didn't. One of them was the brand name "Slime". Good or bad?????

 

[OrangeLivin]

Yeah good point ipz2222, meant to say that. Valve stem rubber isn't rated as fuel proof, and it can crack/fall into the gas/dissolve, but interestingly the set I got seems to be ok so far. I may just end up switching to a set of those yellow vents that we USED to get on our gas cans. Sold on ebay cheap.

And it's just a 1/2inch drill bit to fit the stem/valve.