EPA Fuel Cans

Vicinalvictor · Feb 24, 2019

These new plastic fuel cans are really a P.I.T.A. to use. I bought a 5 gallon blue plastic kerosene can for the torpedo heater. I end up unscrewing the safety nozzle and just pour from the spout into a funnel. I'm sure I'm not the only one, what do you people do to make the can work better?

super99 · Feb 24, 2019

I had to buy a new plastic gas can with the EPA crap on it. I had the same results that you had. I went to Blaines Farm and Fleet and they had replacement spouts for the new cans. Just a regular spout that fits different sizes of openings and an air vent that you drill a hole in the can and insert. Works great now. Chris

Kansas4010 · Feb 24, 2019

These are the only new style gas cans I can get to work. I mostly use Jerry cans.

mcrow4117 · Feb 24, 2019

rractor supply sells a spout and a vent to convert the new cans to the old style. You just have to drill a 1/2” hole to push the vent into. They work really good

RogerinIowa · Feb 24, 2019

Menards also has the kits to change to the old style that works.

bmack95hd · Feb 24, 2019

That?s what I?ve done with my gas and diesel cans.

michford · Feb 24, 2019

I second the replacement spout. I like EZ Pour spout sold at Ace Hardware and Tractor Supply.
EZ Pour

SodBuster87 · Feb 24, 2019

You can buy the replacement spout and they work okay. But once you've used the cans suggested above by Kansas4010 you'll never go back.

Goose · Feb 24, 2019

Oerscheln's had the kits, also.

I've converted all of mine.

shaun wallace · Feb 24, 2019

All my fuel cans are 5 gallon hyd buckets. Non EPA but I don't care.

paul · Feb 24, 2019

I liked them but now they ruined them for diesel; they have a plastic mesh screen in the fill hole to prevent flashback, it doesn?t allow 10 below diesel fuel to flow through.

I needed fuel in my furnace, needed to get 5 gallons of #2 from the tractor fill tank and warm in the basement a couple hours to flow, well I couldn?t use the dang fuel can.

Stupidity. Charge 3x for products that don?t work any more, govt engineering.

Paul

JF in MI · Feb 24, 2019

Yes, you can buy (I did) those plastic vents by the dozen, if you want, on Ebay. Easy to convert, I did about 6 cans I have and they work just like the old ones.

C.Amick · Feb 24, 2019

I take the spout off and use a funnel.

Tony in SD · Feb 24, 2019

I agree they are a PITA. I?ve spilled more gas with these new cans than I ever did with the old ones. In addition I get more gas on me than I ever did with the old ones.

JD Seller · Feb 24, 2019

Buy the snap in vents off EBay. I thinking I got 20 of them shipped for $7.50. Just drill a hole and snap them in. Makes the cans work a lot better.

Tony S · Feb 24, 2019

Tire valve stem without the core makes a good vent. Can't remember who told me that.

Josh-nhihguy · Feb 24, 2019

Yep. Best pennies I've ever spent. Don't need much of a spout when it flows out smoothly.

JD Seller · Feb 24, 2019

Tony I have some cans with valve stems in them. They work but they have such a small center hole they restrict the flow some. You also have to fish them in from the inside.

Geo-TH,In · Feb 25, 2019

My redneck vent is a 16 p nail.

flembo · Feb 25, 2019

I ordered several of those kits for all my 5 gal plastic cans, but I had to order the ones that said for water cans. They couldn't ship the gas ones to NH. The kits are exactly the same and they work great.

showcrop · Feb 25, 2019

I have steel Eagle cans. They pour quickly and easily. They are also very cheap compared to plastic. One is ten years old and the other is 44 years old.

Part Time Pete · Feb 25, 2019

I use the ones like Kansas posted. I drill 1/4" holes in the tabs and keep a 1/4" pin tied to the handle. I lay the can on the hood of the tractor, push the button and install the pin to keep the button depressed. Then I go grease the equipment and check the other fluids. When it's empty, I swap cans and keep greasing
Pete

JOCCO · Feb 25, 2019

Only the gubment could mess up something simple as a gas can!!!

dr sportster · Feb 25, 2019

Fuel jugs for racing gas are pretty simple -- screw on tops. 5 gal.

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