Vented Gas Cans Can Now Be Sold

[jkasch]

Gas cans are allowed to have vents again.
https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/make-gas-cans-great-again-improving-flow

 

[4WD]

Well, uh, my VP Racing cans - with the hose in the trash - vent well ️

 

[Kira]

Too bad Ozzy, the Hulkster, Malcolm and Chuck won't be around to see that link in our government's plan to enslave us be broken.
jk

Yes, those quarter-turn-and-push-down-hard plastic safety nozzles were quite bad.
I've seen many people INCLUDING MYSELF spill fuel attempting to use them.

 

[Chris142]

Good! The emissions compliant ones spill more gas than what vapors come out of a vent.

 

[Nukeman7]

I thumbed my nose at the EPA years ago and made my own functional "spill-proof" gas cans with a drill bit and these vent caps.

 

[4WD]

Too bad Ozzy, the Hulkster, Malcolm and Chuck won't be around to see that link in our government's plan to enslave us be broken.
jk

Yes, those quarter-turn-and-push-down-hard plastic safety nozzles were quite bad.
I've seen many people spill fuel attempting to use them.

Well, I don’t agree with the unfiltered use of “junk” here - but yeah …

 

[dvblanch]

nice to see just a little bit of common sense returning to this country

 

[The_Eric]

I don't know why you guys get your undies in such a twist? All my cans use the Midwest Can spout, except for one, a lever vented safety style can I found on the side of the road - a $170 dollar value!!! I never spill fuel, they fill adequately fast for OPE and most importantly they keep the vapors and assorted light ends in the can so my fuel keeps just fine.

Now admittedly if I were fueling all the tanks contents often and/or fueling my vehicles then I would probably seek a different design.

 

[qjohn]

Did you guys read the news release in the link? It says that vented gas cans have been allowed since 2009 as long as they are automatically closing. It says the EPA reminded manufactures of this. That is all.

Or am I missing something?

 

[rekit]

Soooo they still cannot just have a spout and snap on lid to pour the gas? Yep, love my VP's.

 

[LDM]

I just buy the kits to refit my gas can, they sell that at Menards right next to the cans. Drill a hole for the vent, push in the vent, throw away just junk spout and swap to the good ones with a simple cap on them. Be nice if we could go back to not having to buy a $10 kit to make a gas can work properly again. EPA isn't going to stop me from having properly working gas cans with their nonsense orders.

 

[jkasch]

Hopefully, there should be some good clearance sales on the regulated cans.

 

[oil pan 4]

I thumbed my nose at the EPA years ago and made my own functional "spill-proof" gas cans with a drill bit and these vent caps.
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"Replacements" for "old gas cans" lol.

 

[The motor guy]

Remember the vapor recovery on the pumps at the gas station? Haven't seen that at any gas station in bout 5 years now.

 

[Bullet]

Probably will be more Jerry cans in the future.

Make gas cans great again.

 

[97prizm]

Too bad Ozzy, the Hulkster, Malcolm and Chuck won't be around to see that link in our government's plan to enslave us be broken.
jk

Yes, those quarter-turn-and-push-down-hard plastic safety nozzles were quite bad.
I've seen many people INCLUDING MYSELF spill fuel attempting to use them.

I saw a YouTube video recently where a guy showed how to install an aftermarket kit to convert the new style into the old.

 

[skyactiv]

Remember the vapor recovery on the pumps at the gas station? Haven't seen that at any gas station in bout 5 years now.

Speaking on that, Costco has a unique pump nozzle I haven’t seen anywhere else.

 

[dlundblad]

Very nice. The EPA cans were a complete scam.. The Obama era cans were allowed to be sold on the same shelf as the retro kits. I can’t think of any other time this has legally happened.

 

[nickaluch]

I just use a one gallon empty windshield washer fluid container for my lawnmower lasts about 6 weeks

 

[Whimsey]

Remember the vapor recovery on the pumps at the gas station? Haven't seen that at any gas station in bout 5 years now.

NJ still uses that system .