How To Vent An Un-Vented Gas Can

I HATE these new cans. :mad: They last for only a season or so and as you all know, they can't pour correctly. We have had at least three cans split at the bottom seam because of overpressuriztion.

We drilled holes in all of our cans and use a small cork to plug the hole during storage.
 
Venting any can can be done better with a .50BMG at about 200 yards.
 
I wonder if there is some obscure regulation or law that will get us all arrested for making our tools useable?
"Mr Jorgensen you have been found guilty of a first degree felony for venting your fuel can against published epa regulations. Sentenced to 20years at hard labor. Case closed"

Must be some sort of silliness like that for the manufacturers to have made completely useless tools of this type......


Frank
 
CA has a $500 per container fine for non CARB rated cans. I've seen it enforced.

I've already made most of my cans like this.
 
Tom-D said:
Venting any can can be done better with a .50BMG at about 200 yards.
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For safety reasons, you should use nothing larger than a .22 unless you remove the gas first :)
 
Defenders of flying rules and safety regulations take note, it ain't ever enough, it isn't based in safety or logic, and you will not be able to cut out an exception for your hobbies. Jetskis, gas cans, lightbulbs, pilots crashing too much, same stuff different day. When they came for the gas cans I didn't say anything because I don't mow my own lawn...
 
Fixed mine years ago. Yep, hated those slow pouring, gurgling jugs too.
 
It would be interesting to video the users of those things as they attempt to use them and send copies to the idiots who promulgated their use. The spillage is at least 3X the old jugs.
 
I had two of these for putting MoGas in a 152.

Wish I had thought of this. Although you do see a lot of interesting things going on at the airport when you have to spend 10 minutes standing on the strut of a cessna waiting on the gas slowly pouring.
 
Don't like the videos hate for blitz though, I have some blitz cans that are just fine. This ventless thing is not of their doing
 
Blitz still sells Blue versions of their can with the old, non-triggered nozzle. They're stenciled as water jugs. Just paint "GAS" on them with red paint and go on down the road.

The one good thing about the non-vented cans---the old non-triggered versions, there's absolutely NOTHING good about the triggered ones---is that they stop flowing when the tip of the nozzle is submersed in gas.

Thus, for you that use MoGas and fuel the plane with 5 gallon cans, you can do it while you're preflighting the plane and not worry about the tank overflowing when it gets full.

Note: This works on MY C182A. I won't guarantee that it works on any other plane anywhere.

On the old non-triggered tanks, I simply drilled a hole in the top/back that a golf tee would force fit into & plug. I take the tee out when I don't need the self stopping feature. Leave it in when I do.
 
timwinters said:
Blitz still sells Blue versions of their can with the old, non-triggered nozzle. They're stenciled as water jugs. Just paint "GAS" on them with red paint and go on down the road.

The one good thing about the non-vented cans---the old non-triggered versions, there's absolutely NOTHING good about the triggered ones---is that they stop flowing when the tip of the nozzle is submersed in gas.

Thus, for you that use MoGas and fuel the plane with 5 gallon cans, you can do it while you're preflighting the plane and not worry about the tank overflowing when it gets full.

Note: This works on MY C182A. I won't guarantee that it works on any other plane anywhere.

On the old non-triggered tanks, I simply drilled a hole in the top/back that a golf tee would force fit into & plug. I take the tee out when I don't need the self stopping feature. Leave it in when I do.
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Thought Blitz shutdown, per the news reports.
 
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“We appreciate the support of our employees and their families in their efforts to reorganize and develop a viable business plan,” said Blitz President Rocky Flick, according to an article in the Joplin (Missouri) Globe. “Unfortunately, we were not able to address the costs of the increased litigation associated with our fuel-containment products.”

It all starts with the lawyer chasing public. We get what we deserve.
 
Might have to do this. I spill so much gas because of these new cans and the fact they swell up and look like they'll burst in the summer months doesn't make me feel good at all.
 
I recently purchased a gas can to keep kerosene in for my torpedo heater at the hangar. I knew it was red and looked for a blue one but the store i wen to had none.

With this in mind I wrote Kerosene all over it, every surface. Go to my local gas station to put kerosene in it and they refused to allow me to fill it telling me you can't put kerosene in a gas can. I took it to the guy at the counter and showed him that it was marked but he said no, it is against the law to put kerosene in a red can. I drove back to the store and bought a can of blue paint and painted it blue. Went back to the same gas station and filled it with Kerosene.

This can also had the stupid valve that requires three hands to properly operate. After pouring kerosene all over me the heater and the floor I yanked the stupid valve out.

It has gotten quite ridiculous. I remember hearing once that the number 1 smuggled item from Canada to the US was a full flush push the darn handle once toilet. I agree with Mr Paul, just how much water are we saving if you have to flush it three times to get it to work.

Wake Up Amerika, Pitts Off
 
Theoretically, the state of CA says that just in that state there is 100 tons per day of HC vented from portable gas cans. I see what they are going after, because none of us see the whole picture, but only point source venting. So, I get what they want to accomplish and can even appreciate the ends, but the means leaves a lot to be desired.

Also, I think the way this modification is done, will prevent much of the venting of HCs that the state is talking about. The vent is only opened when the jug is in use, and most of the time, the jug will remain closed and the vent sealed. So, this gets a large measure of the job done and only affects the product when it's directly in use.

Sad to see Blitz be run out of business. I've used their products for many years. The next jugs will be made in China, and will last maybe two years.
 
Wait, you mean people were leaving the vent in their gas cans open for storage? I never open the vent except to pour. Otherwise it leaves a gas smell in the garage.
 
Everskyward said:
Wait, you mean people were leaving the vent in their gas cans open for storage? I never open the vent except to pour. Otherwise it leaves a gas smell in the garage.
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The vents on many/most portable gas cans only last a short time in the life cycle of the can. Also, the rubber bushing seal around the filler neck was often put back on wrong when the spout was not on. Some day laborers with the gas cans on their trailer would leave the vent open to prevent the cans from swelling and bursting in the heat.
 
docmirror said:
The vents on many/most portable gas cans only last a short time in the life cycle of the can. Also, the rubber bushing seal around the filler neck was often put back on wrong when the spout was not on. Some day laborers with the gas cans on their trailer would leave the vent open to prevent the cans from swelling and bursting in the heat.
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I think we are talking about a different kind of gas can. The type I'm talking about is plastic and has a plastic cap covering a little hole.
 
docmirror said:
The vents on many/most portable gas cans only last a short time in the life cycle of the can. Also, the rubber bushing seal around the filler neck was often put back on wrong when the spout was not on. Some day laborers with the gas cans on their trailer would leave the vent open to prevent the cans from swelling and bursting in the heat.
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Seems to me that a burst can leaks more fuel than a vent.

Kind of like a low flow toilet you need to flush twice
 
Everskyward said:
I think we are talking about a different kind of gas can. The type I'm talking about is plastic and has a plastic cap covering a little hole.
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Me too. The cap is/was held on by a small leash. They don't last long.
 
docmirror said:
Me too. The cap is/was held on by a small leash. They don't last long.
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Dunno, I have some that have lasted for years (10? 15?). In fact I can't recall any of them breaking off.
 
Skylane81E said:
Gone on half the gas cans here,
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You guys are hard on your gas cans. :rofl:

I only use mine to fill the lawn tractor and the weed-eater, though. It's not like I'm filling airplanes daily.
 
What a POS, all the manufacturer had to do was put a vent tube inside the nozzle.
 
The really ironic thing about all this is that with all the gas people spill now I'm sure more fumes are escaping.
 
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EdFred said:
EPA probably mandated against that.
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No, that's they way they approve. It just would have been a little more expensive to build the tooling is all. BTW, you can buy way better gas cans, you just have to pay more. This is what we get when we buy by price alone.
 
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Henning said:
No, that's they way they approve. It just would have been a little more expensive to build the tooling is all. BTW, you can buy way better gas cans, you just have to pay more. This is what we get when we buy by price alone.
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I don't see the old ones available anywhere. Luckily when I bought my house I got about 5 or 6 that came with the house.
 
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