[AT] Gas can rant

[Thomas O Mehrkam]

Raw gas into the engine out the exhaust into the water is better than 
vapor in the air?

How many fires have to happen before this is resolved.

Lucky I still have a number of steel vented outboard tanks.  I will have 
to make sure I keep them painted so they last.

On 8/2/2015 3:40 PM, Mogrits wrote:
> I don't know how many of you use outboard motors but the new gas tanks for
> them are a nightmare unto themselves. The standard tanks years ago used to
> be metal, 5 gals and had a pressure vent built in. Then, they went with
> plastic, six gallons and had a thumbscrew on the cap to open to vent. Many
> a boater set out from the dock only to have their engine die because they'd
> failed to open the vent and the motor starved for fuel when it reached a
> vacuum in the tank. Now, due to EPA regs they are 6 gals with no vent
> whatsoever. If you leave a tank in your boat in the sun, it will swell like
> a balloon and worse, the pressure can over-ride your floats in older motor
> carbs and pump gas out in the engine.
>
> Happened to a friend recently and he called Atwoods tech support (Large
> manuf. of these pony tanks) Tech support guy said to call and thank your
> local EPA office and by the way, Atwood sells an optional fuel tank
> pressure shut off valve for 20.00 to put in the line before the bulb to
> stop pressure from the tank from reaching your motor. (It is simply a fuel
> safe ball valve). My friend said "So even if I have this valve and my tank
> swells but my motor doesn't leak, what do I do?". The guy said, "you open
> the gas cap slowly to relieve all the pressure then open the valve". So,
> the EPA is so smart they require a no vent tank that has to withstand 5psi
> of vapor pressure which can only be used by opening the cap and venting all
> the vapors anyway.
>
> Stupid, Stupid stupid.
>
> Warren
>
> On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 11:20 PM, Dave Rotigel <rotigel at me.com> wrote:
>
>> Dean, I bought one of these earlier this year. Works JUST FINE so far!
>> See: http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200407825_200407825
>>          Dave
>>
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