[AT] Gas can rant

[Mogrits]

Yeah, you better hang onto those steel cans. I use my boats in salt water
so the steel is a headache and cannot be maintained though I still have two
of them. I'm going to drill the caps on my newer tanks once I find some
brass or stainless thumbscrews. As it is, I ride with the fuel caps
loosened which is inherently dangerous.

People who write these regs must never go outside.

Warren

On Sun, Aug 2, 2015 at 5:34 PM, Thomas O Mehrkam <tmehrkam at sbcglobal.net>
wrote:

> 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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