Gas Can suitable for storage inside (2 Viewers)

[YellowLab]

I too bought a set of the larger Wavian - look very hard core -

 

[Bluegill]

No fumes at all? Sitting in a hot cabin all day expansion?

Thx BG

I've never smelled gas from my Wedco (Wavian) cans. They are designed to be vapor tight....but the spouts also have a vent feature so they pour smoothly. The vent feature supposedly also relieves excess pressure but I've never found a definitive answer to whether or not the cans actually vent if needed. All I know is that I've never smelled any gas and I've had these cans in my cargo bay for many days while on Moab trips. Of course I'm careful to leave room in the can for expansion - you don't fill them to the brim.

On the Land Rover forums we'd discuss this ad nasuem (just like the oil threads). My buddies will swear that the Wedco cans are 100% vapor and liquid tight.

I still have one of my little Wedco cans in my garage with a gallon+ in it from last year. It's for filling up my lawn mower. I hired a landscaper almost a year ago and haven't touched the gas can. It's been 115+ in the shade out here this summer and well over 120 in my garage. If I go and open the can now, there will be an audible poof as the positive pressure releases. I should probably go dump that fuel in my tank now that I think about it. Although it's old 87 octane gas....I better dump it in my wife's Mercedes.

 

[Bluegill]

 

[Bluegill]

Fuel Can FAQs

Do I need to vent my fuel can?​

Wavian fuel cans are completely vapor-tight. That means that they are safe to store indoors, but it also means that they will build up pressure during elevation or temperature changes. It is important to occasionally vent your fuel cans while traveling up or down in elevation and when temperatures are rising or dropping.

 

[Bluegill]

The big question is, "Can the internal pressure get so high from elevation and/or temperature change during normal use that the Wedco/Wavian can starts leaking or explodes?"

Note that I've never "occasionally vented" my Wedco/Wavian cans and I've driven with these cans in my cargo bay from my home at 1,657 feet above sea level to Moab (4,000') and all sorts of mountain towns in Colorado such as Durango (6,500'), Telluride (8,750'), Silverton (9,300'), and Leadville (10,150'). I've also done Black Bear Pass (12,840) and Imogene Pass (13,114') with the cans in the back.

So I guess the answer to the big question is, "No."

 

[DaveK]

I've never smelled gas from my Wedco (Wavian) cans. They are designed to be vapor tight....but the spouts also have a vent feature so they pour smoothly. The vent feature supposedly also relieves excess pressure but I've never found a definitive answer to whether or not the cans actually vent if needed. All I know is that I've never smelled any gas and I've had these cans in my cargo bay for many days while on Moab trips. Of course I'm careful to leave room in the can for expansion - you don't fill them to the brim.

On the Land Rover forums we'd discuss this ad nasuem (just like the oil threads). My buddies will swear that the Wedco cans are 100% vapor and liquid tight.

I still have one of my little Wedco cans in my garage with a gallon+ in it from last year. It's for filling up my lawn mower. I hired a landscaper almost a year ago and haven't touched the gas can. It's been 115+ in the shade out here this summer and well over 120 in my garage. If I go and open the can now, there will be an audible poof as the positive pressure releases. I should probably go dump that fuel in my tank now that I think about it. Although it's old 87 octane gas....I better dump it in my wife's Mercedes.

I may have to give one of these a try..... THANK YOU BG !

 

[DaveK]

The big question is, "Can the internal pressure get so high from elevation and/or temperature change during normal use that the Wedco/Wavian can starts leaking or explodes?"

Note that I've never "occasionally vented" my Wedco/Wavian cans and I've driven with these cans in my cargo bay from my home at 1,657 feet above sea level to Moab (4,000') and all sorts of mountain towns in Colorado such as Durango (6,500'), Telluride (8,750'), Silverton (9,300'), and Leadville (10,150'). I've also done Black Bear Pass (12,840) and Imogene Pass (13,114') with the cans in the back.

So I guess the answer to the big question is, "No."

I'm more worried about temperature.

 

[DJ’s Sled]

I’ve been cruising around with about 4 gals in my new Wavian - discretely disguised with a Macy’s bag and inside a perfect fitting Prime box - for a few months now. I generally refer to this as my Wavian IED, aka “Bill’s Special”.

 

[DaveK]

I’ve been cruising around with about 4 gals in my new Wavian - discretely disguised with a Macy’s bag and inside a perfect fitting Prime box - for a few months now. I generally refer to this as my Wavian IED, aka “Bill’s Special”.

Good idea. I think I need one of these.... just to have.

 

[Doubleyooh]

Made a trip to Yosemite.
Premium plus + 1 (5) gallon jerry can.

That one jerry made a difference in getting home and saving on gas.


Racket the jerry can on roof top. Jerry can must be filled all the way up (so that the liquids dont shake too much on the drive). Had made sure rubber gasket was fitting with spout. Up in elevation (13,000 ft), there was a pressure change when I opened the tank (as expected)

 

[Bluegill]

I’ve been cruising around with about 4 gals in my new Wavian - discretely disguised with a Macy’s bag and inside a perfect fitting Prime box - for a few months now. I generally refer to this as my Wavian IED, aka “Bill’s Special”.

LOL. Ooooh, what'd you get me from Macy's? 15 liters of petrol, baby!