{"id":77116,"date":"2021-04-08T08:53:16","date_gmt":"2021-04-08T15:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/?p=77116"},"modified":"2024-02-13T08:26:43","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T16:26:43","slug":"safest-way-to-air-out-a-gas-can","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2021\/04\/safest-way-to-air-out-a-gas-can","title":{"rendered":"Safest way to air out a gas can"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This question is not specific to any car.  i just wanna know the safest way to air out a stinky gasoline portable container (5 gallon gerry can)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-gas-can\">Gas Can<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I do not know. I would think purchase a New unused one would be the safest. As for just airing it out, that is a good question. Maybe the local Fire Department might be able to give you the SAFEST way. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/No-Spill-1450-5-Gallon-Poly-Compliant\/dp\/B000W9JN4S?dchild=1&#038;keywords=gas+can&#038;qid=1617896243&#038;sr=8-8&#038;linkCode=li3&#038;tag=freea08-20&#038;linkId=1edd95c0871ea9672566a7625395a35d&#038;language=en_US&#038;ref_=as_li_ss_il\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are some forms of venting products available to make it easier to air out the gas can. It looks like you simple install it in place of the original. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;OneJS=1&#038;Operation=GetAdHtml&#038;MarketPlace=US&#038;source=ss&#038;ref=as_ss_li_til&#038;ad_type=product_link&#038;tracking_id=freea08-20&#038;language=en_US&#038;marketplace=amazon&#038;region=US&#038;placement=B08747LWC4&#038;asins=B08747LWC4&#038;linkId=1e22c9e8b1df3b6bdfc3cb664e84d717&#038;show_border=true&#038;link_opens_in_new_window=true\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-jerrycan\">Jerrycan<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A wide variety of container types and constructions are used for fuels. Each has its own engineering challenges.<br \/>The jerrycan is a robust liquid container originally made from pressed steel. It was designed in Germany in the 1930s for military use to hold 20 litres (4.4 imp gal; 5.3 US gal) of fuel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fuel_container\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wiki<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This question is not specific to any car. i just wanna know the safest way to air out a stinky gasoline portable container (5 gallon gerry can) Gas Can I do not know. I would think purchase a New unused one would be the safest. As for just airing it out, that is a good&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2021\/04\/safest-way-to-air-out-a-gas-can\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Safest way to air out a gas can<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15523,"featured_media":77390,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-auto-repair-questions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15523"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}