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Re: Anyone looking for a free gas cap?
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Posted by dan hill on May 08, 2007 at 05:35:49 from (64.12.116.14):
In Reply to: Re: Anyone looking for a free gas cap? posted by mjbrown on May 03, 2007 at 05:16:35:
All tanks have to have a vent.With out a vent they would pressure feed the carb when the tank heated up from the hot engine.If the tank never got hot a vacuum would form and no gas would flow.Many tractor operators have been sprayed with gas when they opened a hot pressurized tank and the gas has ignited and burned them.The new caps have a check valve that prevents gas leakage if the tractor is rolled over.Ever leave a partly filled plastic gas can in the sun and watch it swell up when the vent is closed.
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