Fumes from a Scepter Can

[cruiseroutfit]

My experience with the Scepters (and all plastic cans) is that mine don't leak a drop - but they outgas through the plastic. Plastic cans material allow some vapor particles to permeate through the can - and I can smell it if in a confined space.

BTW - on my last trip one of my Specter fuels cans had a problem. The inner cap seal broke right off. If you look under the cap, there is a thin cone shaped seal that protrudes into the container cody when installed. Darnest thing I have seen in a long time - very strange. I had just filled the can and was stewing over what to do now (already filled the rig), so I just screwed the lid on anyway, good and snug like always. Much to my suprise there were no leaks, zero, nada, zip. Incredible.

That piece is called the 'flange' and its pretty common to see them broke. Most often caused by improper gasket/fuel use. They are available through the Scepter parts network, just not here in the states.

 

[Overland Hadley]

My experience with the Scepters (and all plastic cans) is that mine don't leak a drop - but they outgas through the plastic. Plastic cans material allow some vapor particles to permeate through the can - and I can smell it if in a confined space.

Outgassing through plastic is an interesting problem.

On the boat we have problems with the holding tanks outgassing. Highest quality plastic was used and it can still be a problem. Nothing worse than smelling the tanks while out on the open water.