{"id":23285,"date":"2015-07-02T14:59:10","date_gmt":"2015-07-02T14:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/?p=23285"},"modified":"2015-07-02T14:59:10","modified_gmt":"2015-07-02T14:59:10","slug":"too-much-pressure-a-fuel-demand-valve-for-your-portable-fuel-tank-may-solve-the-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/2015\/07\/too-much-pressure-a-fuel-demand-valve-for-your-portable-fuel-tank-may-solve-the-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"Too Much Pressure? A Fuel-Demand Valve for Your Portable Fuel Tank May Solve The Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Owners with outboard powered boats have lived with portable fuel tanks for years, but recent well-intentioned efforts to stop smog-causing gas fumes from escaping by eliminating the familiar two-way vent is causing new concerns. Without a vent \u2013 typically a small screw type fixture on the tank\u2019s cap or top \u2013 a portable tank can swell up like a balloon in the hot sun with the internal pressure forcing gas into the outboard where it can spew inside the cowling, eventually dribbling out. It\u2019s a wise move to install an inexpensive fuel-demand valve in the fuel line that will prevent any gas from reaching the motor unless the motor calls for it, and BoatUS has a video and easy to follow instructions to show you how. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boatus.com\/pressroom\/release.asp?id=1122#.VZPBQEbD5O0\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Owners with outboard powered boats have lived with portable fuel tanks for years, but recent well-intentioned efforts to stop smog-causing gas fumes from escaping by eliminating the familiar two-way vent is causing new concerns. Without a vent \u2013 typically a small screw type fixture on the tank\u2019s cap or top \u2013 a portable tank can swell up like a balloon in the hot sun with the internal pressure forcing gas into the outboard where it can spew inside the cowling, eventually dribbling out. It\u2019s a wise move to install an inexpensive fuel-demand valve in the fuel line that will prevent any gas from reaching the motor unless the motor calls for it, and BoatUS has a video and easy to follow instructions to show you how. Read More<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23286,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23285"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23285"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23288,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23285\/revisions\/23288"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}