Msr Fuel Bottle Cap Stuck

Fuel bottle manufactures have noticed that it s nice way to make money to sell fuel bottles with child proof cap and sell separately proper caps with the half price of the fuel bottle cap.

Msr fuel bottle cap stuck.

About a liter each. Thank you big brother total sarcasm of course. So that would give me an extra 2 liters of 1 2 gallon on the road between the two bottles. Msr made its fuel bottle from a single piece of aluminum and added an air tight seal so there s less leaking and cracking.

Child resistant fuel bottle cap msr stoves. Which equal just over 1 quart each i e. In 1981 msr debuted their own fuel bottles. Overall auto gas is not the purest fuel to use in our stoves and bottles but it should work for short term.

In general cables become stuck due to a lack of fuel line cleaning and maintenance. This cap is just like the caps that used to come with all the msr bottles except these are darkish grey and if i remember correctly the old caps were black. You can store and transport your msr fuel pump in the fuel bottle once the bottle is depressurized. They seem to work better.

Holes in the shaft of the bottle cap prevent spills and provide more controlled pouring capabilities. Each bottle is made from a single piece of impact extruded aluminium to prevent leaks minimize the degradation of fuel and handle the pressurization required to efficiently operate msr liquid fuel stoves. At first sigg fuel bottles were sold in the mountain safety research newsletter as the fuel and storage tanks for any msr stove. Diminished stove performance also.

The fuel bottle works with the threaded pumps on your msr stove. So i have this idea for carrying extra gas for road trips. An outfitter then told me the alcohol ruined a lining inside the bottles and that the alcohol and the bottles were now worthless. So much i hate those child proof bottle caps.

Msr blueprints fuel bottles. I stuck them on a shelf and every now and them i wonder if they can t be used for something. The fuel may also be affected by changes in temperature and conditions during storage. Cfr 1700 and health canada requirements.

This is the cap that should come with every new msr fuel bottle. They cost about 12 each and hold 33 fluid oz. So two of thsese. But in 1981 msr engineers decided they could fashion a better bottle and badge it with the msr name.

The child resistant push and twist bottle caps are leakproof and accept threads on all msr liquid fuel stove pumps. Required if you value your life when the stove must work. This push down and twist child resistant cap is compatible with all msr liquid fuel bottles manufactured after 1981. Luckily here in europe those bottle caps are not requirement so their use is decreasing.

I have since replaced the msr child proof caps withe the msr expedition fuel caps without spring mechanism at my own cost. When you are cold and your hands are cold you need the stove going r f n not after you fumble with push and turn while pushing clutch based tighten only fuel cap.