HUSQVARNA FUEL CANS,.

[Oldfeller]

Anybody use these, I got one, cost a feckin' fortune, fecked in a month, despite paying extra for supposedly ethanol free petrol, it's fecked the auto shut off dispenser to the point you may as well throw the thing away and use a conventional cap. 

I expected more from Husqvarna, but I guess like seemingly everything these days made down to a price in feckin' ting-tong land, rather than to a high quality in Sweden. 

[Stubby]

13 minutes ago, Oldfeller said:

Anybody use these, I got one, cost a feckin' fortune, fecked in a month, despite paying extra for supposedly ethanol free petrol, it's fecked the auto shut off dispenser to the point you may as well throw the thing away and use a conventional cap. 

I expected more from Husqvarna, but I guess like seemingly everything these days made down to a price in feckin' ting-tong land, rather than to a high quality in Sweden. 

Yep . I got one . Its lasted probably 6 years ? only has Alkylate fuel in it though . I think petrol , ethanol free or not rogers them as you describe . You can get replacement spouts but it will just happen again with petrol . 

[Oldfeller]

10 minutes ago, Stubby said:

Yep . I got one . Its lasted probably 6 years ? only has Alkylate fuel in it though . I think petrol , ethanol free or not rogers them as you describe . You can get replacement spouts but it will just happen again with petrol . 

great,, a petrol can that melts the spout  when you put petrol in it, Husqvarna forgot to mention that! 

well seeing as it's already fecked, I might try and dismantle the dispenser part and see if the seals can be replaced with fuel resistant o-rings.

Edited 3 hours ago by Oldfeller

[Stubby]

8 minutes ago, Oldfeller said:

great,, a petrol can that melts the spout  when you put petrol in it, Husqvarna forgot to mention that! 

Even the earlier ones ( The ones that would not stand up because the base was smaller than the body ) used to feck up after a while . I bought countless spouts for them . The petrol starts to dissolve the plastic and the O rings . This is what is happening inside your saw . I only use alkylate fuel now .  

[Oldfeller]

41 minutes ago, Stubby said:

Even the earlier ones ( The ones that would not stand up because the base was smaller than the body ) used to feck up after a while . I bought countless spouts for them . The petrol starts to dissolve the plastic and the O rings . This is what is happening inside your saw . I only use alkylate fuel now .  

agreed, in fact I have been gifted a few saws that were stored with, and without fuel in them and all have been affected to a degree, some older ones badly.

a thorough service and replacement with "viton" parts if possible can be very beneficial to operational longevity.

An old mate of mine had his original  "Triton" [Norton Featherbed frame, and Triumph T120 bonneville motor] it had a fibreglass fuel and oil tank combined, whole thing turned to mush on modern fuel, fortunately before the engine had "ingested any of it, he has replaced it with a perfect copy in stainless steel, at considerable cost I might add.

 

[Mick Dempsey]

[Brushcutter]

The old husky fuel can, the spouts where crap, the new husky fuel can has crap spouts and I can guess any new ones will be crap too.

 

As much as it pains me the STIHL can is the best one. I've got Aspen one, expensive  but it doesn't leak.

[Oldfeller]

48 minutes ago, Brushcutter said:

The old husky fuel can, the spouts where crap, the new husky fuel can has crap spouts and I can guess any new ones will be crap too.

 

As much as it pains me the STIHL can is the best one. I've got Aspen one, expensive  but it doesn't leak.

To be fair the can itself seems fine, but the self sealing spring loaded cap just gets jammed solid once it comes into contact with fuel after a few weeks, it's almost impossible to open in in normal use and as it's no longer able to close once open, sloshes fuel everywhere. I have put the standard type cap on it now, and tried to get the other one apart, but short of breaking  I can't see how to disassemble it. most modern stuff is total shite and has a lifespan of a few weeks.

[Grassyass]

Total agree the spout broke the first day, took it back and they replaced it the next lasted a week I gave up using it after that .