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Message started by Serowbot on 05/11/12 at 18:18:53

Title: EPA removes vapor-capture rubber boot from pumps.
Post by Serowbot on 05/11/12 at 18:18:53

How 'bout dat?... They don't have them here,.. but apparently they are a big PIA for bikers in some places...
Yippie!... :)...

http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/10/politics/epa-gas-pump-handles/index.html
http://www.wcyb.com/media/320x180/27118797.jpg

Title: Re: EPA removes vapor-capture rubber boot from pum
Post by Savage_Rob on 05/13/12 at 19:51:43

We have them at some places and not others and they can be a pain. On some pumps you have to pull that rubber sleeve back or the pump won't function. On others it doesn't matter.

Title: Re: EPA removes vapor-capture rubber boot from pum
Post by bill67 on 05/14/12 at 06:09:32

No rubber boots around here Wisconsin.Maybe in big cities but I'm around small towns.

Title: Re: EPA removes vapor-capture rubber boot from pum
Post by 12Bravo on 05/14/12 at 07:01:00

Yes they are a BIG pain to use when filling up a motorcycle! They have them in the St Louis metro area and I try to avoid getting gas there for just that reason.

Title: Re: EPA removes vapor-capture rubber boot from pum
Post by WD on 05/14/12 at 18:01:19

It isn't just bikes. Hard to fuel real American vehicles (V-8s from the leaded gas era), minivans (at least Aerostars), classics (flathead era), gas cans...

'Bout time. Why a gas nozzle needs a foreskin... :-?

Title: Re: EPA removes vapor-capture rubber boot from pum
Post by drharveys on 05/15/12 at 13:50:04

This thing really works:

http://www.mccuff.com/

It pushes back the rubber thing and you don't get gas all over your tank.
And the zipper case keeps the gas smell inside, and I put my last receipt in it so no one can accuse me of a drive-off.

Title: Re: EPA removes vapor-capture rubber boot from pum
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 05/16/12 at 04:57:55

5A4C565F4C485B474D3E0 wrote:

I woulda thot a good utility knife would have handled it in short order.
We dont have those here, & Im glad.
I congratulate the EPA, This may well be the first time the goobs ever decided to stop doing anything that cost $$, created inconvenience & was wasteful.