This is not needed. I have installed many of these tanks and never did this. I think they have nitrogen inside to keep the inside from rusting on the shelf. Ken On Sat, Jun 11, 2016, 11:58 PM pickle vanagon <greenvanagon@gmail.com> wrote: > I installed a new gowesty propane tank on our vanagon. > > I'm having trouble finding someone local to "purge" the tank before > filling. > > One idea I had was to have the local filler put in a half gallon, and then > vent gas out of the bleeder valve for 20 seconds or so, and then fill the > rest of the way. > > I imagine this would exhaust the vast majority of the air in the cylinder, > since the propane will be evaporating and trying to displace as much > existing gas as possible. > > Thoughts? > > Thanks! > -Wes > |
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