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
>