Thread: Fuel Storage colours

once upon a time yes there was a colour code to what fuels go in what plastic jerries as for the right one being yellow.. umm not by any code I know....

black used to be for the dieso as it was the only one available that was dieso resistant (as in the dieso didnt eat away at it)

red was for your normal petrols.

Never seen yellow.

blue, white and green is reserved for water. theres supposedly a white for potable blue for wash creed out there (and if there is I probabley just quoted it wrong) But I just lable my water.

so long as the plastic is stamped petrochemical (or equivilant) safe then you can use it for any porduct they are selling unless they are selling top end meth/ethanol or JP5... in which case why are you buying your fuel at the drag strip or airbase?

Interesting.
Dave, I have an ex mil Jerrican Olive Drab 1953. Sign written in yellow adjacent to the pouring spout, is the letter Z.

I raised this query some years ago on the old REMLR forum & some RAEME bod claimed it was for diesel.


Edited.
At the time, someone also commented it may have been for Range Fuel. By that, I assume it was for the petrol fueled stoves used in field kitchens of the time.

See 7th image down. Korea.

How the troops ate after 1950

Joel,
That is absolute rubbish. Ask the attendant to show you the regulation / standard / law that states this. They will not be able to because no such thing exists. Generally most fuel containers in steel are green.
All that exists along these lines is a recommendation and code of practice amongst some parties and companies.
You can fuel up any fuel container you like as long as it is an approved fuel container under ASNZ Standards.

Generic colours for fuel containers are :
Red - Petrol
Yellow or Black - Diesel
Green - Two Stroke
Like I said this is a voluntary guide only and in many places you can not buy all of these anyway.

Update : Have just checked dangerous goods book and regulations and there is no colour coding for storage.
Cheers
CraigE

and off course army ones a drab coloured

In general it is Yellow for Diesel some people use black and Red for unleaded.
No service station should refuse service for whatever Jerry can you turn up with as there is no real legal issue with having to use the right colour Jerry Can.
Most site's I turn up to to refuel they have green steel type, red plastic type for diesel.
I'm yet to see a black one on a site and I cant say that I have seen many in the stores. Black type would produce the most expansion if the Jerry can was left out in the sun, poss why you dont see many people using them.

was the fuel attendant one of them student pakistanis or similar........?

Wasnt the same pair of attendants that Davo the pothead held up on Pizza monday night
Andrew

Originally Posted by DEFENDERZOOK

was the fuel attendant one of them student pakistanis or similar........?

He was of Indian descent.

Click... click... click... nothing, until he told me diesel can only go into yellow containers.

Funnily enough the plaque on my ex army jerry can is yellow on one side for diesel and red for petrol...