Jerry can colours- a big deal?

my clear 20 ltr jerry was for water then started to smell mouldy after a few years so it now carries diesel.

my old 10ltr petrol ones are used for diesel and I have a proper yellow diesel one which I put diesel in.....I bet some of you were expecting me to say water.

but one doesn't need to carry fuel any more , there is ample fuel everywhere you go , unless you do a 4-500 km backtrack.....although if you are in a Toyota anything you will not get the mileage claimed for the vehicle....in fact probably no where near it.

I usually only carry 20ltrs and rarely ever use it

Someone once tried to tell me the plastics were different to suit fuel types , but a guy I know who is a roto moulder says no , its all the same , the thickness may vary for the price you pay.

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Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

my clear 20 ltr jerry was for water then started to smell mouldy after a few years so it now carries diesel.

my old 10ltr petrol ones are used for diesel and I have a proper yellow diesel one which I put diesel in.....I bet some of you were expecting me to say water.

but one doesn't need to carry fuel any more , there is ample fuel everywhere you go , unless you do a 4-500 km backtrack.....although if you are in a Toyota anything you will not get the mileage claimed for the vehicle....in fact probably no where near it.

I usually only carry 20ltrs and rarely ever use it

Someone once tried to tell me the plastics were different to suit fuel types , but a guy I know who is a roto moulder says no , its all the same , the thickness may vary for the price you pay.

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Yes there is fuel in lots of places but in a D90, you dont' get much range on a tank, especially if you are towing something. I often take a jerry of diesel with me.

BTW, I have diesel in my 2 green cans.

If you notice the pic with colours is from AFAC (Australian Fire Authorities Council) they are the recommended colours for its member agencies, (hence the green for driptorch fuel) and an agreement is in place to transition to those colours over the next 20 years (commenced 2010).

It's not binding on anyone else.

All my jerry cans are red :o


Martyn

I am anal about it at work... yellow is diesel and red is unleaded, but that's only because I am sick of fixing motors that morons have put the wrong fuel (or water) in!

I have olive ones and red ones at home... I put whatever I want in them, they're all the same on the inside!

Red is certainly petrol at our place. I have 2 black ones I use for diesel.

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I have grey, red and a couple greens for diesel
And some greens (D^D)(W^D) a grey and a red for petrol......

Ilabel my jerry cans on the handles ...

On our fire trucks blue and red jerrycans indicatedip torch fuel.

And 2 stroke is in a red small plastic one, which i kept overlooking at the fatal yesterday
When we wanted to clean up!! (Used to be in white 5 litre metal can until last saturday!)
Im blaming the heat!