Cleaning out Jerry cans

jai_landrover · Sep 29, 2011

OK Question for you guys:

I have some Jerry cans old but one has some signs of slight rust internally.

Junk or:

My plan was to use some kind of chemical about 5 litres and a load of nuts and shake the damn thing until and repeat until no more surface rust is visable.

I may aswell purchase a couple of fuel filters and get a decent filter for the jerry can neck and a seperate fuel filter for the 90.

What do you reckon?

I'm not gonn be travelling to the sahara maybe Scotland around xmas time.

tankduck · Sep 30, 2011

I use biodiesel and the only problem I've had with it is that its a better solvent than regular diesel and basically cleans all the crap out the bottom of my old diesel tank and clogs the filter the first time you switch over to it. Might do the trick on your cans, depends how bad they are really.

For a more extreme solution, I did find another forum where the guy recommended filling can halfway with hot water, adding dishwashing detergent, 4-6 cups of pea shingle, and wrapping the whole thing up in old towels and tumble drying it.

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I guess once you are done you could use fuel tank liner and swish it about.

Really does depend how bad they are I guess

Griffdowg · Sep 30, 2011

by the time you do all that you might as well recycle the old can and buy a new/used NATO from the surplus stores for £10.

If the lineing has started peeling internally then it will only happen again. If you were really fond of your cans (ooo err) you could do the above and add that interal fuel tank sealant/paint, but that would likely prove expensive unless you were doing more than say, 4-5 cans.

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sealer vs. new cost

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tankduck · Sep 30, 2011

that's exactly what I was getting at, you can get new ones for close to 15 quid each, pretty sure thats what I paid for mine. To be honest I'm not that keen on my metal ones now anyway, I'd much rather some good quality plastic ones but I haven't started looking into it yet

The Cowshed · Sep 30, 2011

I'd just buy a new one

Griffdowg · Sep 30, 2011

tankduck said:
that's exactly what I was getting at, you can get new ones for close to 15 quid each, pretty sure thats what I paid for mine. To be honest I'm not that keen on my metal ones now anyway, I'd much rather some good quality plastic ones but I haven't started looking into it yet

Scepter cans are the only viable plastic option IMO

They are expensive though. I have 2 water cans which you can pick up for a reasonable price. The fuel ones are expensive though.

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tankduck · Oct 1, 2011

Those Scepter cans look awesome exactly what I was after, but £40 for water and £60 for fuel is a tad on the rich side like you said. To be fair I have a lifesaver jerry for water, expensivo but very clever!

Griffdowg · Oct 1, 2011

You can get the waters for £25 if you want them

never found the fuels cheap though.

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adies_v8 · Oct 2, 2011

2 handfuls of gravel from the drive, half litre of fuel, shook it up for about 5 mins whilst having a cigi (not really!!) then drained, put some clean fuel in, tipped it out over a white sheet, did that twice and on the 3rd rinse nothing came out. got a filter on the fuel filler now just incase. seems to be fine.

Cost: an evil look from dad when he came to use the lawn mower and the cans where dry.

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