27-09-2021, 07:42 PM
I have an example of the plastic can being unsuitable for petrol. Many years ago, using two Austin Sevens, I took a wife and four children on the trip to southern France through le Puy, I forget the end destination. Since the six of us were camping and carrying food etc the cars were quite full. To make space I hung the spare petrol on the spare wheel of my RN, where it was subject to the heating effect of the sun much of the time until I discarded it: it had swollen due to vaporisation and burst. So much for the safety of plastic petrol containers! But still the authorities encourage us to use them.