My Father (jet engine designer, so knew a bit about burning stuff) had a 'party trick' where he used to take off the cap of his motorbike's tank and light the open hole. With a full tank it's perfectly safe.I think folk get a bit worked up about this for no good reason. It is only the fumes that are dangerous and as long as you are sensible and ensure the containers are well sealed there should be a problem. Obviously this is for the odd 20L can and not whole vans worth of plastic bottles!
Think back to the Glasgow Airport attack, this was a vehicle loaded with fuel and run into a door and set on fire, it didn't explode!
A little bit of common sense and good ventilation is all that is really required and if you think that you are on a death defying roller coaster ride that may result in instant death at any time driving a few miles home with a 5l plastic jerry can full of petrol in the car then maybe you really need to go and lie down in a dark room for a little while.
heard about this before, my dad had a tank repaired years ago, full of water, flame still managed to burn from the neck
My eldest brother used to weld diesel lorry tanks. They have a foam that gets sprayed into the tank first. You weld up the (usually a seam) holes then rinse the tank back out. That was in the late 70's I don't know if it is still done these days?
Probably considered too risky by someone who has never done it
'DERV' isn't a fuel. It's what you put fuel into.
that does sound rather good, however, derv is fuel;
I've welded patches onto a couple of petrol tanks. Removed them from the car, drained them of fuel, then filled them with water. Drained that out then welded.
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