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Try calling Permatex, they have a product called Aviation Form-A-Gasket sealant liquid, it is impervious to petrol, oil and grease. Not sure about diesel, but if you send them a message they will be able to advise you, as diesel is an oil, it should be resistant although I am not sure how well it will stick to one side. I have used it in sealing off threads on my boat fuel tank and also the sender plate, although in that application, once it is screwed down it stays down and not opened and closed continuously. But as I said earlier they should be able to recommend a suitable product if that one is not right.
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I'm gobsmacked I never thought of looking for those seals.
The seal on mine fell off and was lost years ago, and I jerry-rigged a piece of thin rubber tube into the retaining well, but it's always been a beggar to fit the spout as the tube is thicker than the gasket. It works well enough, held in place with something like epoxy, but I'm not exactly sure what it was.
If you could inform me where the seals are to be got, I'd be grateful.
Another gripe with jerry cans, is the lack of standardisation of them - sure, they all look the same, but the different makes all seem to have different spouts, with slightly different fittings, and one won't fit another, which can catch you out.
The seal on mine fell off and was lost years ago, and I jerry-rigged a piece of thin rubber tube into the retaining well, but it's always been a beggar to fit the spout as the tube is thicker than the gasket. It works well enough, held in place with something like epoxy, but I'm not exactly sure what it was.
If you could inform me where the seals are to be got, I'd be grateful.
Another gripe with jerry cans, is the lack of standardisation of them - sure, they all look the same, but the different makes all seem to have different spouts, with slightly different fittings, and one won't fit another, which can catch you out.
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Do you find those pourers actually work
I have a couple and they just glug away slowly as no provision for air to get into the Jerry can.
The better ones have a built-in air vent, and the better jerry cans have a matching air vent inside the mouth.
I have an unvented spout, but the vent in the can pretty much prevents gurgling on its own.
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A link Dave https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-Mili...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649
There are a fair few products out there that will seal but not many that are a sealer and adhesive, the hermetite and hylomar non setting gear will seal but not stick, the normal RTV or silicones go to mush and dont really adhere to steel, the araldites and super glues will hold but give up because they are not flexible enough .
This is what you are up against, sikaflex 221 is an excellent adhesive but the spec sheet says only temporary resistance to fuels so to be submerged in it when the cans are laid down is probably not advised. https://adsupply.co.uk/pub/media/solwin/productattachment/attachment/file/s/i/sika_221_spe.pdf
