Ilegal of petrol

Mankysteve

Rossy. wrote: »

He has his head screwed on for getting the go go juice from a scrappy in fairness

I'm not too cleaver when he get all the crap from the bottom of old car fuel tanks into his.

Strider590

^^ Fuel also degrades with time, even 3 month old fuel can cause damage to your engine.

hewhoisnotintheknow

the fuel tank on my car is 70 litres, its plastic and my car is parked in the garage, dont see the problem

david39

the fuel tank on my car is 70 litres, its plastic and my car is parked in the garage, dont see the problem

Plastic containers for carrying petrol and diesel fuel have to be made of specifically approved materials and also meet other criteria. Some form of plastic-looking materials are approved but your average 5 litre bulk-buy washing-up liquid container certainly is not nor the 25 litre plastic container used for chip shop oil and the like. Containers sold for carrying fuels have a BS or EU code number to show they meet the required standards. It is illegal to store or carry anything but a minimal quantity of fuel in a container that does not meet those standards.

The tank on your car will have been made of fire-resistant, heat-resistant materials that might look like ordinary plastic but, in fact, meet rigid international requirements for materials and construction standards.

fadetogrey

Strider590 wrote: »

^^ Fuel also degrades with time, even 3 month old fuel can cause damage to your engine.

I never realised that.could that account for my lawnmower bought new last year using fuel bought last august running rough?:(

cardinalbiggles

It's Trading Standards that will enforce it.

The difference between holding fuel in your car tank and in plastic vessels at a scrap yard is night and day!

Hotspur

Enforcement is by your local petroleum authority and is usually either Trading Standards or the Fire Service.

Scooby_Doo.

Mankysteve wrote: »

I'm not too cleaver when he get all the crap from the bottom of old car fuel tanks into his.

Did you miss out a comma?

Mankysteve wrote: »

I'm not too cleaver, when he get all the crap from the bottom of old car fuel tanks into his.

Strider590

^^ Nee naw nee naw, here come the grammar Police!

Somebody call a whaaaaaambulance!

fadetogrey wrote: »

I never realised that.could that account for my lawnmower bought new last year using fuel bought last august running rough?:(

It quite possibly will be, damage is unlikely though... A car engine takes much more of a hammering.

atrixblue.-MFR-.

a scrap yard was doing the same in my local village. trading standards went in and he got a temp close down penalty, he stored petrol in a below ground tank, tank ruptured due to corrosion leaked into nearby river, he was subjected to huge fines, closed down and ordered to pay for the clean up op in the river.

did he learn his lesson NO he used an above ground plastic storage tank that held 100 litres, and sold the fuel at 50p per litre petrol and 65p deisel.

trading standards did a sting done him for no license. hmrc came in for not paying duty on commercially selling fuel.

amoungst that he was found to have 30 reported stolen vehicles, from farm domestic to commercial and hgv.

selling vehicles with distruction notice's.