I mounted 2 10yo metal blitz cans to my flatbed ford a couple of years ago.

I recently grabbed one of the cans to fill my commuter car tank.
The can had a couple of paint blisters on the bottom, full of fuel
mixed with what looked like rust particles.

I allowed the rust to settle, then tried pouring the contents
of the can into my commute car. I only got halfway through
before the filter seemed to block further quick progress.

With a couple of gallons in my commute car (honda), I started it up,
and almost immediately got a yellow check engine light. This light
persisted for the remainder of the day, even though I refilled
the rest of the tank with new gas.

On the next day, the check engine light was off, but I was still
left nervous and still with about 2 gallons of apparently not-so-good gas
in the blitz can.

I went back to examine the blitz can more carefully, and noticed a ding
from a blunt object hit on the opposite side of the can from the rusted
side.

So, I imagine that my Blitz can got "rear ended" from a load I had
carried in my flatbed truck. The can was pushed forward by the impact.
The bottom front of the can was pushed into the metal blitz can bracket.
The bottom of the can itself was damaged where the bottom of the can is
attached to the side of the can. Either that, or the paint was scratched
allowing water to get in, and water did get in because it collected
at the bottom of the mounting bracket (the truck is usually parked
at a 15% angle in the driveway).

I am slightly disappointed in the metal blitz can.

So I went out to buy some polyethylene cans. I wound up with
a couple of 5 gallon polyethylene blitz cans. However, I am wondering
how to mount the new (egg shaped) polyethylene cans to my flatbed.
I still have the old metal blitz brackets but they are not big enough
for the egg shaped polyethylene cans.

Also I wonder about the can in the rusted metal blitz can. Can I use
it for anything? Or should I bring it to a recycling center? I am
in California, and I don't really have anything that I need to burn
in my backyard (not that that might not be prohibited these days
in California).

TIA...

 

If you want to still use your metal cans, how about coating the insides to take care of the rust. This stuff is supposed to work well:
Fuel System Restoration-POR-15 Inc.

 

1. Any of the weekend household hazards wastes centers will take it for free & no issue
2. Blitz was a very high quality product line company until it was sold to an investment group........then as the lawsuits piled up, they declared bankrupcy & closed.......

75+ people in a two year period were burned or killed as a result of defects that were part of a "revised design" that eliminated safety features all mfg's used for 40 years....it provided 50 cents per unit increased profit by eliminating this portion of the design. Internal engineering docs showed the failures and potential for failure ( catastrophic) and the report (which included test data) was ignored.

get rid of that can asap!

 

Take a look at these, they have a nice mounting system and come in diferent sizes.

Fuel Cans : Gas Pack : Gasoline Containers : RotopaX.com