How To stop Oil Cans Leaking

I recently bought a oil can from Ebay when I recieved it i filled it up with 20w 50 motor oil,A few days later all the bottom of my shelf was oily and there was only one cause for it The oil can had leaked.
I thought Long and hard about how to stop the leak,I used rubber O-rings and found i couldnt get one to fit,I also tried uting calulking round the top of the oil resovoir to make a O-ring and found that the oil escaped by rotting the silicone so My final Suggestion was to wrap the threads in PTFE Thread seal tape and Guess what, It worked heres how i did it.....

Step 1 What you'll need:

*PTFE thread seal tape (the stuff that plumbers use)
*A leaky oil can ready to be fixed (i got mine from ebay and later found thy where selling a gun type in the local poundshop)
*Some gloves to wear so you dont get oil on your hands
*tissues or rags for mopping up spills and cleaning the threads

Youre ready to go....

Comments

[djr6789]

i have to give this a try ! my oil can leaks alot and it can get messy. cross fingers this will work.

thank you.

[sharlston]

no prblem thanks for the omment it definatly will work tell me how it goes!

[2 stroke]

i dont have a oil can lol i use a medical syringe

[sharlston]

i use a medical syringe for applying grease

[lemonie]

That's very well done. A lot of people would just put up with it rather than have the intellectual capacity to do a fix. Good job.

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[sharlston]

hey lemonie thanks for the comment it means alot

[lemonie]

It's simple but useful. Way (1000x) better that "download this" for example.

L

[sharlston]

im not understanding you

[lemonie]

It's much better (as something you did) than an Instructable that says "go to this site download this and click buttons". You actually made the effort to post something worthwhile, which is exactly what the whole thing is about.

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[sharlston]

thanks i understand you if you liked this please check out my omemade oil can
i think this is one of my best ibles

[Phil B]

Interesting and clever.  I cannot remember that my oil cans leak.  Only one of the three is a pumper, though.  Thank you for your Instructable.

[sharlston]

thanks for the comment the other oil cans where they jugs like i saw some castrol ones on ebay but i dont think they would work for applying oil to a small screw

please check out my other ible the homemade oil can

[Scott_Tx]

I bought an oil can from harbor freight that leaks, I'll have to try this.

[sharlston]

tell me if it works