travel oil container

[Redman]

I have had (since 1994 anyway) hard luggage, so "where" to carry it is only a question of the left or right bag, and front or back of the bag.
And no question of what container, just the plastic jug with screw top cap.

One thing I will say, is once open the cap, when putting cap back on, not only put it on tight, but also squeeze the bottle in a little bit before tighten the cap, so if/when the air inside were to heat up, the bottle has some room to expand without building up any pressure to cause it to leak.
And dont tighten so tight that it deforms the threads.

 

[Grimly]

In the late 80s an oil company in the UK sold oil in oddly-shaped bottles, more like a trapezoid than a bottle.
I found the 1L bottle fitted perfectly into the space formed by the rear luggage bracket, and that bottle's remained there ever since. I've replaced the bungee at least once, but the bottle is totally unaffected by vibration, weathering, etc.
I think it was/is a bottle of Total 15w40 diesel oil, but can't be sure at the moment.
Odd thing is, even when the bike was using a bit of oil, I never had to breach that bottle.

 

[salty_monk]

I've used these for both petrol & oil at different times... https://www.msrgear.com/stoves/stove-accessories/msr-fuel-bottles/msr-fuel-bottles.html