Or just buy the darn Penzzoil Rescue (Non-Volitile, safe to = store inside your vehicle) that this post started with.... Thanks, C= hris ---- Original message ---- >Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 18:01:27 -08= 00 >From: Michael Snow <mwsnow@COX.NET> = >Subject: Re: Cheap emergency gas can for INSIDE your van = (Was: Mercedes gas =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0can for spare = tire) = >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > >Let each van owner be the judge of w= hat constitutes an = appropriate fuel >for his/her van. With all the moaning about how shor= t-lived = and >expensive Vanagon engines tend to be, I would think that = buying a >container to carry a LESS EXPENSIVE fuel like, uh, unleaded gasoline >would be a better option than putting something else = designed for >burning in camp stoves into your expensive engine. I'm n= ot = talking >about an EMERGENCY here. We are planning this IN ADVANCE. = Why not PLAN >to use the CORRECT fuel. Carrying Coleman fuel or white = gas = for the >specific purpose of emergency fuel reserve is about as = ridiculous >purposely purchasing and carrying the wrong size spare in case you have >a flat tire! > >Coleman fuel is not white gas. >Colem= an fuel is not unleaded pump gasoline. >White gas is not unleaded pump = gasoline. > >Coleman fuel =3D 100% Naptha >White gas =3D gasoline wit= h NO additives of any kind >Unleaded pump gasoline =3D chemical cocktai= l designed = specifically for >your engine. > >FWIW, I wouldn't have ANY volatile = liquid fuel in the = passenger >compartment of the van. > >Make your informed choice. Buy= engines and fuel as required! > >Mike Snow >Thankful (400 miles on a= full 16 gal. tank) diesel owner. > > > >Ben McCafferty wrote: >> H= ey Michael, >> Your weblink says that Coleman fuel is less volatile tha= n = white gas or >> unleaded, so wouldn't it be acceptable in a car, just l= ess = power? Seems >> like it is essentially a very low-octane gasoline? >>= bmc :) >> "Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a = shovel...." |
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