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Date:         Wed, 27 Feb 2002 09:20:42 -0800
Reply-To:     mark drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         mark drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: Cheap emergency gas can for INSIDE your van (Was: Mercedesgas
              can for spare tire)
Comments: To: Ben McCafferty <ben@KBMC.NET>
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Ok, years ago I used it twice and it knocked like crazy. It did get me a few hundred yards to a safer spot.

Once in a Moto Guzzi and a few years later in my 72 Westy. I switched to using unleaded in the Colemans so I would have real gas for the vehicle in a pinch.

Mark

Ben McCafferty wrote: > > Well, ok, Karl seems to be the only response who actually has first-hand > experience, and he says it doesn't knock. What I'm trying to figure out, is > whether it is SAFE for the engine, i.e. won't cause damage. I'm not trying > to decide if I can run into the mountains at 70mph or not. > So? > bmc :) > "Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel...." > > > From: David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET> > > Reply-To: David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET> > > Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 11:23:45 -0500 > > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > Subject: Re: Cheap emergency gas can for INSIDE your van (Was: Mercedes gas > > can for spare tire) > > > > At 10:54 AM 2/27/2002, Ben McCafferty wrote: > >> Your weblink says that Coleman fuel is less volatile than white gas or > >> unleaded, so wouldn't it be acceptable in a car, just less power? > > > > Erm...water is even less volatile (gives very little power though). IOW, > > apples and oranges. > > > >> Seems > >> like it is essentially a very low-octane gasoline? > > > > It's very low octane all right -- 57 seems to stick in my mind. If it > > burns at all I'd expect severe knocking problems. > > > > david > > > > > > -- > > David Beierl - Providence, RI > > http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ > > '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage" > > '85 GL "Poor Relation" > >


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