Date:         Wed, 31 Jan 2007 13:00:18 -0800
Reply-To:     Courtney Hook <courtneyhook@SHAW.CA>
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From:         Courtney Hook <courtneyhook@SHAW.CA>
Subject:      Fw: Camp stove input requested - dual fuel conversion?
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From: Courtney Hook 
To: Greg Potts 
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 12:59 PM
Subject: Re: Camp stove input requested - dual fuel conversion?


Thanks Greg! As a Vancouver Islander, I can appreciate the pain it can sometimes be to find "White Gas". I now buy it at Walmart for cheap, and put it in my 3 gallon gas can marked "White Gas". It seems to keep, I've had one can for 8 yrs, and it still fires up and runs great. Think I'll pass on the unleaded gas trick then.
I wonder if the purpose built ones smell bad when they run unleaded??
Take care,
Courtney

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Greg Potts 
  To: Courtney Hook 
  Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM 
  Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 10:20 AM
  Subject: Re: Camp stove input requested - dual fuel conversion?


  Hi Courtney, 


  Back in 1980 our family took a trip to Vancouver Island and once there discovered we couldn't get white gas. Since we were planning on staying a couple of days, we had to make do with unleaded. 


  Regular gasoline will work in a coleman "white gas" stove or lantern, but it has some drawbacks:
  1. The stuff smells AWFUL. Your cooking area soon has an aroma identical to the tailpipe of a car tuned far too rich. Don't even THINK about using one of those over-the-burner toasters.
  2. It leaves a nasty smelling layer of black soot on your cookware, which takes a lot of soap and elbow grease to remove.


  In an emergency it will definitely work without major issues, but if it's just an economic measure I would pay the extra; I prefer to enjoy my time in the woods well away from such smells. (Unless of course they're being made by my trail-bike or outboard motor.)




  Happy Trails,


  Greg Potts
  1973/74/77/79 Westfakia "Bob The Tomato
  www.pottsfamily.ca










  On 30-Jan-07, at 12:50 PM, Courtney Hook wrote:


    Just wondering if anyone has tried converting a regualr white gas to run on
    unleaded as well? I have a wonderful old Coleman whitegas that won't die,
    but the exorbitant price of white gas lately has me wondering if it could be
    converted over in an emergency? Do the dual fuel ones have a different jet
    or ????
    Thanks,
    Courtney