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wakemall
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Use regular gasoline!!!! Works fine and have used it for 20 years.
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Pumping White Gas
Working after school '59-'62 at the local Mobil station, we bought our White Gas in Bulk from the Mobil Distributor and stored it (along with our
cheaper Mobil Oils) in tanks with Hand-Pumps and DAILY sold a significant amount, although we sold a LOT more Kerosene in bulk at the time. It was
(and IS ?) simply a gasoline product without ANY octane or other additives.
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I'm another of those who has been using unleaded gasoline in my Coleman stove and lantern for years. That was a well-guarded secret, apparently.
And, although I may be mistaken, it seems to me that the last time I read the label on a can of Coleman's white gas, they finally acknowledge that
unleaded gas will also work.
[Edited on 3-14-2011 by Bajatripper]
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Martyman
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Paint stores have white gas.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajatripper
I'm another of those who has been using unleaded gasoline in my Coleman stove and lantern for years. That was a well-guarded secret, apparently.
And, although I may be mistaken, it seems to me that the last time I read the label on a can of Coleman's white gas, they finally acknowledge that
unleaded gas will also work.
[Edited on 3-14-2011 by Bajatripper] |
i am amazed at the level of misinformation on baja nomads.
for you delusional, y'all keep on burning that chevron regular unleaded in your camp stoves, but be sure to post a prop 65 warning in your kitchen.
for you sane people, realize that white gas of coleman fuel is different. it is naptha type distillate, with lower octane (in neighborhood of 50-55),
and most importantly is less volatile (less danger of explosive vapor accumulation in enclosed space), has much lower qty of carcinogens. gasoline is
chock full of benzene and a few other bad actors, breathe those at your own risk.
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David K
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Gee maybe you use a Coleman in your home goat, but I would think anyone with a brain would know a CAMP STOVE is for use OUTDOORS, CAMPING!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mtgoat666
| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajatripper
I'm another of those who has been using unleaded gasoline in my Coleman stove and lantern for years. That was a well-guarded secret, apparently.
And, although I may be mistaken, it seems to me that the last time I read the label on a can of Coleman's white gas, they finally acknowledge that
unleaded gas will also work.
[Edited on 3-14-2011 by Bajatripper] |
i am amazed at the level of misinformation on baja nomads.
for you delusional, y'all keep on burning that chevron regular unleaded in your camp stoves, but be sure to post a prop 65
warning in your kitchen.
for you sane people, realize that white gas of coleman fuel is different. it is naptha type distillate, with lower octane (in neighborhood of 50-55),
and most importantly is less volatile (less danger of explosive vapor accumulation in enclosed space), has much lower qty of carcinogens. gasoline is
chock full of benzene and a few other bad actors, breathe those at your own risk. |
Goatly....we are talking about OUTDOOR uses!
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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Walmart in Cabo and La Paz have white gas in their camping section. If you have to use "verde" or unleaded put a little dishwashing soap on the
bottom of the pan before use (when using unleaded fuel) and then after you are finished cooking the soot rinses right off.
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mtgoat666
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mcfez
| Quote: | Originally posted by mtgoat666
| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajatripper
I'm another of those who has been using unleaded gasoline in my Coleman stove and lantern for years. That was a well-guarded secret, apparently.
And, although I may be mistaken, it seems to me that the last time I read the label on a can of Coleman's white gas, they finally acknowledge that
unleaded gas will also work.
[Edited on 3-14-2011 by Bajatripper] |
i am amazed at the level of misinformation on baja nomads.
for you delusional, y'all keep on burning that chevron regular unleaded in your camp stoves, but be sure to post a prop 65
warning in your kitchen.
for you sane people, realize that white gas of coleman fuel is different. it is naptha type distillate, with lower octane (in neighborhood of 50-55),
and most importantly is less volatile (less danger of explosive vapor accumulation in enclosed space), has much lower qty of carcinogens. gasoline is
chock full of benzene and a few other bad actors, breathe those at your own risk. |
Goatly....we are talking about OUTDOOR uses! |
mcpez,
i meant kitchen in a broader sense of the word, not the narrow definition you got stuck in your head. it's the place you cook. suck in the benzene
and fuel additives if that's what makes you happy!!
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mcfez
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mtgoat666
| Quote: | Originally posted by mcfez
| Quote: | Originally posted by mtgoat666
| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajatripper
I'm another of those who has been using unleaded gasoline in my Coleman stove and lantern for years. That was a well-guarded secret, apparently.
And, although I may be mistaken, it seems to me that the last time I read the label on a can of Coleman's white gas, they finally acknowledge that
unleaded gas will also work.
[Edited on 3-14-2011 by Bajatripper] |
i am amazed at the level of misinformation on baja nomads.
for you delusional, y'all keep on burning that chevron regular unleaded in your camp stoves, but be sure to post a prop 65
warning in your kitchen.
for you sane people, realize that white gas of coleman fuel is different. it is naptha type distillate, with lower octane (in neighborhood of 50-55),
and most importantly is less volatile (less danger of explosive vapor accumulation in enclosed space), has much lower qty of carcinogens. gasoline is
chock full of benzene and a few other bad actors, breathe those at your own risk. |
Goatly....we are talking about OUTDOOR uses! |
mcpez,
i meant kitchen in a broader sense of the word, not the narrow definition you got stuck in your head. it's the place you cook. suck in the benzene
and fuel additives if that's what makes you happy!! |
Well goat....a little humor to you and you get all bent out of shape. Come on now.....
If you cant take the heat...then stay out of the kitchen 
[Edited on 3-14-2011 by mcfez]
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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I remember hitting the topa in Serenidad too fast. A can of Colman fuel shot straight up from the back of my truck. Before I could get to it, the
little girl living in the block house abeam the tope, on the West side had recovered it.
American by birth, Mexican by choice.
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Car gas works just fine.
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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Bajatripper
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mtgoat666
| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajatripper
I'm another of those who has been using unleaded gasoline in my Coleman stove and lantern for years. That was a well-guarded secret, apparently.
And, although I may be mistaken, it seems to me that the last time I read the label on a can of Coleman's white gas, they finally acknowledge that
unleaded gas will also work.
[Edited on 3-14-2011 by Bajatripper] |
i am amazed at the level of misinformation on baja nomads.
for you delusional, y'all keep on burning that chevron regular unleaded in your camp stoves, but be sure to post a prop 65 warning in your kitchen.
for you sane people, realize that white gas of coleman fuel is different. it is naptha type distillate, with lower octane (in neighborhood of 50-55),
and most importantly is less volatile (less danger of explosive vapor accumulation in enclosed space), has much lower qty of carcinogens. gasoline is
chock full of benzene and a few other bad actors, breathe those at your own risk. |
Thanks for singling my post out of the many going against your gut feeling, goat.
I guess I want to further amaze you with some more misinformation, taken--of all places--straight from the Coleman website. About two-thirds of the
page down, under "unleaded fuel," you will find that it starts by saying "Our DualFuel appliances are made to accomodate automobile fuel" and goes on
to say that unleaded, lowest-octane-possible gasoline is quite acceptable in Coleman's dual-fuel products, but does warn against using ANY unleaded
Canadian gasolines as these have another additive that gums up the works of Coleman products. So there
But you go on paying twice as much for Coleman's product if it makes you feel better. They'll appreciate your ignorance.
http://coleman.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/60/relat...
[Edited on 3-15-2011 by Bajatripper]
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mtgoat666
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajatripper
| Quote: | Originally posted by mtgoat666
| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajatripper
I'm another of those who has been using unleaded gasoline in my Coleman stove and lantern for years. That was a well-guarded secret, apparently.
And, although I may be mistaken, it seems to me that the last time I read the label on a can of Coleman's white gas, they finally acknowledge that
unleaded gas will also work.
[Edited on 3-14-2011 by Bajatripper] |
i am amazed at the level of misinformation on baja nomads.
for you delusional, y'all keep on burning that chevron regular unleaded in your camp stoves, but be sure to post a prop 65 warning in your kitchen.
for you sane people, realize that white gas of coleman fuel is different. it is naptha type distillate, with lower octane (in neighborhood of 50-55),
and most importantly is less volatile (less danger of explosive vapor accumulation in enclosed space), has much lower qty of carcinogens. gasoline is
chock full of benzene and a few other bad actors, breathe those at your own risk. |
Thanks for singling my post out of the many going against your gut feeling, goat.
I guess I want to further amaze you with some more misinformation, taken--of all places--straight from the Coleman website. About two-thirds of the
page down, under "unleaded fuel," you will find that it starts by saying "Our DualFuel appliances are made to accomodate automobile fuel" and goes on
to say that unleaded, lowest-octane-possible gasoline is quite acceptable in Coleman's dual-fuel products, but does warn against using ANY unleaded
Canadian gasolines as these have another additive that gums up the works of Coleman products. So there
But you go on paying twice as much for Coleman's product if it makes you feel better. They'll appreciate your ignorance.
http://coleman.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/60/relat...
[Edited on 3-15-2011 by Bajatripper] |
you would be a fool to believe the health and hazard assessments of corporations hawking products. your citation from coleman doesn't even address
hazards and health risks. always double-check manufacturers claims,... and when it comes to health risk assessments, never trust the product salesman
to reveal much more than they are legally obligated to provide.
for example, i am sure the product literature from GE said great things about mark 1 reactors,... perhaps the japanese should have sought a second
unbiased opinion before purchasing those, eh?
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you would be a fool to believe the health and hazard assessments of corporations hawking products. your citation from coleman doesn't even address
hazards and health risks. always double-check manufacturers claims,... and when it comes to health risk assessments, never trust the product salesman
to reveal much more than they are legally obligated to provide.
for example, i am sure the product literature from GE said great things about mark 1 reactors,... perhaps the japanese should have sought a second
unbiased opinion before purchasing those, eh? |
You are more right than you may know when it comes to what you have said above. As I've noted elsewhere on the Nomad board, I study economic issues
and am well versed in such thinking. So it is with exactly that information that I say with a great deal of certainty that if there was any way that
Coleman could justify discrediting the use of regular gasoline in their products, they would.
Just think about it for a bit. Why would they agree that gasoline is an alternative fuel for their products? What is in it for them? How do they gain
with that info? The answer is quite simply that they don't. So, for them to admit such a thing is admirable in itself, and, I think, quite likely the
truth in this case.
As for your point about the byproducts that we breath when burning unleaded gasoline in our Coleman products, I'm sure any campsite in Baja where I
might use my Coleman appliances will have a lot less polluted air than a typical day's drive through Southern California, or do all of those
pollutants you mention stay inside of the internal combustion engine?
As this thread has made clear, there is quite a bit of experience that supports my point in this matter. Where are all of the burn/poison victim
stories that your perspective needs for support?
Again, go on buying that Coleman fuel. They greatly appreciate your charity.
By the way, I'm totally against nuclear energy on the most basic level: they haven't a clue how to safely dispose of the spent fuel rods. But that's a
different can of worms.
[Edited on 3-15-2011 by Bajatripper]
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mtgoat666
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajatripper
As I've noted elsewhere on the Nomad board, I study economic issues and am well versed in such thinking. So it is with exactly that information that I
say with a great deal of certainty that... |
whoa! that was a blast of hot air! perhaps you got hi-test gasoline in your ego.
and perhaps coleman is more interested in selling stoves than fuel.
and perhaps, part deux, coleman sells/touts multi-fuel stoves because their competitors do so.
and furthermore, perhaps coleman would like customers to use automotive fuels so stoves malfunctions sooner, increasing sales of stoves and stove
parts.
[Edited on 3-15-2011 by mtgoat666]
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Just make a couple of adaptions and use propane.
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"Tiene gasolina blanca?" - Do you have white gas?
"Necesito un litro"- I need 1ltr.
Worked, thanks and muchos gracias
I got 1 ltr at the hardware store that did not have bencina blanca the day before.
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I have cooked literally thousands of meals on my MSR whisperlite stove in many different countries all over the world.
In South Africa I could not find white Gas and used Kerosene, and even sometimes leaded fuel from my Kombi's gas tank. When using these fuels, upon
cool down, sub feather weight pieces of soot will take to the air and begin fouling any surface they come in contact with.
The soot which forms on the pots and pans is of little import compared to what flakes off the stove during cool down.
The Coleman white Gas or similar is by far the best, cleanest fuel to use and works the best with these types of multifuel stoves. It does get old
and smells and burns differently though. The whitegas still forms some airborn soot on cool down, but nothing compared to Gasoline/ gasahol, or
kerosene/diesel.
I have heard that coleman white Gas is 100% Naptha but do not know for sure.
Adapting these stoves to run on propane is not an economically viable option. Would be better to just get a propane stove.
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| Quote: | whoa! that was a blast of hot air! perhaps you got hi-test gasoline in your ego.
[Edited on 3-15-2011 by mtgoat666] |
Only providing context, goat. If you can't handle the truth...then attack the messenger regardless of quals.
You can lead a horse to water...but it won't do any good to kick it in the ars until it drinks.
Nuff said (by me, at least).
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