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Ah that was the one I put up in December. I thought you meant yesterday's post.
yea ive got one of those but its full of meths at the momentMSR used to do a fuel bottle lid with a pouring spout; don’t know if they still do. Trangia do a fuel bottle with a built in valve.
I’ve got a little brass funnel that’s probably about 60 years old!
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You can buy Aspen 2 fuel it's alkylate petrol which burns cleaner than unleaded pump fuel and works out a bit cheaper than Coleman fuel. Husqvarna do a version as well. Alkylate fuel keeps for years unlike pump fuel.Would the Coleman fuel burn cleaner maybe Matt?
A little Google searching revealed that alkylate petrol is commonly used in Coleman devices and is roughly half the price of Coleman fluid. I even found this video from one of the brands:You can buy Aspen 2 fuel it's alkylate petrol which burns cleaner than unleaded pump fuel and works out a bit cheaper than Coleman fuel. Husqvarna do a version as well. Alkylate fuel keeps for years unlike pump fuel.
P.S. Aspen 2 is pre-mixed 2-stroke fuel, so you wouldn't want to use it in a Coleman. Aspen 4 is 4 stroke and from all I've read is ideal for a Coleman.You can buy Aspen 2 fuel it's alkylate petrol which burns cleaner than unleaded pump fuel and works out a bit cheaper than Coleman fuel. Husqvarna do a version as well. Alkylate fuel keeps for years unlike pump fuel.
So the aspen 2 is pre mixed chainsaw fuel?
They do a premix for 2 strokes and a 4 stroke variants............(as Peteff says above , door!!)You can buy Aspen 2 fuel it's alkylate petrol which burns cleaner than unleaded pump fuel and works out a bit cheaper than Coleman fuel. Husqvarna do a version as well. Alkylate fuel keeps for years unlike pump fuel.
Helpful that , I have one to refurbishThis is another useful site for getting parts reference numbers and assembly diagrams for Coleman stoves…
The Old Town Coleman Center
Old Town Coleman Stove and Burner Parts and Exploded Diagrams.www.oldtowncoleman.com
…getting the right parts makes them an easy fix
Sorry it's been a long time before testing but I got some results on the Coleman stove today. To bring half litre of tap water to a rolling boil took 2 minutes 25 seconds with Coleman fuel and 2 minutes 58 seconds with unleaded. Not sure how fresh the unleaded fuel was as it came from my 5 gallon jerrycan. Maybe three months old?Waiting for the result. Suggest testing it before you change fuels by timing the boiling of a given quantity of water. Then test is after the fuel change.
We had them as standard kit in all our armoured vehicles; we had petrol and diesel ones with presumably different jets, more like an Optimus hunter stove but bigger.Does anyone have any experience of the British Army type 2 single burner stove that is built to run on petrol? I was wondering if the colman fuel would work well in them. First guess is it’ll be right but I’d want to test it from a safe distance.
I'll have 5 litres of alkylate with me when I come. You are welcome to try it with that.I’ve tried this one with unleaded and it’s great but I just fancied using a fuel that was less smelly.