A girl called in to ask if it would be OK to put some remaining OLD Coleman camp stove fuel into her (now nearly antique) car’s gas tank. (Answer: Basically, why bother?) It reminded me of a time I got to speak to an executive of the Coleman company. He told me that there was no reason at all to …

Thanks, I never knew it was OK to use gasoline in Coleman lanterns & stoves. Coleman does now make some “Dual Fuel” appliances that are advertised to work with gasoline. But apparently even their old products that were not advertised as “dual fuel” could safely use gasoline, as you have proved in 3…

learned something new. Good to know when you are thinking about camping.

I’ve done a lot backpacking. My experience is Coleman fuel burns cleaner than unleaded gasoline. Even in the “dual fuel” stoves, you’ll be cleaning the stove more often with unleaded fuel.

Well, this is one time I believe Tom and Ray got it right, but for the wrong reason. They recommended not adding Coleman fuel to her gas tank. I agree with their suggestion of “what’s the point?”. Adding an old $10 can of fuel to a $20K machine? However, doing it won’t cause damage to the engine,…

@Impaaked , thanks for your post. Please stick around. We often get questions about gasoline here (winter vs summer blend, ethanol effect on MPG, gas quality, etc). Would be good to have answers from a pro!

Wiki says "Though Coleman fuel has an octane rating of 50 to 55 and a flammability similar to gasoline, it has none of the additives found in modern gasoline and cannot be used as a substitute for gasoline, kerosene or diesel fuel in modern engines.[citation needed] Its high combustion temperature …

“He said even leaded gas could be used in their products with no detriment.” @MG: Would you actually eat food cooked with leaded gas? From my experience (of renting a top duplex and being too darn poor to turn the gas on…just let the heat rise), gasoline will clog up the gas generator on a Co…

I was a little surprised by this interaction on the show last weekend: not that the caller wasn’t sure what to do, but that two geezers older than me didn’t know there was a difference between white gas and Coleman fuel. Ray clearly didn’t spend enough time in the woods as a boy scout! As noted in …

Hey folks…I think the caller’s point got lost in the discussion about liquid (at room temp) Coleman fuel (aka “white gas”) and the “newer” PROPANE cylinders that screw on to the “newer” Coleman products. I have both in the basement…fortunately no hurricanes in Palo Alto!

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Also the unleaded would go bad faster I bet. Lots of Colman stuff sits around for years between uses. Bad for unleaded gas.

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