Mitch, I can not trace down that old wives tale. From personal experience, I believe it is bogus. In fact, just last night I ran a stove full of white gas that had been sitting in my garage for 4 years! It may have been true in the bad old days of poorly refined gasoline, but it is not true for Coleman fuel, out here in Astoria. YMMV. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mitchell McKinnon" <mckinnon_at_iinet.com> >I know gas goes bad (or so says my lawn mower). What about white gas > stove fuel (ye old Coleman fuel)? I've got at least half a gallon of > two year old fuel (maybe three) that's been sealed in 1 liter fuel > bottles in my garage since it was purchased. I'm off for a week of > remote travel where new fuel (and new stoves) won't be available. The > safe thing would be to get new fuel, but what does one do with the old > stuff? *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Apr 26 2005 - 15:38:39 PDT
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