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Pumping Coleman Fuel - 3/3/2003 12:49:59 AM   
bwillhite



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From: Pittsburg, KS, USA
Status: offline 		After reading the post here on RCU I have decided to use Coleman fuel in my US Engines 25cc.

Do I need to use a gasoline rated pump with Tygon tubing or will a glow pump and regular glow tubing be OK? I am going to use a manual pump, not electric.

Thanks for your time.

bwillhite

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Pumping Coleman Fuel - 3/8/2003 6:38:51 AM   
lynngordon


 

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From: Orlando, FL, USA
Status: offline 		Coleman fuel is very simular to "White Gas" - very hard to find anymore, and lower octane than regular unleaded. Use a gasoline rated pump and tygon tubing.

Lynn

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Pumping Coleman Fuel - 3/13/2003 12:34:19 AM   
bdtsr


 

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From: Egg Harbor Twp., NJ, USA
Status: offline 		With being less octane, would some of the octane boosters help or are they not compatible with the coleman fuel?

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Pumping Coleman Fuel - 5/20/2003 5:30:35 AM   
rc-mike


 

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Status: offline 		I would try the fuel by itself first(with oil of course). I put it in my poulan 46cc conversion and it ran great. Actually seemed a little smoother. I read somewhere that the lower octain is actually better for the smaller engines like we use. I don't know for a fact but that is what I read.

Michael

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Pumping Coleman Fuel - 5/20/2003 7:06:52 AM   
bdtsr


 

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Status: offline 		What kind of power were you getting (prop & rpm)?

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Pumping Coleman Fuel - 5/20/2003 7:58:22 AM   
rc-mike


 

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Status: offline 		I'll have to check the rpm. My tach is messed up and I need to get another. I am using a 20x10 Master Airscrew. When I was using regular gas it would buck quite a bit at idle. The coleman fuel smoothed it out a little and it transitions smoother. It sounded like it was running just as strong at full throttle as with gasoline. Sure smells better if nothing else!

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Pumping Coleman Fuel - 5/20/2003 8:00:47 AM   
Homebrewer



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Status: offline 		White gas or Naphtha found in Coleman fuel should work fine in a low compression 2 stroke engine.

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Pumping Coleman Fuel - 5/29/2003 5:47:21 AM   
rc-mike


 

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Status: offline 		It is running 7000 rpm. We put some regular gas in it and it was 6800. I didn't think it would have more power but I guess it did!

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