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Mountainman6288

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Lowes and Depot sell the true fuel here. Bought a can for winter storage. See how it goes.

As far as using Coleman fuel, its mostly Naptha, might eat up the fuel system. Here is the MSDS info for the can I have.

•Solvent naphtha (CAS #64742-89-8) 45-50%
• Aliphatic petroleum distillates (CAS #64742-88-7) 45-50%
• Xylene (CAS #1330-20-7) 2%
• Toluene (CAS #108-88-3) 2%


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fearofpavement

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Lowes and Depot sell the true fuel here. Bought a can for winter storage. See how it goes.

As far as using Coleman fuel, its mostly Naptha, might eat up the fuel system. Here is the MSDS info for the can I have.

•Solvent naphtha (CAS #64742-89-8) 45-50%
• Aliphatic petroleum distillates (CAS #64742-88-7) 45-50%
• Xylene (CAS #1330-20-7) 2%
• Toluene (CAS #108-88-3) 2%


Read more: What is Coleman Fuel made of


Probably not that much different from gasoline for cars. That has a bunch of different stuff in it too. Coleman fuel would have very low octane though...
 

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I wouldn't recommend it. Stuff is dangerous. Used that to start a fire one night, and vs. gasoline there was a huge difference.
It's octane is like 50 or something.
 
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