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Subject:Re: Cheap emergency gas can for INSIDE your van (Was: Mercedes gas can for spare tire)
From:David Beierl
Date:Wed, 27 Feb 2002 11:23:45 -0500
At 10:54 AM 2/27/2002, Ben McCafferty wrote:
>Your weblink says that Coleman fuel is less volatile than white gas or
>unleaded, so wouldn't it be acceptable in a car, just less power?

Erm...water is even less volatile (gives very little power though).  IOW,
apples and oranges.

>   Seems
>like it is essentially a very low-octane gasoline?

It's very low octane all right -- 57 seems to stick in my mind.  If it
burns at all I'd expect severe knocking problems.

david

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