A liter will get you three to five miles.  That won't hurt your engine
unless it was ready to go anyway.

If you need more than a liter, you have no business driving anyway. ;-)

Karl

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ben McCafferty" <ben@KBMC.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 10:00 AM
Subject: Re: Cheap emergency gas can for INSIDE your van (Was: Mercedes gas
can for spare tire)

> Well, ok, Karl seems to be the only response who actually has first-hand
> experience, and he says it doesn't knock.  What I'm trying to figure out,
is
> whether it is SAFE for the engine, i.e. won't cause damage.  I'm not
trying
> to decide if I can run into the mountains at 70mph or not.
> So?
> bmc :)
> "Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel...."
>
>
> > From: David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
> > Reply-To: David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
> > Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 11:23:45 -0500
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: Re: Cheap emergency gas can for INSIDE your van (Was: Mercedes
gas
> > can for spare tire)
> >
> > 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
> >
> >
> > --
> > David Beierl - Providence, RI
> > http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
> > '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
> > '85 GL "Poor Relation"
> >
>