Hi Courtney,

Back in 1980 our family took a trip to Vancouver Island and once
there discovered we couldn't get white gas. Since we were planning on
staying a couple of days, we had to make do with unleaded.

Regular gasoline will work in a coleman "white gas" stove or lantern,
but it has some drawbacks:
1. The stuff smells AWFUL. Your cooking area soon has an aroma
identical to the tailpipe of a car tuned far too rich. Don't even
THINK about using one of those over-the-burner toasters.
2. It leaves a nasty smelling layer of black soot on your cookware,
which takes a lot of soap and elbow grease to remove.

In an emergency it will definitely work without major issues, but if
it's just an economic measure I would pay the extra; I prefer to
enjoy my time in the woods well away from such smells. (Unless of
course they're being made by my trail-bike or outboard motor.)

Happy Trails,

Greg Potts
1973/74/77/79 Westfakia "Bob The Tomato
www.pottsfamily.ca

On 30-Jan-07, at 12:50 PM, Courtney Hook wrote:

> Just wondering if anyone has tried converting a regualr white gas
> to run on
> unleaded as well? I have a wonderful old Coleman whitegas that
> won't die,
> but the exorbitant price of white gas lately has me wondering if it
> could be
> converted over in an emergency? Do the dual fuel ones have a
> different jet
> or ????
> Thanks,
> Courtney