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coleman fuel as an emergency backup?
ive never run out of gas, and dont plan to, but i often have a can of
coleman fuel in the car and i was curious- would my 93 escort (or for that matter any other car?) be able to limp to a gas station burning coleman fuel (white gas)? i was curious whether the car's computer could adjust air and fuel to make it work, or whether the engine would be damaged, or whether it just woudlnt run at all. i believe white gas is just a slightly finer grade of gasoline, but with no additives. |
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ant wrote:
> ive never run out of gas, and dont plan to, but i often have a can of > coleman fuel in the car and i was curious- > > would my 93 escort (or for that matter any other car?) be able to limp > to a gas station burning coleman fuel (white gas)? > > i was curious whether the car's computer could adjust air and fuel to > make it work, or whether the engine would be damaged, or whether it > just woudlnt run at all. No change in mixture should be needed. However, "white gas" doesn't have any anti-knock additives at all. Back before WWII when cars ran on something close to white gas (but still with more additives), 6:1 was considered very high compression and 4:1 or 5:1 was more the norm. Today even an Escort has 8:1 or higher, and would probably knock very heavily on white gas. More than the knock sensors and computer controls could deal with. I wouldn't risk it unless the benefit outweighed the value of the engine (life or health at stake, for example) and then I'd drive like there was a raw egg between my foot and the accelerator pedal. |
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Yes it will burn, not well, but it will burn. Coleman even used to
advocate pouring the used fuel into the gas tank way back when. Mike 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's ant wrote: > > ive never run out of gas, and dont plan to, but i often have a can of > coleman fuel in the car and i was curious- > > would my 93 escort (or for that matter any other car?) be able to limp > to a gas station burning coleman fuel (white gas)? > > i was curious whether the car's computer could adjust air and fuel to > make it work, or whether the engine would be damaged, or whether it > just woudlnt run at all. > > i believe white gas is just a slightly finer grade of gasoline, but > with no additives. |
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how's about white gas with an octane additive, just for emergency?
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