09-05-2022, 07:14 AM | #1 |
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White Gas
Any thoughts on adding White gas to a gas tank feeding on stock flathead? Are there any benefits at all?
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09-05-2022, 09:16 AM | #2 |
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Re: White Gas
If I remember correctly "white gas" was NO lead gas................
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09-05-2022, 09:17 AM | #3 |
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Re: White Gas
Here's some good reading on this topic.
https://community.cartalk.com/t/cole...r-tank/87733/5 |
09-05-2022, 09:21 AM | #4 |
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Re: White Gas
I believe it is pretty low octane. It's incredibly expensive. Think some people used to run it through the carb before storage because it doesn't gum up like regular gas, it just evaporates. When I was a kid, they sold it at a few rural gas stations.
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09-05-2022, 12:44 PM | #5 |
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Re: White Gas
Wasn’t that used in a Coleman camping cook stove?.......Mark
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09-05-2022, 01:19 PM | #7 |
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Re: White Gas
Amoco gas is/was known as 'white' gas.
Marketed as lead free (supposedly) to promote cleaner burning, it used silver instead of lead as an additive. At the time I remember using it, it was high test/high octane only. . Don't waste time or money using it, never could document any advantage.
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09-05-2022, 01:55 PM | #8 |
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That’s right Kurt, that’s what I remember, Ammoco white gas......Mark
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That was AMACOm nor AAMCO.
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09-05-2022, 03:01 PM | #10 |
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Thanks, Fordy. Good reading !!
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09-05-2022, 03:36 PM | #11 |
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All the stations in my area were AMOCO then became STANDARD OIL then BP.
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09-05-2022, 04:40 PM | #12 |
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Thks for all the comments and fourty that is a good article worth the read.
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09-05-2022, 05:29 PM | #13 |
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That’s the spelling I was aiming for but I put to many M’s. I believe that it stands for AMerican Oil COmpany......Mark
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09-05-2022, 05:37 PM | #14 |
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Re: White Gas
Coleman lantern fuel doesn't have any of the additives normal pump gas does. It doesn't leave a sooty residue, and is very low octane
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09-05-2022, 05:42 PM | #15 |
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If you are talking about Coleman fuel the last time I looked it was about $18.00 a gallon.
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09-05-2022, 06:39 PM | #16 |
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I used it in an outboard 2 stroke back in early 60s
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