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13/6/2010 at 11:29pm
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You need a plastic 5 or 10 litre can (preferably 5 litre), some garages don't like you filling metal cans as they can spark (silly I know, they all used to be metal & petrol used to be more combustible in those days as well).
Then follow that with a trangia 1 litre bottle that hlk01 has very kindly pictured above (about £12.99 in GoOutdoors) & a medium sized funnel (not absolutely necessary, but useful).
You fill the 5 litre plastic can at the garage, then you put a litre at a time into the trangia bottle (they hold a litre, so no need to measure) this is where the funnel comes in handy.
The 424 stove holds about 1.2 litres, so when it runs out you can assume there's a little bit left in it (about 0.2 litre) so simply put the contents of the trangia bottle into the stove, this also avoids over filling.
This is my setup, & I think it should work well, anybody feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.
The trangia bottle has the best filler nozzle on it (IMO), but I'm sure another 1 litre bottle would do as they can be considered the more expensive option, but worth it IMO.
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14/6/2010 at 6:29am
Location: Weegieland Scotland Outfit: SunValley 8
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Quote: Originally posted by nutgone on 14/6/2010
I forgot about the special funnel, I just bought one of those as well (mine was missing from my 2nd hand stove). Do they actually stop over filling? I've had a look but can't quite work it out. (obviously my stove had no hand book either, good job the sticker was still on it!)
It's not so much the funnel that stops overfilling. It's the fact that you should lay the fuel tank horizontal, so that the filler neck is lying at 45 degrees, that stops the overfilling, and this is where the funnel comes in handy.
The temptation is to lay the tank so that the filler neck is vertical, for easier pouring. This is when it is too easy to overfill, and petrol goes everywhere.
When properly "full", the level in the tank should just come up to the bottom of the filler neck when the tank is lying horizontal, as it would be when connected to the stove. This gives you the proper air space in the tank to allow pressurisation.
The same principle applies to all the Coleman petrol burners, although the other tanks are not separate items. They should all be filled while lying flat on the ground, with their filler necks at 45 degrees.
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