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Hi

We used our duel fuel stove for the first time at the weekend and encountered a few problems.

Firstly we followed the instructions carefully, i.e. pump 30 times, move lighting lever to the top position, open valve and light.  Managed to get the thing lit and remembered to turn the lighting lever back down, however we could not get rid of a yellow flame, the only way we could get a blue flame was by having the valve about ½ a turn open.  We also could not get the 2nd burner to light. 

The only thing that springs to mind is that we have not topped up the tank as it came with fuel in it (was bought off e-bay), is it possible that the level of fuel in the tank was too low? 

The seccond thing we noticed was that our kettle and pans endded up with an oily layer on them, is this normal?

Any advice would be appreciated, with regards to the oily layers on the kettle, I hope that it is something we are doing wrong as if this is the norm then I think we'll be going back to gas!

You need to pump it until it's really difficult to pump, 30 ish times if the tank's full, the less fuel the more you need to pump.  Also it is possible that the fuel has been in the tank for quite a long time, fill it up with some new unleaded and give it a good blow out in the garden.  You may find that you have to turn up the knob quite a lot to get a good blue flame, you get to know how far with practice. 

You do get some black on the bottom of the pans if you're cooking on an orange flame.  Don't forget that if you're cooking for a long time you'll need to pump again during cooking. 

You also need to have the first burner on high to light the second one, you can adjust it once it's lit.  It's a great cooker, just have more practice and don't be scared of pumping the generator.

Kate

Quote: Originally posted by lancscampers on 18/9/2006

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thanks for that, I think I will try and burn off what fuel is left and start a fresh!

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These are brilliant cookers. I agree with other posts about using old fuel.

When I first had mine I spent quite a lot of time getting it to run right. It is a knack that comes eventually