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Boundary Waters Quetico Forum Gear Forum Storing White Gas Long-Term |
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02/24/2018 10:25AM (Thread Older Than 3 Years)
Has anyone had issues storing white gas long-term in the msr fuel bottles? Aside from the fuel potentially degrading I'm just wondering if eventually the o-ring or plastic cap might break down or something...
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02/24/2018 11:11AM
I keep my fuel bottles topped off all the time, about a gallon and a half total. Never encountered a problem with the gaskets or fuel quality, but they do get regular use. Plastic used seem quite impervious, I also keep the pumps one MSR Standard, one MSR Dragonfly, another Primus Ergo in filled bottles. Guess I go thru 2 gallons of Coleman/Crown fuel in a year.
The largest contributor to fuel degradation is air (oxygen and ozone). I keep tanks filled to minimize the volume of air interacting with the fuel.
butthead
The largest contributor to fuel degradation is air (oxygen and ozone). I keep tanks filled to minimize the volume of air interacting with the fuel.
butthead
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02/24/2018 01:22PM
A number of years ago I saw a suitcase coleman stove on the curb with the rest of the garbage along with a tarp....so I grabbed them, put them in the shed and forgot about them. One afternoon I opened up the stove to look at. There was some fuel in it and the seals were good enough so I could pump it up. The thing started like it had just been used the day before. I was amazed.
dr bob
dr bob
02/24/2018 02:34PM
I bought a couple of gallons jugs of Coleman stove fuel in 1999. I still have about a 2 quarts left. It is fine as far as I can tell. Not jelled, still very clear and not discolored. I also have stored fuel in MSR bottles long term without trouble.
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02/24/2018 07:46PM
I have a pop up camper, which I use maybe once a year. I use a Coleman double burner stove with this camper. Stored in the camper is a gallon of Coleman fuel which is probably close to ten years old. About every three years I refill the tank on the stove and I have never had an issue getting the fuel to work as intended, even as old as it is.
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02/25/2018 12:39PM
alpinebrule: "My actual bottles are at least 15 years old and seals are still good. Sorry was kind of the actual question asked."
I have had o rings break down over the years. Easy enough to replace, however.
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02/27/2018 11:06AM
2 of my multiple MSR bottles are almost 30 years old this year, have had no problems with the caps or O-rings going bad. If they did I would just buy another cap. They have had WG stored in them for most of those 30 years time span. After each trip I refill them for the next trip, ready to go.
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