I never said it was a good fuel, just a fuel used for boat stoves
for safety reasons.
The main reason boat stoves use alcohol is the ability to extinguish
a fire with water. In all other ways, alcohol is an inferior fuel.
Scott
From: Curly McLain <126die...@gmail.com>
>White gas is the same thing as camping fuel and is not pure octane,
>its more like naptha and I think you'll find it has very little
>octane. Low compression engines would do well on it but I wouldn't
>run it in anything made in the last 50 years. You can still buy
>white gas at the pumps in Amish country.
>Old gas is interesting, I've had some things do real well even with
>quite old gas and some things that would crud right up with gas only
>a couple months old...
>-Curt
>
White gas was unleaded. It was used in gas lanterns and gas stoves
(Coleman, et al)
The lanterns and stoves didn't need the lead additive. Car engines did.
Boat stoves used alcohol, as it was lighter than air, and did not
settle in the bilge, like gasoline or white gas fumes do.
>
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