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Posted by mildredpots (My Page) on Tue, Jan 18, 05 at 21:15
| A couple of years ago, I got a Coleman "dual fuel" camp stove to use on family camping trips. After very little use, it appears to be broken. The last time I tried to use it, it seemed like the fuel was leaking out of the metal tube that delivers the fuel from the tank to the burner. When I tried to light it, I ended up with flames on the floor of the oven. they were easily extinguished by shutting the lid. I never had any trouble with the stove before this.
So...wise campers...Am I doing something wrong? Is it broken...and can it be fixed? If it can't be fixed, what sort of replacement stove would you recommend? Thanks! |
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| Maybe it's just that little seal thingy that goes in the connector. That would be the connector for the hose to the stove. Don't mind my terminology please! If you go to the Coleman website you can find parts for all of the stoves very inexpensively! |
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| Mildred - I'm a lttle hesitant to say too much in that all of my stoves have been one way or the other, i.e., either propane or gas using Coleman fuel. Why not give Coleman tech services a call ...
(800)835-3278
and run all this past them. For sure, don't use the stove until you find out what the problems is. Dale |
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| Thanks for your responses! The dual fuel uses either coleman liquid fuel or unleaded gas. It doesn't use propane at all. I just checked the coleman parts site, and I think it is the "manifold assembly" that is leaking. Of course the most expensive part...around $20. What I find so annoying is this stove has been used less than ten times...One whole trip we forgot it at home on the backsteps. I did see a user review on another website where someone said theirs also started leaking inside after a year or two, so maybe this is not so uncommon. |
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| Thanks for getting me straight just as to what a "dual fuel" stove really is! Seems I had heard someplace about a stove being able to use propane or Coleman fuel, maybe such a stove really does not exist, what do I know! (LOL) Anyway, back when I had a 2-burner gas stove which used the Coleman fuel only (really naptha), I would have to be careful of the stove's generator valve as closing it too tight could damage it which would then cause it to leak, and the valve would have to be replaced. Plus the valve itself had to be cleaned periodically, and even required to be re-packed every so often. Now, I'm sure that old stove was a dinosaur compared to the newer models today so maybe what I just said is of no value to your situation, but that's what would cause that old stove to leak. But, whatever, I still would be giving the Coleman folks a call and find out what they had to say. I'd be curious to know what the cause would be, so do post it when you find out the sure cause of the leak. Dale |
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| Hi , i also have been using the colman dual fuel for many years , but last year mine also started to leak fuel . I have replaced it with a induction hob , which can be run from the electric hook up or the 12 volt lighter in the car . I didnt think anything would be as good as the colman , but the induction is fantastic. |
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| A belated thanks for all your responses! Well, I kind of put my stove concerns aside for a while, and never got around to it. Now with our first trip coming up, I realized I still had to deal with this issue. I decided to try to light the stove again, so I could call Coleman to describe exactly what was wrong with it. Now here is the weird part...NOTHING! I lit both burners, let it go for a while...shut it off, re lit it...no problems. Not sure what the gremlin was, or whether it is truly gone, but I am cautiously optimistic that the stove is okay. (Not sure if I'M okay though...I feel like an idiot! :) |
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| Mildred - who knows what gremlin(s) get into our gear while it's not being used? And then disappear the next time you take it out to show someone! Let us know what happens on your upcoming trip. Dale |
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