[pct-l] Re: [at-l] I need a cold weather stove

[bcalkins@disaster-relief.net (Bruce Calkins)]

MSR sells small brass filters for the pick up tube on the pump.
I have always used one and have yet to have a problem with my XGK.
I've burned diesel fuel, kerosine, "camp fuel" and Coleman.
I would use the MSR XGK more but, after 30 years of year round use I have a
solid confidence in my SEVA 123.
(thats a 123 not a 123R!)
Black Wolfe; who still yearns to through hike after 33 years...


At 01:10 AM 2/17/01 -0500, you wrote:
>I think a lot of people diss the msr stoves because they clog up. The reason 
>they clog up is because the jet is so tiny and any impurities in the fuel 
>tends to jam in it. This reduces fuel flow causing inefficient burning which 
>causes carbon to build up which reduces fuel flow even more and on and on. I 
>once completely took apart a whisperlite, hooked up the pump to the tube, 
>pressurized it, opened the valve and watched as the fuel spurt out the jet. 
>Then I watched as a piece of something clogged the jet.  I tried pouring 
>Coleman gas through a coffee filter one time and was amazed at all the stuff 
>left behind
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