Shellite???
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DavidT
Hi Heading of tomorrow, i am getting low on shellite for the coleman, i priced the shellite man 6.85 a litre do people usualy use unleaded fuel in theres and can i just top up the tin with unleaded or do i have to clean the can out?????
Regards
Dave T
Reply By: Robin - Friday, Sep 29, 2006 at 11:40
Friday, Sep 29, 2006 at 11:40
Hi DaveT
Ok to top up after it runs out.
Burns a bit differently so better not to mix.
$6.85 is a very top price.
But nastier fumes and potential for blocking jets
quicker means I stay away from ULP if I can.
Robin Miller
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Reply By: Peter McG (Member, Melbourne) - Friday, Sep 29, 2006 at 11:59
Friday, Sep 29, 2006 at 11:59
I get Shellite from Woolworths/Safeway and it isn't this expensive. Ok to use premium unleaded though no need to clean can out.
Peter
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Reply By: Member - Andrew (QLD) - Friday, Sep 29, 2006 at 12:28
Friday, Sep 29, 2006 at 12:28
Have you read the thread here ===> Site Link
You can buy a 200l drum from Blackwoods :-) Like most things in 1 litre containers, it is far cheaper to buy a 4L or 20L drum (down to about $2/L IIRC).
Andrew
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Reply By: Get down &dirty - Friday, Sep 29, 2006 at 12:41
Friday, Sep 29, 2006 at 12:41
Hi all. Has anybody had [suspected] flooding problems with their Coleman stove.
Mine has played up twice when away, both times after being on the rough allday but hey , they market them to the 4wd frat. It has only had Coleman fuel & Shellite put through it and when it finally comes good its perfect!!!!! Also generator is new. Taa.
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Reply By: Chris & Debbie - Friday, Sep 29, 2006 at 13:50
Friday, Sep 29, 2006 at 13:50
We run ULP through ours as we have it with us and do not have a problem using it, we just run a tank of shelite through it after every 4 or 5 tanks of ULP.
Chris
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Reply By: BravoMan - Friday, Sep 29, 2006 at 14:03
Friday, Sep 29, 2006 at 14:03
I usually just top
mine up out of the jerry-can. I was a bit worried the first time i put ULP in it, but it seems to work just as
well in both the lantern & stove.
However on our last trip we were forced to fuel up with OPAL (non-sniffing) fuel, and it seemed to create some very bad fumes from both the stove and the lantern.
Has anyone heard anything about if OPAL fuel is safe for stoves etc?
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Reply By: The Rambler( W.A.) - Friday, Sep 29, 2006 at 14:53
Friday, Sep 29, 2006 at 14:53
I think you will find the actual Coleman fuel sold in the tin in the
camping shops is cheaper than buying Shellite--seems strange but that is what I use in my duel fuel lantern,it seems to burn a bit better than the unleaded.
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Reply By: slave - Friday, Sep 29, 2006 at 15:26
Friday, Sep 29, 2006 at 15:26
We got our last 2 bottles of Shellite from Safeway, It was reduced to about $2 a litre. About 2 weeks earlier we had purchased a tin (litres ? ) from our local
camping store and I am sure that was only about $6. It has come down in price to what it was a few years ago.
We only have a dual mantle stove and have only used Shellite in it.
Have a great time away.
Mrs S
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Reply By: GoneTroppo Member (FNQ) - Friday, Sep 29, 2006 at 15:38
Friday, Sep 29, 2006 at 15:38
Been using ULP exclusively for 12 years now without problems. Carried a spare generator etc all that time and never had to use it. Replaced an O ring once.
Just got a new 3 burner only after the old one got too rusty and scumbag looking.
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Reply By: DavidT - Friday, Sep 29, 2006 at 15:58
Friday, Sep 29, 2006 at 15:58
Thanks peoples I think i will stick to the shellite.
regards
dave t.
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Reply By: Member - 'Lucy' - Friday, Sep 29, 2006 at 16:01
Friday, Sep 29, 2006 at 16:01
And you can also use it to re-
seat a tyre on the rim with the 'right' technique, which also provides entertainment for those watching.
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Follow Up By: Mike Harding - Friday, Sep 29, 2006 at 16:03
Friday, Sep 29, 2006 at 16:03
You can do that with ULP too - it's an "interesting" exercise :)
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Follow Up By: Member - 'Lucy' - Friday, Sep 29, 2006 at 16:21
Friday, Sep 29, 2006 at 16:21
Bet it is
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Follow Up By: David from David and Justine Olsen's 4WD Tag-Along - Friday, Sep 29, 2006 at 18:53
Friday, Sep 29, 2006 at 18:53
Or lighter fluid
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Reply By: Member - Ian W (NSW) - Friday, Sep 29, 2006 at 17:41
Friday, Sep 29, 2006 at 17:41
Bloody Hell!
I can't help having a bit of a giggle as I remember the days when I used to stock Shellite by the old 44 gallon drum and could barely give it away. Can't remember the price we used to charge but it was about one third the price of "super" at the time, disgustingly cheap. Today Shellite/White Spirit is so expensive I refuse to buy the stuff and run unleaded in my Coleman Lamps.
Ian
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Follow Up By: Mike Harding - Saturday, Sep 30, 2006 at 06:37
Saturday, Sep 30, 2006 at 06:37
Is Shellite just white spirit - as used for cleaning paint brushes etc?
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Follow Up By: Mike Harding - Saturday, Sep 30, 2006 at 08:24
Saturday, Sep 30, 2006 at 08:24
Now I'm even more confused?
Shellite
White Spirit
The Shellite entry says it's also known as white spirit but the white spirit entry makes no mention of Shellite and all variants of white spirit have a much higher boiling point than Shellite!?
btw Shellite has a boiling point of only 47C! Which would not be at all hard to reach under Australian sun!
Mike Harding
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Follow Up By: Member - Ian W (NSW) - Saturday, Sep 30, 2006 at 09:47
Saturday, Sep 30, 2006 at 09:47
Mike,
We used to sell it under both names, White Spirit at the time was almost a waste product coming off the top of the cracking process, if you bought the Shell product you purchased it under the proprietary name of Shellite. White Spirit was available from virtually any service station/ hardware/produce/store in bulk, you used to wander in with your own can or bottle and purchase by the pint/quart/gallon etc:
Was also commonly referred to as "Lighter Fluid".
There
well may have been changes to boiling points over the years since I sold the stuff.
And yes, it's not bad stuff for cleaning paint brushes.
Ian
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Follow Up By: Member - Andrew (QLD) - Saturday, Sep 30, 2006 at 12:19
Saturday, Sep 30, 2006 at 12:19
Don't forget Shellite's other competitor "Mobilite".....guess who owns this name :-) Other names it is sold by include:
Callite (i take it from
caltex)
Fuelite
Andrew
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Reply By: pauljohnston - Friday, Sep 29, 2006 at 17:59
Friday, Sep 29, 2006 at 17:59
I was in the
camping shop in Pickering st Enoggera QLD yesterday, they were selling 4lt shellite for $13.00.
Are you in NSW? I have always found it way more expensive down there.
If you get desperate, dry cleaning fluid works fine as
well. (yes I have used it in my coleman lantern).
Good luck,
PJ.
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Reply By: Kenell - Friday, Sep 29, 2006 at 18:08
Friday, Sep 29, 2006 at 18:08
Guys,
I would be careful about buying / storing shellite in large quantities. It has a low flashpoint and if left in a steel drum over time it will present a major fire
hazard (you don't want to be in the same postcode when 44 galls of this stuff goes bang). It is also against the law in most urban areas to store more than a few litres of flammables. Not so bad in rural areas. The cost of shellite at the
supermarket isn't that dear at present as others have already stated. It certainly burns better in the Coleman appliances than ULP and generators seem to last a lot longer.
Kenell
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Reply By: Grandpa joe - Saturday, Sep 30, 2006 at 01:24
Saturday, Sep 30, 2006 at 01:24
for christs sake, just use unleaded petrol and if you ever have any drama's , just mix a little bit of in jector cleaner in the next batch of fuel and you won't have a problem for at least the same amount of time. The price of shellite is rediculous! for the occasional stale batch of fuel a bit of injector cleaner isn't a problem.
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Reply By: Sarg - Saturday, Sep 30, 2006 at 10:49
Saturday, Sep 30, 2006 at 10:49
In all reality, how much are you going to use that you have to do a feasibility study first. Just buy it & get on with your
camping trip. Very minor cost consideration in my opinion.
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Follow Up By: Mike Harding - Saturday, Sep 30, 2006 at 10:57
Saturday, Sep 30, 2006 at 10:57
There is a bit more to it than that; although I wasn't the OP of this thread I have been following it with interest because currently I take Shellite for my lamp and ULP for chainsaw/generator - it would be nice to be able to ditch the Shellite and just take ULP if possible, it's a space and convenience thing more than cost.
Mike Harding
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Follow Up By: Member - Ian W (NSW) - Sunday, Oct 01, 2006 at 20:03
Sunday, Oct 01, 2006 at 20:03
Mike,
Try ULP instead of Shellite or Coleman Fuel when you run out of your current supply, as Grandpa Joe suggests a bit of injector cleaner added now and again is reputed to clean the generator out though I have never had a problem.
I tend to replace the generator every second year just as a precautionary measure. I have never run any thing other than unleaded as I could not be bothered I already have the unleaded to hand.
Ian
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Reply By: Member - Pesty (SA) - Sunday, Oct 01, 2006 at 16:41
Sunday, Oct 01, 2006 at 16:41
Yep, only ever used ULP since buying stove 6-7 years ago, never had a problem, great stove, only replaced one plunger in all that time, and it gets used every month.
Had Cloeman light for many years before that, and that ran only ULP.
Cheers Pesty
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