Just found this site. I have couple of paraffin stoves and the 8R petrol one. I picked them up a couple of years ago at boot sales. Just repainting the cases and polishing the metal. They work fine but I don't know if the 111 should be using petrol or paraffin, it seems to run OK on both. Anyone know??
Hi Tezz, We prefer paraffin/kerosene in our 111's here. As you've seen, the stove can handle both but the burner is the classic kerosene style burner and specifically designed for it. For safety reasons if you run petrol and the pump valve fails the pump tube can fill with fuel and spill out and can ignite and cause a flare up. Kerosene will not do that. I don't know how UK petrol differs from US gasoline but our stuff can clog up the burner so I would not advise it's use. Welcome to CCS, Ray
@tezz Welcome. Four vertical burner tubes means paraffin/kerosene and 2 vertical tubes means petrol/white gas/coleman fuel. Mike
The 111B was designed to run on white gas. The 111 was designed to burn kerosene. If your burner has 2 tubes it is the B model and should be used with white gas. If it has 4 tubes, it is designed to run on kerosene or paraffin. The issue with burning white gas in these stoves is that the non return valve (NRV) is a simple spring loaded pip. If it fails it could allow pressurized fuel to jet out the pump tube making a flame thrower. For gas appliances, the Coleman system is far safer. If you have the B model just make sure the NRV pip and spring are fresh, soft, and in good condition. If the pump rises when pressurized in the "viagra" effect, it is leaking and should not be used until repaired.
hi .the 111 has 4 tube burner so presume its parafin-i did try white fuel and it did work ok as i read somewhere it could use either -but i will just use parafin as i prefer the way it lights-i have the little 8 which runs white .i also have an optimus 00 that i found unused and complete with all tools etc that i take in my van .when i get the 111 refurbed i think i might take that -thanks for replies -tezz
it has the roarer burner -it has cleaned up like new -will get the stoves together and try post a few pics up -these little old stoves are infectious ???
"Stove Pox" Temporary relief when watching a stove burn, when fettling one, when thinking about one, when listening to someone else talk about one, when reading about one, when smelling fuel, when ......... On and on!
I had to laugh at snwcmpr's Stove pox. I have just come in from the shop where I was fettling a Meva alcohol stove while running my Turn Sport and thinking about the tune up on my newly acquired Optimus 99. My girl says I'm a nerd. Well?
I've only been at this about 2 years now. I'd better do a stove count tomorrow. I don't think I have that many...or do I?? lol
Okay...I counted in the house. Got to 25 and thought that was it...then found two more in a cupboard when I was looking for something else that I had forgotten about and never even got out to the shop. You guys are right its best to not know.
I am not a hoarder. I am not a hoarder. I am not a hoarder. I am not a hoarder. I am not a hoarder. I am not!
