Cleaning a Coleman Generator
Converted to a Coleman Dual Fuel in the USA in 1997 on our first RTW and still using it now. Have replaced the generator twice. Once when it got crushed in a little tumble and once when the internal wire broke. Cleaning for this stove and for any other petrol stove would be to purchase a small bottle of carburetor/fuel injection cleaner. We put about a cap full into the stove tank and the rest into the fuel tank of the bike... We do this probably every 4 to 6 months depending on use. Never have to worry about the clogged genny although we still carry the spare purchased in South Africa in 2000. Have seen MSR's running very poorly with the owners reluctant to pull them apart to clean but a cap or two of the cleaner and they come back to life. For convenience we prefer the single unit of the Coleman rather than the separate tank. Travelling with other bikers carrying either MSR's or Primuses was always interesting. Stopping for a cuppa on the side of the road ..it was always the Coleman that came out because it was clean and quick.
Ken and Carol
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