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Trangia MSR fuel bottles... question
Okay this one may be a little odd.... but I've just bought the MSR burner for my Trangia - which by the way is simply amazing - but I'm having a problem working out if I should keep fuel in the fuel bottle with the pump or not....
Here's the text from the instructions
"When the stove is not in use, fuel is carried in the fuel bottle with the pump fitted (air pressure released) and the burner dsconnected. (all straight forward so far... but then) Store the pump in an empty fuel bottle."
I have a separate 1lt fuel bottle, but also have of course the 0.5lt bottle with the pump, now all I'm trying to work out is if I can leave the fuel in the bottle after I'm finished cooking and I've released the pressure - as there's now way to disconnect the pump from the bottle, and I'm certainly not going to be carrying around an empty bottle - what does all this mean.
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Hm..
So when you say..
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Originally Posted by mattcbf600
Okay this one may be a little odd.... but I've just bought the MSR burner for my Trangia - which by the way is simply amazing - but I'm having a problem working out if I should keep fuel in the fuel bottle with the pump or not....
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Do you mean that you have an MSR burner (like the DragonFly), and you're using it with Trangia saucepans and stuff?? I'll assume that's what you mean, but if that's not the case, then disregard the rest of what I'm saying here as meaningless verbal scutter.
My MSR has a 1L bottle, and then the pump attaches into that. There is also a separate screw stopper for the same 1L bottle, so you could store the fuel in the bottle by detaching the pump, and using the stopper, or with the pump in place in the bottle (valves closed, pressure released). I normally start my trip with fuel in the bottle, and with the stopper in place. At that stage, the pump is stored with the rest of the kitchen stuff. Once I put the pump in place in the bottle however, I tend to leave it in place after use, cos onces it's stinking of petrol, I don't want to be trying to store it with other stuff. I take the burner and store it separately alright.
What do you mean when you say...
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as there's now way to disconnect the pump from the bottle
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On my MSR, the pump can be connected and disconnected from the 1L bottle.. maybe it's just getting caught when you try to detach it?? Are we talking about the same product here?? Note that I only have one bottle, rather than 2.. Maybe the 2 bottles are complicating the issue.
Colm
Last edited by phoenix; 16 Apr 2007 at 02:07.
Reason: DragonFly, not FireFly!
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I keep the fuel in the bottle with the pump, with pressure. The manual says this is bad, I think, I never actually read it...
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I use the half litre bottle with pump attached and after use, release the pressure and store it. I also carry a 1lt MRS bottle as a backup. No problems so far.
I've found that petrol makes everything very sooty and it's a bitch to clean; so I'm going back to using white spirits (Shellite).
I carry another 1lt MSR bottle full of petrol also (just in case I run our of gas for the bike or fuel for the stove).
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Ahh cool that's put my mind at rest a little - I think I'll go ahead and keep the fuel in there with the pump...
It's the MSR attachment for the Trangia system :-)
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yep have stored pump in fuel bottle full or empty for years no drama.
cheers,
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