Office of Steam Logo_1

Author Topic: Fuel and refueling  (Read 376 times)

  • Jr. Member
  • **
  • Posts: 81
Fuel and refueling
« on: October 08, 2023, 02:47:43 pm »
What type of fuel does this engine run on? 
Also how is this engine refueled? Thanks.

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 1195
Re: Fuel and refueling
« Reply #1 on: October 08, 2023, 03:56:13 pm »
  It doesn't look familiar to me.  What about the previous owner, maybe they will know.
It looks pretty new.  Are there any manufacturers marks or emblems to give a clue?
More pics would help.

Good Luck,
Wayne

  • Jr. Member
  • **
  • Posts: 104
  • Location: Newcastle upon Tyne UK
Re: Fuel and refueling
« Reply #2 on: October 08, 2023, 04:01:59 pm »
Butane gas as in lighter refill, you can see the filler atop of the gas tank front left corner of the photo.

Dave
In a world of small engines every man is a giant

  • Global Moderator
  • Engineer
  • *****
  • Posts: 5158
  • Wherever you go ......... there you are!
  • Location: Eastern Sierra
Re: Fuel and refueling
« Reply #3 on: October 08, 2023, 06:00:05 pm »
Dave is correct, it is a Butane fired system on that engine.

Besides getting a can of Butane fuel to charge that tank, you may also need a special nozzle, depending on the kind of Butane source canister you are wanting to refill from. The low-profile camping fuel type of Butane canister will require a special nozzle, which is not hard to find nor very expensive. If you obtain the other type of Butane canister, it will possibly work just the way it is intended to be used to refill cigarette, B-B-Q & stove lighters, Bernzomatic torches and other such Butane fueled items and may well work as purchased, depending on reach. If it won't reach your tanks filler valve, then again, there is an after-market extension adapter that can be purchased to make the reach.
"Information is not knowledge, Knowledge is not wisdom, Wisdom is not truth, Truth is not beauty, Beauty is not love, Love is not music: Music is THE BEST...   
Wisdom is the domain of the Wis (which is extinct). Beauty is a French phonetic corruption of a short cloth neck ornament currently in resurgence..."
F. Zappa ... by way of Mary, the girl from the bus.