Thread: Problem with my camping stove

Sounds like the pressure regulator at the bottle.

Hi Pod, I've had the same expirence and been down the same track of dismantling everything cleaning it etc etc. but it was always dirt in the lines. The only way I could fix it was to replace the line/regulator, the jets and blow out the top of the bottle (which is where the dirt got in in the first place as I had left the cap off and didn't blow it out before connecting it up) Good luck

Regards, Steve.

too much air in the fuel mixture... simple one first - does the sound of the gas flow 'sound right'? if not, the parts are either dirty, misalinged or:

some stoves have a hole in the side of the metal part leading from the valve (temp control knob) to the burner. Often this is covered by a ring of metal with a similar hole in it - by turning the ring and changing the degree of overlap in the holes, you change the amount of air sucked in to be burnt with the gas, which changes the flame colour from yellow to blue.

Hi POD,
While it's difficult to diagnose without knowing your setup, my guess would be dirt in the burner jets.

If you have a high-pressure regulator, the burner jets need to be smaller, making them more liable to blockage. Can you get larger jets (with commensurably lower gas pressure regulator)?

This happens with my stove as well. The problem with mine is that when I connect to the gas bottle and light the stove no problem, but if left with the gas bottle on and the stove knobs off the gas in the hose condenses especially in this cold weather. Next time you light, the liquid gas in the hose evaporates in spurts causing the flaring. After a few minutes of dramatic flame throwing it settles back again. To reduce this I turn the stove off at the bottle and wait for all the gas to be consumed in the hose. This is my theory anyway.

Thanks for the replies, sounds like I was probably on the right track with cleaning the thing out but there's no doubt an endless supply of dust through the thing by now. It is a high-pressure stove that doesn't use a reg, also the air mixer venturis are not adjustable- it actually seems to not be drwing in enough air rather than too much. I'll have to pul it apart again now that I have a proper compressor handy and try again. Seems everything suffers a bit from these outback expeditions.

Originally Posted by defenderbilby

This happens with my stove as well. The problem with mine is that when I connect to the gas bottle and light the stove no problem, but if left with the gas bottle on and the stove knobs off the gas in the hose condenses especially in this cold weather. Next time you light, the liquid gas in the hose evaporates in spurts causing the flaring. After a few minutes of dramatic flame throwing it settles back again. To reduce this I turn the stove off at the bottle and wait for all the gas to be consumed in the hose. This is my theory anyway.

I'll have to check that- not sure whether it made a difference how long it was connected. Certainly worth checking. There must be a way to solve this problem without wasting a hose full of gas every time, though??

your theory isn't too bad except there is not "liquid" in the hose, only gas unless you tip your gas bottle upside down (this is very unadviseable)

Give everything a good going over with compressed air, blow out all the hoses and jets just as you did and don't forget to clean the bottle (just open the valve on the bottle without a hose attacked to blow all the crap out). Also make sure you have no air leaks in the lines. The basic HP stoves are great and should only require this little bit of maintainence to keep them going for years, my dad has had his for the past 25...

Bull dust gets into EVERYTHING, there is no stopping it