MSR stoves

[Jesse Hendrikse]

OK MSR freaks. Here's a trick I learned for keeping my Whisperlite clean.
When you turn it off, blow it out. Do not let it burn off the remaining
pressurized fuel at too low a pressure or it will leave black crap all over
everything.

Hope this helps
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[Paul Borghese]

In article <68312-7...@mindlink.bc.ca>, Jesse_H...@mindlink.bc.ca says...

>
>OK MSR freaks. Here's a trick I learned for keeping my Whisperlite clean.
>When you turn it off, blow it out. Do not let it burn off the remaining
>pressurized fuel at too low a pressure or it will leave black crap all over
>everything.
>

Thanks for the info. The one thing I hate about the MSR Whisperlite stoves
is the black mess it leaves behind. I always thought the soot was left because
of the priming.

By the way, how do you depressurize the fuel bottle after use? The manual says
to turn the stove upside down and turn on the fuel. This seems to just spill fuel
everywhere.

Thanks,

-Paul Borghese

[Noah Freeman]

I agree about depressurizing it the way the manual says...unless the
bottle is almost empty, all it does is spill fuel...

I always just open the thing, holding it upright, outside the
tent....anything wrong with that?

noah

Paul Borghese (pbor...@gtech.com) wrote:
: In article <68312-7...@mindlink.bc.ca>, Jesse_H...@mindlink.bc.ca says...

[Jonathan Adair]

In article <3me37f$p...@gateway.gtech.com> pbor...@gtech.com (Paul Borghese) writes:
>In article <68312-7...@mindlink.bc.ca>, Jesse_H...@mindlink.bc.ca says...
>>
>>OK MSR freaks. Here's a trick I learned for keeping my Whisperlite clean.
>>When you turn it off, blow it out. Do not let it burn off the remaining
>>pressurized fuel at too low a pressure or it will leave black crap all over
>>everything.
>>
>Thanks for the info. The one thing I hate about the MSR Whisperlite stoves
>is the black mess it leaves behind. I always thought the soot was left because
>of the priming.
>
>By the way, how do you depressurize the fuel bottle after use? The manual says
>to turn the stove upside down and turn on the fuel. This seems to just spill fuel
>everywhere.

I did this too the first time I tried to depressurize my MSR. Turn the fuel
bottle over too. The fuel pickup will be in the air pocket then, and it will
only spill a little fuel. Their intructions need a little work.

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[BINER]

A few quick notes from an MSR customer service rep:
If you want to avoid that black soot on the bottom of your flame reflector
you need to prime with an alcohol based priming paste available at most
outdoor stores.
To depresurize your bottle there are two methods. The one in the
instructions says to turn the stove and bottle upside down, then turn the
control valve open. This will release the pressure in the bottle but
often times some of the remaining fuel in the fuel line will come out. No
fuel should be coming out of the bottle. Letting your stove burn down
rather than blowing it out will help reduce the amount of fuel in the fuel
line and thus cut down on the amount of spilled fuel when you
depressurize. OR you can simply open the top of the fuel bottle (unscrew
your pump after removing the fuel line). Obviously the fuel bottle needs
to be upright when you do this and it is IMPERATIVE that you do this when
there is NO OPEN FLAME! Some vaporous fuel can come out during this
process but it will be minimal. For those of you with the new shaker jet
models this is usually the only way to do it because when those stoves are
inverted the needle often closes off the valve making it imposible for air
to escape. Call customer service if you have any
questions...800-877-9677. Jeff Zeunert, Customer Service, MSR