My old Coleman stove started putting out yellow flames last month

I was getting ready for a weekend trip to Pine Creek and fired up my two-burner stove I've had since 2012. The flames were all lazy and yellow instead of that clean blue I remembered. I figured the burners were clogged so I took them apart and cleaned them with a tiny wire brush. Still yellow flames so I dug deeper and found the fuel line had a bunch of crud inside from sitting in my damp garage over two winters. Ran some carb cleaner through it and let it dry for a day and now it burns perfect again. Anyone else ran into old fuel lines getting gunked up from storage?

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maryh9617d ago

Yup, that damp garage storage will do it every time. Really glad the carb cleaner worked out for you, I've had to do the same thing on mine after it sat for a couple years in my shed.

james_torres16d ago

Damp storage is a real pain, @maryh96, I feel your pain on that. My old truck sat in a leaky barn for a winter and the rust on the carb linkages was worse than the gunk itself. Took a wire brush and three rounds of cleaner to get it moving again, but it just takes patience and elbow grease.