Coleman Propane Stove Burner Adjustment Fix 

Thank you for sharing this. Totally fixed the only major problem I’ve ever had with my Coleman stove. It’s pretty much invincible otherwise!

Thanks for the video. This is a nice and easy fix that allows for a simmer flame to be achieved if the dial is very carefully adjusted. But there remains a major problem with these valves. The simmer flame setting is at about -3º to -5º on the dial. From no flame at all to the the very highest flame possible requires the dial to be adjusted as little as 22º. It is much too sensitive and does not allow for quick, easy adjustment. The dial can continue to be turned through a full 360º to 720º and further but it makes no difference to the flame. For the price of this stove Coleman should providing a more sophisticated valve with a much more user friendly adjustment. It is a major shortcoming to a stove which otherwise has some very good features.

I was having this exact same problem. Then I found your video, followed your clear instructions, and voila, the problem is solved. Thank you, Dan!

Wow I had zero flame control out of the box and it would actually explode into a fireball when starting.10 minutes and this stove went from a piece of junk to an awesome stove with plenty of flame control and no more fireballs.Crazy colemam would jeopardize the safety and function of the product for such a minor overlook of putting garbage grease on thier valves.

Thanks for sharing. I saw the the same review and appreciate you walking us through it. Last camp out the food burnt. This worked in my Coleman stove. Looking forward to getting more years out of this basic camp stove. Thanks

Skeptical? Yes. Super frustrating for years. Cranked flame or goes out bouncing around. But wow, this fix works like a champ! Thanks Dan H!

Anybody here see the documentary called THE CORPORATION ? Either these grill/stove makers are really stupid or they are causing this problem on purpose. So I read every review on amazon looking for this problem on other brands. ALL of these brands had the same problem ! I found out the Bayou Classic control valve will fix this problem. It costs $13. I almost bought another grill/stove, but then thought that this is so agitating that I don't want to buy another problem. I think that these grill/stove makers got together in parties and decided to cheat all the rest of us. Corporations are called psychopathic in that video. How are you going to know this if you don't research?

Scout troop says thank you for the instructions. Kids fixed the stoves in no time. Did just the trick. Before we had half a millimeter of range between full power and off. Now we can easily control the temperature.

Mate you are the man, thank you so much worked a treat for my Coleman fyrecadet. A little tricky to get the knobs off and the valve out but so glad I did this, thanks again.

Thanks for the fix. It worked beautifully. Instead of using a stringy piece of napkin I wrapped the napkin around an old-school meat thermometer and that cleaned out 100% of the old grease. I agree with not using petroleum grease because petroleum dissolves plastic and rubber, which is why you should never use Vaseline with your condoms--a completely different topic, by the way, hehe. I used a tiny bit of white lithium grease and it works like a charm. I reversed the procedure, except when replacing the black knobs I set them such that when they point to 12 o'clock the valves are fully tight and firmly set.

I burned my bacon last weekend - twice! I have never burned bacon in all my many, many years of cooking. I had to fix it. I saw the saw the review info as you did and ordered that silicone grease but I needed a visual. It worked! Can't wait to go camping again next week and try cooking bacon again. Thank you for your video.

Well I’ll be danged. I’ve been cussing my Coleman stove for over 5 years. I actually replaced it once and just resigned myself to live with it that way. Shoot. This is great- thanks for the info!

DAM, try some soap and water on that stove. Not sure I would want to eat anything off it.

As for the cleaning, I strongly believe that Brake Cleaner would do a better job at cleaning. It also Flushes and Evaporates. No paper or cotton fibers. Any doubters out there?

The Coleman company should be ashamed and embarrassed. This issue should have been corrected during production. This is nothing but poor quality control and needs to be fixed!

I'm just doing a maintenance on our 3-burner Coleman. I had not even thought about the adjuster thing. I'll do that to, now that I see this video. I'm also trying to get some ideas on which solution to use to clean the burners themselves in the ultrasonic cleaner. Our stove is much older and doesn't have those updated, nice elements like you have on yours. I wish!

That's AWESOME....!! easy fix for a reliable stove....

Great video. No wasted time, no stupid "music" in the background. Wondering why Coleman decided it was a good idea to make so many of us so unhappy with all the grease they put on their stove. It seems to come this way from the factory, as my new one was also coated with grease.

Appreciate this video. Good to know info.

Thanks for sharing the trick. By the way, do you recommend this stove? I know there is a Triton series which looks really similar.

Great video, thanks. Any idea where to get replacement o-rings? Mine are not in great shape. Thanks again.

Very nice video. Great walkthrough and concise commentary. You've percolated above 95% of videos of this genre.

I did this myself before watching your video, but I took the whole thing apart, replaced a cracked O-ring where the tank connects, and cleaned out the whole inside of the stove so it shines. My problems were leaking fuel and a left burner that wouldn’t ignite. My point is, I probably could have just done this and fixed most of the problems (except for the leaking fuel). Good video!

Awesome. I have a two burner bought back in 2005. Still works like champ. But since day 1 of 2005, it's had that sensitive issue. I'm doing this tonight. Thanks for doing this video. Cheers.

Not a crappy video at all, much appreciated. I will be doing this tomorrow seeing I haven’t been able to get a low flame period on this Coleman since day one.

You the Man. Worked like a charm. Thank you for ending my 2 year long frustration. Now if Coleman would get off their Asses and tell the assembly departments to use the right lube, maybe we wouldn't doubt buying their products. But these days, that's like asking a bear to shit in a toilet.

Perfect video. It wasn't too long, you showed me exactly what the problem was and how to fix it (the Amazon review is kind of confusing, at least it was to me, and that's what brought me here). Thank you!

Thanks for the video, going to try it with mine.

I read that review also and am happy to see someone take the time to test it on youtube. Nice work and thank you for taking the time to report. :)

Thanks for the video! I was having the same issue and I hope this will fix it.

Thanks for the pro tip, gonna try this tonight. We nuked an entire pack of hot dogs on ours last night, the kids said they tasted like the trash! haha and they did :)

Good to know. I picked up one in prep for hurricane season and haven't tried it out yet (or even taken out of the box). I bought the grease, so I'll probably do this before even firing it up for the first time. Thanks for the video demonstration.

Excellent tip! I cuss my stove all the time because of those crazy knobs. I was Very skeptical that just changing the grease would make a difference. Wow! I was about to add a couple of bent washers behind the knob to add tension, like on a fishing reel drag. I'm definitely going to change the grease first. Then I may add a rubber washer as suggested in another comment.

I still have the same issue? Anyway else having the same problem

thanks I had the older model that allowed to adjust the bottle and the burner this model never seems to allow for a lower flame will be trying this as soon as i get to camp.

All I hear is Manny from 1ce age....🙈🙉

New Coleman stove in transit - will do this first thing.

Dan, I thought your video was well done it is nice to see somebody make a video that knows what they’re doing.

Thanks for the video. You rock!

Mine doesnt hold a flame

First thing to do is clean the entire stove.

Thanks for taking the time to make this video!

Does this control air mixture? My right burner the flames are yellow!

Nice video.

Love the torch striker. Great way to light the stove and not worry about it working it not.

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One of my rubber o rings is broke. Any idea where I can find one?

Thanks for the video, worked just like you said!

excellent thank you

I think I just read the same review on Amazon and came to RU-vid to find some videos… I’m not too mechanical so thanks for the help!

I am so thrilled with how easy and effective this was!! I'm not handy at all, but was sure there must be a way of fixing this issue. Previously I could only get a low flame on one burner. Now I can make pancakes without burning them on our camping trip this weekend! Thank you for the helpful video!

Hmm guess i got lucky. I just bought mine and the valves work just fine. I can go super low to super high without issues

What kind of flint striker is that?

I knew there had to be a way! Thought I may need to buy completely new valves- didn’t expect it to be this simple. Thanks for the vid man 🍻

Works, thanks you, great video!

Works perfect…. Thanks

Ordered the grease and got this done tonight. Works perfect, thanks!

I commented about a year ago, but this fix works. I didn't get to it until tonight, both flames are fully adjustable now without burning everything. Last i posted they were ok still fighting to get a low flame. After camp this year the knobs were absolutely unbearable, only boiled water because the temp control was so bad. I used sil glyde from napa which i use on most my brake parts.

I did this, but i'm getting roughly 0% to 100% after a quarter turn. It's stable but all of the fine tuning has to happen in that quarter turn as opposed to using all of the turns left in the knob. Is this normal or something else not right?

I have the Coleman eventemp 3 burner stove. I had the same issue. To fix it the process is a little different. First you have to remove the thin coverplates on the end of each knob. I used a razor blade, this will reveal the screws holding the knobs on to the unit. Next remove the 8 screws holding down the inner plate. Third, unscrew the right and left burners. The plate should then lift up. There are two large black screws holding the handle in place. Unscrew them and remove the handle. Next there are two small screws on the back side which hold the black plastic covers (2 covers). Remove those screws and plastic covers to access the valves. Proceed as indicated in the video to clean the valves. Reverse the process to return the stove to normal.

Great - Gonna try this. Just gotta order the silicon grease. The Welding torch striker that you have...did you take the round dome off of it - or did you get it that way? Is it a single striker or a triple? thanks so much. standing by for your reply.

Wow! Thank you

Thank you for this! Read the same review, and came here after trying to pull the valve stems out, rather than unscrew them out, haha. Thanks for a great video!

I have had the same Coleman stove you show in the video for almost 20 years and was always annoyed at not being able to get a low enough flame to perk the coffee with out boil over or cook the bacon without it trying to burn. In fact the last camping trip last fall I didn't even clean it when I got back since i was going to purchase a new one and toss this old one. I kept reading reviews and thought I had settled on one only to see other reviews complain about not being able to adjust the flame. So I happened on this video a while back while I was actually searching for RU-vid reviews on camp stoves and thought, worth a try. Well tonight I finally took the time to do the process and except for one knob that really didn't want to come off without a fight I finally got the process done quickly. I tested it out and was amazed just how low I could now adjust the flames. Now I have to scrub up the greasy stove and get it ready for the upcoming camping trip. Thanks for such a straight forward video on this fix!

That's rad. Thanks a ton for sharing your knowledge! I will be trying this on my stove in order to fix this issue!!!!

I looked everywhere for this tip. Thank you! Exactly what I was looking for.

You transformed my old shitty coleman stove a coleman stove! Thanks man.