# Can Wood gas in run in propane cylinders **URL:** http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/can-wood-gas-in-run-in-propane-cylinders/6360 **Category:** General Discussion **Created:** [February 17, 2022, 10:18pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/can-wood-gas-in-run-in-propane-cylinders/6360 "2022-02-17T22:18:50Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 20
### Author: ![ohlerron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v2/letter/o/b5a626/32.png) [@ohlerron](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/ohlerron) #### Post date: [February 27, 2022, 4:17am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/can-wood-gas-in-run-in-propane-cylinders/6360/20 "2022-02-27T04:17:23Z")
Hi Bruce, I surely welcome your thoughts and opinions. What I was thinking was the possibility of tar building up in a compressor - reducing interior volume/increasing compression and sticking valves to the point of possible ignition of components in the tar and gas. Woodgas is able to ignite from compression. I had thought it was around 17:1. I did a quick search and came up with just such a statement from Chris S. [Wood gasifier octain - #5 by kmrland](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/wood-gasifier-octain/2398/5) Other sources also list that the octane of woodgas is about 104 octane. When I first heard this back a decade ago I thought of the 68 Corvette I have buried in the barn. It’s 327 350hp motor needed gasoline with over 100 octane to keep from knocking. I would think that someone with a compressor connected to directly draw gas from a gasifier would not have a means of knowing that the mixure was leaned from a low fuel or clogged feed. The explosion that I mentioned happening that launched a gasifier happened to Wayne Baker. I can send you his contact info off list should you like to talk to him. Your thoughts? --- _[View the full topic](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/can-wood-gas-in-run-in-propane-cylinders/6360)._