Well,
That was exciting!!!!
I have a gas leak from or around my gas control valve. Immediately after the flame pull back into the burner, the whole front end was a burning! I quickly shut the gas tank valve -- glad I moved the tank to the aft end.
Demonstrating my Darwin award skills, and after I repeated the phenomenon, I attempted to isolate the leak. I screwed in the pressure adjustment on the gas control valve. When attempting to relight the burner, nothing happened, until enough butane had leaked (still on the first match, I'm not totally a neanderthal) to fill the hull at which it all flashed over -- I no longer could qualify as a missing link either since I now have no hair on my knuckles.
I made up a jumper to contect my tank to directly to the burner. Successful light off. But, I had tried to only partially fill the tank and I obviously hadn't understood the fill until liquid comes out concept. The flame quickly went out on low gas. Still not understanding the concept, I put some more, but not enough gas in -- the venting noise during fill spooked me. This time, the very cold tank told me I had lots of gas expansion.
Third times the charm. The frost on the tank tells me I should let it warm up before trying again.
Stay tuned for tomorrow's update!
Ken