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NightMare Sugar in the gas


makaveli3004
06-06-2005, 02:19 PM
Hey has anyone else run into the problem of sugar in there gas tank. I just wanted to know if i am being jerked around i am being charged 2000$ to fix it and insurance is paying for it but they are making wait a month before they get there lazy asses up cause they dont believe me and they say it can not reach the fuel injectors.

icE_x
06-06-2005, 03:00 PM
how did u get sugar in there?

bowlerguy92
06-06-2005, 04:20 PM
Do you have kids? lol

wizdum
06-07-2005, 03:28 AM
u got what in the where?

Greenblurr93
06-07-2005, 04:06 PM
dont worry about it, dont jerk the car around a lot and after you fill it up, let it sit for a while so everything will settle.

Zgringo
06-07-2005, 10:51 PM
It appears he has someone pissed off at him, or else some kids with too much time on there hands.
Be glad it wasn't styrene in the oil or you'd be looking for a new engine.

aarganesh
06-07-2005, 11:48 PM
I know droping sugar in gas tank is bad for the engine. Could someone help me understand the process how this sugar affects the engine. I can think that on burning sugar turns black & gives carbon which would clog the engine cylinders. Is this right?

TIA
Ganesh .R

sierrap615
06-08-2005, 12:57 AM
I know droping sugar in gas tank is bad for the engine. Could someone help me understand the process how this sugar affects the engine. I can think that on burning sugar turns black & gives carbon which would clog the engine cylinders. Is this right?

TIA
Ganesh .R

i don't know for a fact but i can't even see the sugar getting to the combustion chamber, i think it would just clog the fuel system

ec437
06-08-2005, 01:21 AM
Sugar will not dissolve in gasoline. Gas is an ionic solvent and sugar is a non-ionic solute. Therefore the worst it could do would be clog the fuel system.

Greenblurr93
06-08-2005, 08:46 AM
right, it just settles at the bottom of the tank, you could remove the tank youself and drain it. save yourself 2g's.

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