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Old 10-06-2006, 03:35 PM
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Re: Metal shavings in engine

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Originally Posted by Steel
Right. But sugar will? Trust me, if you have large shavings in there, they'll find a way to get around.

But sand or whatever in teh gastank wont do much more than kill the fuel pump, and maybe ruin your injectors. Sugar in the gastank though = fucking mess. So. Make sure they don't do that.
sugar doesn't desolve in gas, it would be stopped by the pickup screen on the pump. The only way you could get the sugar to desolve is to add water with the sugar

the metal wouldn't circulate, but it might score a couple things on the way to the oil pan. Such as cam lobes. Thats about it in most engines.

If metal could easily get past the oil filter, motors wouldn't make it 1000 miles before taking out the plain bearings. You'd be surprised how much crap is in any engine.
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