You know what, im so sick of hearing pouring sugar in the gas tank can damage your vehicle..Then when I read more, There's more articles that Claim, Sugar in gas tank will not damage your vehicle. I want the Facts to weather it will damage the vehicle or not... MAHALO ( Thank You )
2006-09-12 15:25:43 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
I think it is worse when it is mixed with diesel fuel. This was a trick used by disreputable trucking competitors for years. In a diesel, it will start to break down into a gummy sludge. It also causes havoc in the tight tolerances of modern diesel fuel pumps and injectors. Filters have come a long way in the past years, but i have seen injectors get wiped out if the sugar is not flushed for a long time.
Don't get me wrong, I love the myth busters. Hopefully they will try it with diesel someday.
2006-09-12 16:34:33 · answer #1 · answered by isx650 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sugar In Gas Tank Myth
2016-12-11 07:57:22 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sugar In Gas Tank Mythbusters
2016-10-03 10:54:26 · answer #3 · answered by boden 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's much more fun when a payday candy bar if broken up and put down the fuel filler hole. It takes several gas fills before the sugar melts off the peanuts and the nuts plug the filler just enough that it will still take gas, only it backs up and soaks the person filling the tank and filling the tank takes hours.Someone did this to a customer of mine and it took a while to figure it out!
2016-03-25 21:59:25 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is an 07 Dodge Caliber in my shop right now that will not start due to sugar in the fuel tank. The sugar ruined the fuel pump, fuel level sender, and the injectors. The injectors have big stalactites of sugar hanging off the end of them. The sugar does not burn very well and will do long term damage to the rings and cylinder walls. This is not an immediate failure kind of problem but one that causes longer term damage.
2015-03-01 23:29:27 · answer #5 · answered by Lee Aaron 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Sugar in gas tank?
You know what, im so sick of hearing pouring sugar in the gas tank can damage your vehicle..Then when I read more, There's more articles that Claim, Sugar in gas tank will not damage your vehicle. I want the Facts to weather it will damage the vehicle or not... MAHALO ( Thank You )
2015-08-02 02:09:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It will slow preformance and could take out a fuel pump, but the fuel filiter should get most of it before it burns. It depends on how long and how much sugar is/was in the tank.
2006-09-12 15:32:51 · answer #7 · answered by Will B 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Try putting some gasoline and sugar in a clear glass jar and shaking the crap out of it. I've tried and can't get it to mix, so I'm darned if I know how it can get through your fuel filter?
2006-09-12 15:48:06 · answer #8 · answered by Scrubber 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
that answer is a yes and no. all i know is that someone put a snickers candy bar in my gas tank. after it desolved it did cause problems with my engine and i sold the car. i don't know if regular sugar will ware off or not, but i know that candy bar didn't on mine
2006-09-12 15:35:01 · answer #9 · answered by cblackgrl23 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Myth Busters covered this but SUGAR WILL NOT DISSOLVE IN GASOLINE!
The worst that could happen is if the strainer sock in the fuel tank would plug and not let the fuel to the pump.
2006-09-12 16:04:36 · answer #10 · answered by grandnational_man 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋