Twice now that I have had my mower in the back of my pu, someone has stolen my full gas can. This morning it was in my driveway! Anyone with a loaded mower probably has a full gas can, too. They're smart.
2007-06-06 07:30:13 · 10 answers · asked by yooper4825 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Fill your gas can with Kerosene, it will smell like gas (Sort of), and if no one steals it, you can still use it for other purposes, like a kerosene heater.
A gas engine will run on kerosene, if you can get it started, but it will run really bad.
Also knowing lawyers, if you ruin the thief's engine with contaminated gasoline, they will sue you. But if they stole kerosene and were stupid enough to put it in a gas engine, that is their fault.
Don't ya love lawyers?
2007-06-10 04:49:19 · answer #1 · answered by Old SGM 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. The sugar thing is an urban legend. I actually found out about this, because there is a really cool show on cable that tests various things and they found out sugar doesn't really hurt your engine that much. I think bleach was the bad thing to put in gas, but I'm not sure. Anyway, I don't know the name of that source, but I found another reference you can look at. Also, well, it's just bad karma to set a trap like that for someone. What if it they used the gas in their mom's car or something? Set up a video camera instead so you can actually see what's going on.
2007-06-06 07:41:36 · answer #2 · answered by Twoflowers 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you can find it, fill the can up most of the way with nitro from a race track --whoever uses it will fry their motor or at least burn some valves. I just tap off the test port on my truck's fuel line and run a 6 foot length of hose to fill my mower or 4 wheeler...you can get fuel line tap connectors at a parts store.
2007-06-06 08:22:44 · answer #3 · answered by paul h 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it fairly is lots extra exciting whilst a payday candy bar if broken up and placed down the gasoline filler hollow. It takes a number of gasoline fills earlier the sugar melts off the peanuts and the nuts plug the filler purely sufficient that it will nevertheless take gasoline, in easy terms it backs up and soaks the guy filling the tank and filling the tank takes hours.somebody did this to a consumer of mine and it took a on an identical time as to parent it out!
2016-10-29 08:29:58 · answer #4 · answered by hultman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Put a lockable gas cap on your car and your gas can in a below ground cavity with concealed trap door. Real simple and easy to do.
2007-06-06 07:41:55 · answer #5 · answered by bobweb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The socio-economics of an area often visibly indicated by what can be 'left-out(side)' with out worry---if you live in an 'innercity', or lower S-E-enviorment, take things in,shackle/lock-up---and not leave thing outside as they will serve as 'easy-picking' for those opportunistic 'honest?' neighborhood members----surprisingly,it would seem,that also the mower itself did not "grow legs, and 'walk away'on its own steam"
2007-06-06 07:44:57 · answer #6 · answered by LONG-JOHN 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sure will. Just don't forget not to use this gas in your engine - that would be ironic, wouldn't it?
2007-06-06 07:34:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
sugar in the tank does nothing cars have filters to prevent anything from contaminating them
2007-06-06 16:15:36 · answer #8 · answered by anthentherwasi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm loving it! Great idea!
That'll show those SOBs who steal gas.
2007-06-06 07:42:10 · answer #9 · answered by Uncle Pennybags 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
DO NOT LEAVE YOUR FULL GAS CAN IN YOUR TRUCK
2007-06-06 07:42:14 · answer #10 · answered by smokey 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋