Sugar in the tank was: OT FUNNY: Silly A4 owner...

[nicadimus@hotmail.com (Elijah R)]

I've seen one instance where kerosene got sugar out of an old chevy 1 ton. 
Same thing, ex did it to the truck, and keith flushed it out with kerosene 
and it ran again. how he flushed it I haven't a clue.

Elijah
86 16v
88 cabby (broke)






>From: "brett cooke" <vwscir88@hotmail.com>
>To: tberk@mindspring.com, scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Re: Sugar in the tank was: OT FUNNY: Silly A4 owner...
>Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 15:36:59 -0500
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>sugar in the gas tank is not an urban myth! i've seen the effect first 
>hand. my friend jeff's ex did this to his old buick regal, and it caused 
>the engine to seize. when we ripped apart the motor the sugar was 
>everywhere. in the valves, in the cylinders, everywhere.
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>So Sayeth The Hitman
>'88 "stripe" 16v scirocco
><http://www.techography.net:82/brettsgarage>
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>>From: T Berk <tberk@mindspring.com>
>>To: Scirocco List <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>>Subject: Sugar in the tank  was: OT FUNNY: Silly A4 owner... Date: Mon, 24 
>>Mar 2003 20:00:06 -0800
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>> >  L F <rocco16v@netzero.net> wrote:
>> >
>> >      By the way, just what can sugar do besides possibly
>> >      clogging a fuel filter?
>> >      I know for a fact that sugar won't dissolve in gasoline,
>> >      so all it can do is sit there in the tank.
>> >      (another urban legend....shot to hell)
>> >
>> >      Larry
>> >
>> >           I was thinking the same thing, and then
>> >           remembered a guy in high school who
>> >           dumped five pounds of sugar in his gas tank of
>> >           his early style Nova because
>> >           someone told him it would give him more
>> >           power-you can guess what happened.
>><snip>
>>Dan Smith wrote:
>> >
>> > I always thought it carmalized the engine.
>> >
>> > Dan
>> >
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>>I am of the understanding the burning of the sugar (and in such big
>>concentrations) makes for left over carbon build up, fouling plugs,
>>clogging valve seats & catalytic converters, etc., etc.
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>>Just a little won't do much, but what happens to fuel injectors?
>>
>>TBerk
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