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sugar in gas. does it really work?
tccox
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I have heard about this forever that it works, or that it does not. Do any of you have first hand experience?? Reason for asking, my neighbor had to file felony theft against a fellow who sold him a truck and did not have title. The real owner wanted the truck back so my neighbor is hanging in the wind. He is afraid this guy will try to do something to him like sugaring the gas tank in something. Any info will be appreciated. Tom
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These days they would be good investment to keep the good stuff in and the bad stuff out of your tank.[;)]
1 gallon of gas
5 pounds of sugar
1 quart of motor oil
mix well
what makes it through the filter will make it into the engine, i knew a guy when i was younger who did it twice, i also had a friend who owns a shop, and had several car over the years, after removing the fuel filter found out the gas was sweet as tea
A non-harmful favorite of mine is a handful of marbles in the gas tank. The rattling will drive the owner nuts.
Isn't there a trap of sorts in the neck going to the tank..?
I really wish you guys wouldn't discuss such dispicable topics in front of me I feel soiled.
Quit feeling. Don
There is the restrictor in the filler neck, but if you put a piece of tubing down the filler neck and drop the marbles through it, they'll make it into the tank. The restrictor has a hinged "door" that the gas nozzle opens, and a piece of tubing will do the same thing.
but there is a filter on the fuel pump as well.
Here is the whole story as I know it. Buddy bought a truck. Seller said he had title but had to send off for it. Meantime, another party said truck was his and HE had title. My bud is out what he paid for truck so he is now suing for his money back.
I had written lots more but somehow it got lost in transmitting. I will write more if u guys are instreted. tom
One other item that works, chaining the rearend of the car to an solid object. Namely, a police car rear axle (don't worry, it was a Ford) and the solid object was an eight inch pipe filled with concrete.
Add a buddy speeding past....and about 200 feet of cable....well..you get the picture. There was one VERY MAD officer. But, he quit picking on us.
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Don't know about the modern cars but it does work on cars with carburetors. I have first hand experience with that. The carb was full of clear hard candy and of course the car wouldn't run.
The way it was explained to me when I was young, is that the sugar would liqify with the heat as it mixed with the gas in the carb. and then what "liquid sugar" that made it in to the combustion chamber would crystalize from the extreme heat and pressure and score the cylinders and piston rings. Can you say rebuild?
I thought about it a number of times but never did it so, I don't know if it works or not. I can see the carb. turning in to a nice candy dish though!
I always preferred the loosening of the oil drain plug..............
Or two live chickens thrown in the car on a HOT sunny summer day!!!!
if you really want to have fun...pour a can of blue dot into the carb....thats how the mafia blows up snitchs
Now that would be fun to watch!
Seen the after effects to take out the racing competion.
5-6 bits of sugar in the tank - and the sugar would caramelize on the pistonhead and cylinderwalls.
That's why I immediately put a lockable cap on my Yamaha 4 gear moped.
But I've seen the effects in both mopeds, motorcycles and a couple of cars.
You don't get instant results - but put in a good portion and I guarantee that you won't get much mileage out of it.
Also, a friend of mine often had his fuel siphoned from his boat and someone stole his spare fuel from his boat.
He then filled a 5 gallon fuelcanister with gasoline and a pound of sugar.
Later that week, we heard that the rescueteam had been called out for a stranded boater.
We can't be sure wether it was him or not, but sure enough, that boater was just two spaces down on the same boatbridge and had a caramelized engine.
After that, we made a piece of steel that would prevent people from stealing gas from his boat. (and canisters offcourse).
There were no need for it though, because the thefts stopped after that.
Odd thing is it happened right after my parents got divorced. I wonder who did it?
Mom?..Likely one of her crazy drunk brothers.
another mean trick is to take a frozen blue gill and put it through the springs under a front seat
Ben