On Wed, 4 Sep 2002, Kenneth Wilford wrote: > A customer called me yesterday to ask about what to do when someone puts > sugar in the gas tank. Has anyone had to deal with this problem before? Is > it possible to just flush the tank with good gas and get the sugar out? Any > advice would be helpful (I have never run into this before). Sugar doesn't dissolve very well in gasoline, so the main problem is it will clog the fuel filter. Get as much of it out of the tank as possible and expect to go through a few filters. It could be worse. A friend of mine in high school had his truck suddenly start running so badly it was undrivable. He took it to a shop and they found a gallon of water in the tank! _ _ __ _ _ _| | | | David M. Brodbeck (N8SRE) Ypsilanti, MI / _` | | | | | | +----------------------------------------------------- | (_| | |_| | | | @ cyberspace.org \__, |\__,_|_|_| "The VW camper is a brilliant invention -- it's like a |___/ Swiss army knife for the road... It's the stealth RV." -- Wayne Curtis |
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