Date:         Wed, 4 Sep 2002 10:45:56 -0400
Reply-To:     David Brodbeck <gull@CYBERSPACE.ORG>
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From:         David Brodbeck <gull@CYBERSPACE.ORG>
Subject:      Re: Any advice about sugar in the gas tank?
Comments: To: Kenneth Wilford <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET>
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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!

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