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Date:         Wed, 4 Sep 2002 13:53:13 EDT
Reply-To:     KimBrennan@AOL.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Kim Brennan <KimBrennan@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re:       Any advice about su
              gar in the gas tank?
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In a message dated 9/4/02 10:33:11 AM, kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET writes:




> 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).
> 
> 
Gas won't dissolve the sugar. Add water. Don't run the engine, pump the fuel 
(and water) out of the tank. The water will separate from the gas, and you 
can put the gas back in (which won't have the sugar anymore.
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