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

[vwscir88@hotmail.com (brett cooke)]

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.



So Sayeth The Hitman
'88 "stripe" 16v scirocco
<http://www.techography.net:82/brettsgarage>





>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
>
>
> >  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
> >
>
>
>
>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.
>
>
>Just a little won't do much, but what happens to fuel injectors?
>
>TBerk
>
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