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melbourne
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June 2002
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sugar in the petrol tank
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Mon, 07 October 2002 12:10
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friends car got broken into over the weekend and around her fuel hatch there were screwdriver marks and think some idiot might have put sugar in the tank
is there any way to test this without draining the whole tank first?
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Sydney
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May 2002
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Re: sugar in the petrol tank
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Mon, 07 October 2002 12:28
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taste it
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Location:
melbourne
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June 2002
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Re: sugar in the petrol tank
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Mon, 07 October 2002 12:33
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someone else said that.... but she wasn't too enthusied by the idea of tasting petrol lol
and i would have thought u'd have to have a fair bit of sugar to actually taste the difference - she's got atleast 20L of petrol in there.
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Location:
Forrestfield, WA
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August 2002
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Re: sugar in the petrol tank
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Mon, 07 October 2002 12:45
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its prolly more likely there were trying to torch the car or syphon the fuel out..
ive heard sugar isnt really _that_ bad as it dissolves in fuel. Worst comes to worst just dilute it with more fuel, but in some cleaner/octane booster and take it for a thrash and burn it out 
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I supported Toymods
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Berowra-Sydney
Registered:
July 2002
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Re: sugar in the petrol tank
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Mon, 07 October 2002 13:36
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doesn't the engine run fine with sugar in the tank but then as the engine heats up it starts to clog up the carb/injectors and so forth, and causes everything to glaze over.
but i guess it depends on how much they put in.
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Location:
Sydney Australia
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May 2002
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Re: sugar in the petrol tank
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Mon, 07 October 2002 17:36
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watch ur car doesn't get a sweet tooth  lol
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July 2002
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I supported Toymods
Location:
melbourne.victoria.austra...
Registered:
June 2002
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Re: sugar in the petrol tank
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Mon, 07 October 2002 20:11
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yes it (sugar) gums everything up.
remove the tank and clean it.
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May 2002
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Re: sugar in the petrol tank
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Mon, 07 October 2002 23:31
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Of course, it may not be sugar at all...but rather, ground glass.
Than again, probably not!
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Sydney
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May 2002
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Re: sugar in the petrol tank
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Mon, 07 October 2002 23:47
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My opinion: is it really worth the risk ?? as biased suggested it could be anything ....just flush out the tank and u could save yourself heaps of $$$
My 2cents
Mani
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Location:
melbourne
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June 2002
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Re: sugar in the petrol tank
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Tue, 08 October 2002 02:52
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thanks for the answers guys - but she didn't wait and has been driving it round.
hasn't had any problems so far so looks like the guy (probably landlord) was just trying to scare her
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I supported Toymods
Banned User
Location:
Brisbane
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: sugar in the petrol tank
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Tue, 08 October 2002 03:43
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What sort of car is it? Sugar does'nt do a damm thing in most cars It just desolves and gets burnt away no problem at all! The only reason the sugar would gum things up would be if someone put a few Kg's worth in the tank which I doubt anyone would do!
If you put castor oil in with your fuel it makes the burnt gases smell nice 
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Location:
melbourne
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June 2002
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Re: sugar in the petrol tank
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Tue, 08 October 2002 03:59
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KE laser i think it is
 how do you know bout the castor oil???
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I supported Toymods
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Berowra-Sydney
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July 2002
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Re: sugar in the petrol tank
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Tue, 08 October 2002 07:06
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because you use castor oil in two strokes
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Location:
melbourne
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June 2002
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Re: sugar in the petrol tank
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Tue, 08 October 2002 07:19
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i was never one to be mowing the lawn or riding dirt bikes so i didn't know.
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I supported Toymods
Banned User
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Brisbane
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May 2002
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Re: sugar in the petrol tank
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Tue, 08 October 2002 07:42
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You also use castor oil in old planes 
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