What poured into a gas talk will kill a car’s engine? For information purposes only?

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ireallycantbelievethat asked:


Sugar has been debunked.

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This entry was posted on Friday, November 14th, 2008 at 11:23 am and is filed under Maintenance & Repairs. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

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11 Responses to “What poured into a gas talk will kill a car’s engine? For information purposes only?”

  1. Unforgiven Shadow Says:
    November 16th, 2008 at 8:58 am

    Anything that blocks the flow of fuel into the engine…

  2. Travis S Says:
    November 19th, 2008 at 3:04 am

    Sand. it clogs it up, and ruins gaskets.

  3. Ryan K Says:
    November 19th, 2008 at 10:32 pm

    Sugar works if you have enough. It takes more like five pounds in a decent tank to do it, and most people try a couple of shakes. And it takes time to dissolve into the gas.

    Anything not oil or alchohol based. Water, for example. Draino. Tar. Any household cleaner would do a number

  4. kd baby Says:
    November 20th, 2008 at 9:26 am

    put a tampon in the gas tank – the person will never figure out where the problem is until its too late -

  5. Age 16 Says:
    November 23rd, 2008 at 9:03 am

    Oh LOL!! I saw this episode in the TV show called myth busters and they showed how different substances such as sugar, egg and others when put into the gas tank would have any effect on the engine. And guess what? Bleach kill it the fastest.

    So go BLEACH!!

  6. Jim C Says:
    November 26th, 2008 at 2:30 am

    Pancake syrup!

  7. lnfrared Loaf Says:
    November 26th, 2008 at 2:12 pm

    hcl? or try metal filings

  8. dlucf Says:
    November 29th, 2008 at 12:51 pm

    Hahahahah oh man whoever said put a tampon in there… LOL. Thats a great idea and also bizarre enough to deny and get away with it by laughing.

  9. luminous Says:
    November 30th, 2008 at 6:17 am

    A lot of substances I’m sure but u already kn. the oldest one used by women that catch their husbands cheating –u got it –sugar, lol

  10. Bumbles Says:
    December 1st, 2008 at 7:17 pm

    Most any chemical will harm the engine…. try some MEK….. Methyl Ethyl Keytone.

  11. wayne c Says:
    December 3rd, 2008 at 5:58 am

    i work at a car care center and the worst i’ve worked on and seen was a 04 chevy corvette someone put kerosene in the guys tank talk about a wtf moment dude was pissed when i told him