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sugar in my gas tank..please help

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Old Jan 18, 2006 | 05:27 PM
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change the fuel filter, it should cach the sugar, change it again after 2 tanks. if not buy a new car.
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Old Jan 18, 2006 | 05:56 PM
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Originally Posted by 2big1
because as i felt around the filler hole it was sticky.
sure it was sugar? you taste it? :run:
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Old Jan 18, 2006 | 05:59 PM
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Originally Posted by 2big1
i'm only assuming it was sugar because as i felt around the filler hole it was sticky.
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Old Jan 18, 2006 | 06:22 PM
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Didn't Mythbusters test sugar in the gas tank and discover that it didn't really do anything?
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Old Jan 19, 2006 | 06:25 AM
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Originally Posted by azn_redneck
Didn't Mythbusters test sugar in the gas tank and discover that it didn't really do anything?
modern fuel filters catch the sugar h:
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Old Jan 19, 2006 | 06:38 AM
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Old Jan 19, 2006 | 06:43 AM
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this is 2006. havnt they got better things to dump in a gastank?
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Old Jan 19, 2006 | 07:16 AM
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Originally Posted by shabacash
this is 2006. havnt they got better things to dump in a gastank?
like skittles or something
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Old Jan 19, 2006 | 07:18 AM
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My buddy had sugar poured in his gas tank of his 1995 Talon TSi and it seized the engine.

EDIT: Or it could have just been the inherent crappiness of the 4G63.
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Old Jan 19, 2006 | 08:58 AM
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Originally Posted by shabacash
this is 2006. havnt they got better things to dump in a gastank?
Certs.
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