On 3/24/06, Bruce Nadig <motorbruce@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> I watch MythBusters, and I do take issue with #3 - Sugar In The Gas Tank.
>
> The test that they did was very brief. This would hardly be a realistic
> situation. Once the sugar is there it will dissolve in the gas. It may
> take
> a little bit of time and agitation (driving, which includes going over
> bumps
> and around turns), but sugar will be a disaster.
>

Actually, sugar doesn't dissolve in gasoline at all, agitated or not. A
forensic scientist at Berkeley tested it in 1994. Even spinning it in a
centrifuge only managed to dissolve the equivalent of less than 5 grams for
a 60 liter tank, and that due to non-gasoline impurities. Granulated sugar
in the gas tank will do no more than clog the filter.

--
John Bange
'90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"