All of this makes me wonder how the sugar crystals get past the fuel filter.

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From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Loren Busch
Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 10:12 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Sugar In The Fuel Tank-Again

Within the last two weeks there was a long thread on the Sugar In The Fuel
Tank myth.  The legend has it that this causes massive carbon build up
inside the engine.  Myth busted because the sugar won't dissolve in
gasoline.  But now, the rest of the story.
Today I dropped off a set of injectors for rebuild.  Got to talking to the
guy, all he does is FI systems.  He happened to mention that a lot of his
work was 'divorce stuff', sugar in the tank revenge.  I mentioned the Myth
Busted aspect of this.  He pulled out an example of a FI type system that is
commonly plugged up with sugar in the tank.  Not by carbon, just by the
grains of sugar.  The specific system he was showing me had a hole for the
fuel that is only .017, really small, in fact I couldn't see it.  In
addition, after the sugar is trapped in the injector it gets hot and causes
more problems.  What he was saying made sense.  Maybe the Carbonized Valves
is a myth, but with the modern FI systems, if the sugar does get picked up
from the tank, you may still be in world of hurt.

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