Sugar in gas tank?!?!?!

https://youtu.be/-DgzhVkAIuc

May want to run some decarbonizer for a while …

 

both those are carb engines.. the holes the fuel goes through are much more open than an injector.

we've had a few cars coming in with sugar in the tank and they've all survived. only one needed A injector.

 

Gas doesn't disove sugar.

It just sits in the bottom of the tank.

 

The Cheerios expand a little with the sprinklers then kill the grass leaving little brown rings. Some suburban terrorism shit. The ultimate stink bomb is a piece a chicken in a jar of milk left in a warm location you won’t return to.

 

It's not unheard of for drugs to be moved across the boarder in new cars. https://news.azpm.org/s/64792-police-drugs-smuggled-from-mexico-to-canada-in-ford-cars/
While it might sound like a joke, it's a legitimate thing you might be dealing with.

 

If your taco had meth in the gas tank it would probably run way better. Up all night for days at a time.

 

I use a rebranded Stant 10504 locking gas cap (bought it at CarQuest). No CEL light in 5 years.

 

Since no one else is volunteering.... send me a sample, Ill taste it and let you know.

 

@Taconator_

If you haven't already, get a front/rear dash cam installed to go with a locking gas cap once you get all that sweetness removed from the gas tank.

 

I'd advise against it. Sending those crystalized chunks through the mail is bound to raise some eyebrows and attract unwanted attention.

 

I have heard that anti-freeze in a gas tank works better than sugar at seizing an engine.

 

I’m always impressed with how the cartel manages to get their drugs through. I’m at 49k miles now so pretty unlikely but then again, you never know.

No need for gears and super charger. Lol

I’m actually going to look into one. Last thing I need is for someone to pour something else in there.

I actually thought about asking for a sample. I’m genuinely curious as to what it is lol

Definitely will be buying a dash cam. Looking Into the thinkwarr u1000 dual dash cam. $500 is cheaper than this happening again.

Please don’t give out more ideas.

 

Maybe it’s because you have a Instagram…

now your gas tank has a few instagrams as well

 

Working at a hospital I would imagine someone there could run it through the lab.

 

This is the one

https://www.ebay.com/itm/OEM-Type-T...-Keys-For-Fuel-Tank-Stant-10504-/272382021524

 

It sucks that people are so terrible. I can't blame you if you get a locking cap and a front/rear dash cam with parking mode.
Hopefully you got your insurance company involved since this would be vandalism. The comprehensive portion of your policy should cover that minus the deductible. Plus this could go up in cost if more work is needed to clear the fuel system. I hope this all is resolved for you soon.

I will say the sugar in the gas tank is a very old scool revenge thing, I've not heard of that happening much since the 1980's when I was kid. someone did it to my dad's 77 f250 at work years ago. It clogs up stuff for sure and never fully dissolves. In those older cars the had carburetors the sugar would get all the way to them and you would sometimes need a carb rebuild. newer cars have much more filtering going on.

 

do you loose the cap tether with that cap?

 

Seriously? Black socks and crocs? and someone put something in your tank?? Hmmmm

 

It doesn't come with a tether, it works great though. Had it on my 1st gen for 12 years and now on 3rd gen, no issues, no leaks, no codes.

 

I have one also, it works fine until I park on a hill/ steep incline. Then it sets off the evap/trac off and cel.
I went back to OEM.