• CubitOom@infosec.pubOP
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    2 days ago

    I wonder how many sugar cubes can be thrown into their fuel tank without them noticing.

    • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      FYI, sugar doesn’t dissolve in gasoline. The sugar-in-the-tank thing is an old wives’ tale.

      Luckily water is heavier than gasoline, is available everywhere, and engines can’t run on it.

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            It will if it’s inside the engine, as in inside the crankcase where oil goes. Your fuel filter will block any sediment, and there isn’t a ton that dissolves in gas. If the only thing you have available is the gas tank you want to add an oxidizer. Bleach in a gas tank will fuck an engine up, as will a few non petroleum fuels. Diesel will stall a gas engine, sand and sugar do nothing, but bleach will internally rust every bit of iron in the fuel rail and inside the cylinders.