SUGAR IN THE TANK - What actually happens? HOW IT WORKS SCIENCE GARAGE
video description
Date: 2019-10-24
Related videos
Comments and reviews: 10
larry Zeldin
Was that car low on fuel? If you have sugar in your fuel tank and you keep the tank atleast half full then it shouldnt get to the motor especially on newer cars but if you are going to drive low on fuel with sugar in the tank then most likely it will get sucked up and at the least you will need a new fuel filter on top of cleaning out the fuel tank. It will probably be a good idea to change the fuel pump while your there to just incase if the sugar didnt make it to the fuel pump. Its just like running a car low on fuel constantly, what that will do is suck up anything thats in the tank and that can cause damage to your fuel pump since it uses fuel as a lubricant to keep the pump working, if you constantly driving low on fuel then evantually at the least you will need a new pump and filter. Worse case scenario is the pump sucking on vapor and any dirt thats in your tank when you running really low on fuel. So the lesson here is not to run low on fuel if you have sugar in your tank and avoid driving low on fuel. Not good for your car if you constantly doing that. My friend was cheap and always ran low on fuel and would wait till the needle was below the empty line, then he would only add 5-10 dollars and do it again and again so within a few months he had issues.
reply
Was that car low on fuel? If you have sugar in your fuel tank and you keep the tank atleast half full then it shouldnt get to the motor especially on newer cars but if you are going to drive low on fuel with sugar in the tank then most likely it will get sucked up and at the least you will need a new fuel filter on top of cleaning out the fuel tank. It will probably be a good idea to change the fuel pump while your there to just incase if the sugar didnt make it to the fuel pump. Its just like running a car low on fuel constantly, what that will do is suck up anything thats in the tank and that can cause damage to your fuel pump since it uses fuel as a lubricant to keep the pump working, if you constantly driving low on fuel then evantually at the least you will need a new pump and filter. Worse case scenario is the pump sucking on vapor and any dirt thats in your tank when you running really low on fuel. So the lesson here is not to run low on fuel if you have sugar in your tank and avoid driving low on fuel. Not good for your car if you constantly doing that. My friend was cheap and always ran low on fuel and would wait till the needle was below the empty line, then he would only add 5-10 dollars and do it again and again so within a few months he had issues.
reply
codfanatic4284
For anyone who is actually curious about what will happen from continuous cylinder exposure to sugar, itll form a substance where the valves seat. Eventually, this substance will grow thick enough to where the valves cant seat at all. Thus lowering the compression (or eliminating it all together) and therefore horsepower. May start as a misfire but it will eventually lead to all cylinders not contributing. My Certifications: ASE A1-A9, L1, L3
reply
For anyone who is actually curious about what will happen from continuous cylinder exposure to sugar, itll form a substance where the valves seat. Eventually, this substance will grow thick enough to where the valves cant seat at all. Thus lowering the compression (or eliminating it all together) and therefore horsepower. May start as a misfire but it will eventually lead to all cylinders not contributing. My Certifications: ASE A1-A9, L1, L3
reply
Kevin D
Yea, I just had my Fuel pump replaced, the mechanic told me someone put sugar in my tank. I even seen the sugar because I asked him to show me it. I drove it about 35 miles and it died. wouldn't start wouldn't do anything. and after the fact of cleaning the gas tank, and changing the Pump and filters. it's still running bad. IDK what to do. I changed the Upstream O2 sensor, then the fuel pump, now idk what.
reply
Yea, I just had my Fuel pump replaced, the mechanic told me someone put sugar in my tank. I even seen the sugar because I asked him to show me it. I drove it about 35 miles and it died. wouldn't start wouldn't do anything. and after the fact of cleaning the gas tank, and changing the Pump and filters. it's still running bad. IDK what to do. I changed the Upstream O2 sensor, then the fuel pump, now idk what.
reply
Fred Grant
If you put enough sugar in the tank. drive the car around. the sugar finds it way into the carb. combustion chamber. and the cylinders. Then the engine gets turned off. the engine cools all the way down. The sugar residue gets stiff and syrupy. and if the climate is cold enough. gets hard like candy. After that happens. good luck getting it started. youre gonna need it. PEACE
reply
If you put enough sugar in the tank. drive the car around. the sugar finds it way into the carb. combustion chamber. and the cylinders. Then the engine gets turned off. the engine cools all the way down. The sugar residue gets stiff and syrupy. and if the climate is cold enough. gets hard like candy. After that happens. good luck getting it started. youre gonna need it. PEACE
reply
Kade Hinojos
Okay think about this, this sabotage idea has been around for a long time. back when cars had the fuel line at the bottom of the gas tank and a electric fuel pump under the hood, that means it would suck up the sugar at the bottom, the truck y'all used had a fuel pump at the top of the tank meaning its just gonna suck up gas thats on top because it cant reach the sugar.
reply
Okay think about this, this sabotage idea has been around for a long time. back when cars had the fuel line at the bottom of the gas tank and a electric fuel pump under the hood, that means it would suck up the sugar at the bottom, the truck y'all used had a fuel pump at the top of the tank meaning its just gonna suck up gas thats on top because it cant reach the sugar.
reply
andrasse TM
Probably y'all will never read this comment but i don't know why i'm layin' down on my bed at 4am lookin' at you puttin' some sugar on a truck gas tank, but that honey ad man you got me there with Thats more money for my money colletion i ll install that just cuz of that, probably i ll never use that but whatever lmao
reply
Probably y'all will never read this comment but i don't know why i'm layin' down on my bed at 4am lookin' at you puttin' some sugar on a truck gas tank, but that honey ad man you got me there with Thats more money for my money colletion i ll install that just cuz of that, probably i ll never use that but whatever lmao
reply
THICC1
Well I feel like if you drove around and shook up the sugar it would be easier for the pump to suck up and more would get into the engine or clog up the filter and even if enough of it got past eventually it might caramelise enough to stick the valves close when the engines turned off, cooled and then it hardens
reply
Well I feel like if you drove around and shook up the sugar it would be easier for the pump to suck up and more would get into the engine or clog up the filter and even if enough of it got past eventually it might caramelise enough to stick the valves close when the engines turned off, cooled and then it hardens
reply
Brandon Caldwell
Its suppose to burn the pump up and require a tank cleaning. Not cheap to do as majority fuel pumps cost 300 or more. If it does make it into the fuel lines, you have to back flush it. Its a costly repair that wont total a vehicle. Especially since inusrance wont cover majority of it.
reply
Its suppose to burn the pump up and require a tank cleaning. Not cheap to do as majority fuel pumps cost 300 or more. If it does make it into the fuel lines, you have to back flush it. Its a costly repair that wont total a vehicle. Especially since inusrance wont cover majority of it.
reply
Ryan
This is with modern gas with more ethanol in it I assume, what about gasoline from ye olden days. back when a car could sit for years with gas in the tank and still fire right up. Probably wont change much but just a thought for the 6 people who will see this.
reply
This is with modern gas with more ethanol in it I assume, what about gasoline from ye olden days. back when a car could sit for years with gas in the tank and still fire right up. Probably wont change much but just a thought for the 6 people who will see this.
reply
Kameron Stout
I feel like it would clog up the strainer on the end on the pump and that would probably burn the fuel pump up, that is if its fuel injected not sure what it would do to a carbureted engine, but I feel like that would be it tho.
reply
I feel like it would clog up the strainer on the end on the pump and that would probably burn the fuel pump up, that is if its fuel injected not sure what it would do to a carbureted engine, but I feel like that would be it tho.
reply
Add a review, comment
Other channel videos
