Engine & Injectors- Water and Sugar in Fuel

[Clarence L.Snyder]

Jim Davies wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 15 Oct 1998, Clarence L.Snyder wrote:
> 
> > > I was just wondering what effect would sugar and water in the fuel
> > > have on engine valves, lifters and their bores and injectors. Have one
> > > of those and the owner claims someone put sugar in tank?!
> > >
> > > AC
> > Usually all it does is plug the filter, and maybe take out the pump. If
> > the water gets to the injectors it would quite possibly do them in, but
> > sinse the engine won't run on sugar water the rest of the engine should
> > be fine. In close to 30 years of wrenching I've never seen an engine
> > damaged by sugar in the gas. In the crankcase it is a horse of a totally
> > different colour!
> >
> Years ago Champion Spark Plug tested the old sugar-in-the-gas trick. They
> wound up putting about 20 pounds of sugar in a fuel tank before it did any
> damage---plugging the fuel filter IIRC. It never did any damage to the
> engine. Interestingly enough, Champion spark plug cleaning grit, applied
> through the air intake has an immediate effect ;=>
Inserted through the spark plug hole, captured inside the spark plug is
just as effective!!