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minus-squareTerminalEncounter [she/her]hexbear16·2 years agoSugar would just get filtered out, like sand. The real shit is water. It floats on top if the gas, doesn't get filtered out and can be hard to detect. Can really fuck up an engine. It's a bitch to fix even if you knew there was water in it. link
minus-squareRNAi [he/him]hexbear6·edit-22 years agoDamn technology, I miss the old days. What about corn syrup? Diluted link
minus-squareTerminalEncounter [she/her]hexbear5·2 years agoIt would probably fuck up the filter or injectors, not sure how much you'd need. Like a big jug of it? Water is also cheap! link
minus-squareemizeko [they/them]hexbear3·2 years agodon't know if it's true but the sugar theoretically dissolves in the gasoline link
minus-squareWafflesTasteGood [he/him]hexbear4·2 years agoNot really. If you really want to go the sugar route you need to disolve it into water first. link
minus-squareTerminalEncounter [she/her]hexbear4·edit-22 years agoBut glucose has OH groups and is polar, isn't it? So it shouldn't dissolve in a nonpolar diluent. link
minus-squareemizeko [they/them]hexbear3·edit-22 years agosounds right to me, just saying that's the urban legend's explanation. I guess "theoretically" was teh wrong word to use link
Sugar would just get filtered out, like sand. The real shit is water. It floats on top if the gas, doesn't get filtered out and can be hard to detect. Can really fuck up an engine. It's a bitch to fix even if you knew there was water in it.
Damn technology, I miss the old days.
What about corn syrup? Diluted
It would probably fuck up the filter or injectors, not sure how much you'd need. Like a big jug of it? Water is also cheap!
don't know if it's true but the sugar theoretically dissolves in the gasoline
Not really. If you really want to go the sugar route you need to disolve it into water first.
But glucose has OH groups and is polar, isn't it? So it shouldn't dissolve in a nonpolar diluent.
sounds right to me, just saying that's the urban legend's explanation. I guess "theoretically" was teh wrong word to use