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V · 10-07-2005, 05:51 PM

yeah, my boss's mom owned the car and it got sugared in a parking garage in the city. Â*we assumed the people responsible hoped the car would not run and be left overnight(perhaps so they could steal it), but it ran fine home and for a while, after about 2 weeks it started acting up. Â*he couldnt figure it out and planned on selling it for 800 bucks, i told him id buy it, but stupid me suggested the injectors may be clogged, the one thing he overlooked, sure enough 2 were packed solid with sugar crystals.(yes we did taste it to be sure, lol) after they were clean it ran great, over time it would act up more and more, once cleaned it would be fine again. Finally he had enough and got his mom a Â*new car so he needed to sell the TA, i offered him 2k and got it. Â*i drove it a while, and just cleaned the injectors a few times with an old water pic i found in my basement, lol. Â*I later put a tank in it from a 96 formula i stripped, and no problems since, Â*there was still about 5 cups of sugar in the bottom of the tank,(yes we tasted that too) I finally had to sell the car, put it on ebay and got 3500 for it and it got shipped out to minnesota, where it still is as of last spring when i did a carfax on it. Â* but yea... sugar in gas tanks does happen.

10-07-2005, 05:51 PM	#5
V Stalker Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 12,082 iTrader: (12)	yeah, my boss's mom owned the car and it got sugared in a parking garage in the city. Âwe assumed the people responsible hoped the car would not run and be left overnight(perhaps so they could steal it), but it ran fine home and for a while, after about 2 weeks it started acting up. Âhe couldnt figure it out and planned on selling it for 800 bucks, i told him id buy it, but stupid me suggested the injectors may be clogged, the one thing he overlooked, sure enough 2 were packed solid with sugar crystals.(yes we did taste it to be sure, lol) after they were clean it ran great, over time it would act up more and more, once cleaned it would be fine again. Finally he had enough and got his mom a Ânew car so he needed to sell the TA, i offered him 2k and got it. Âi drove it a while, and just cleaned the injectors a few times with an old water pic i found in my basement, lol. ÂI later put a tank in it from a 96 formula i stripped, and no problems since, Âthere was still about 5 cups of sugar in the bottom of the tank,(yes we tasted that too) I finally had to sell the car, put it on ebay and got 3500 for it and it got shipped out to minnesota, where it still is as of last spring when i did a carfax on it. Â* but yea... sugar in gas tanks does happen.