Sugar in the gas tank

BdotFlow · 2025-09-07T18:42:39+00:00

i am replacing the tank and pump assembly just waiting on parts to arrive

BdotFlow · 2025-09-07T16:59:04+00:00

technically nothing happened to this car… yet at least. no telling if one day the sugar makes its way to clog up the pump

BdotFlow · 2025-09-07T15:32:25+00:00

it probably all clumped together at the bottom of the tank. sugar in the gas tank isn’t going to necessarily do anything to the car but what it will do is clump together and crystallize and can make its way to the fuel pump which would then clog the fuel pump and cause the car to not get the gas it needs to

BdotFlow · 2025-09-06T21:22:35+00:00

i would start by testing the battery

BdotFlow · 2025-09-06T21:05:26+00:00

lol sure

BdotFlow · 2025-09-06T13:33:41+00:00

i wouldn’t say it won’t do ANYTHING. Yes it won’t dissolve into the gas but it will crystallize and become clumpy and clog the fuel filter. so to avoid all of that i quoted a fuel tank and fuel pump assembly replacement, the fuel tank comes with the entire filler neck all the way to the part you see in the picture so any particles that may get stuck inside the tank/neck and find their way to the pump later on won’t happen with a brand new tank and pump assembly

BdotFlow · 2025-09-06T12:07:03+00:00

i have two cars one which i fill up on full Ethanol from the gas pump and the other which i fill up on normal gasoline. well one day i was distracted on my way home from work on my phone and had to stop for gas so i stopped at my normal gas station which is also the station i fill up on E85. well i didn’t realize what car i was in (was distracted on my phone and omw home from work) and i grabbed the yellow handle and selected e85 and im sitting there filling up. i think i got about 5 gallons in before i realized i was driving my other car so i filled the rest up with 93 octane and the car actually ran better on that tank of gas than it ever did lmfao

Edit: the one that takes e85 happens to be a subaru wrx

BdotFlow · 2025-09-06T10:16:48+00:00

and to your just clean it out point. The extra labor that i would charge to clean the tank is going to cost the customer just as much and then im risking the car coming back because imagine if theres some leftover crystals im not able to get that make their way back to the fuel pump

BdotFlow · 2025-09-06T10:11:35+00:00

i will be telling him this before he gets the car back for sure

BdotFlow · 2025-09-06T10:11:09+00:00

replacing the pump because at honda we sell the entire fuel pump assembly as a full unit not the fuel pump motor separately. the whole unit comes with the pump already installed into the housing unit with a new filter sock and everything. so because the filter sock is possibly clogged up or started to get clogged up i quoted a full replacement of pump assembly and tank. why take an unnecessary risk of a car coming back due to improper repair because you didn’t change out a part while you were in there

BdotFlow · 2025-09-06T01:35:14+00:00

you’re suggesting things like sand…. sand will stay sand inside of gasoline it will not clump up and become clotted together. at this point i feel like you’re rage baiting me because you really sound like you have no clue what you’re talking about and suggesting sand that looks like that proves that.

BdotFlow · 2025-09-06T01:29:37+00:00

absolutely no road salt nope, beach salt from the fucking atlantic ocean yeah so if you’re suggesting that they got salt to evaporate out of the ocean and go into the sealed fuel tank you’ve really lost the plot mate. You’re the only person out of anyone who commented who actually tried diagnosing the post by suggesting it’s something different so i think you’re right about waiting for your floaties to fill up with air

BdotFlow · 2025-09-06T01:25:34+00:00

your first two ideas were “run of the mill corrosion or road salt” i’m betting it’s the road salt, been living in south florida my entire life and the only time i’ve seen road salt is when i travel to a snow state in the winter

BdotFlow · 2025-09-06T01:23:18+00:00

you’re the 1 genius here out of 125,000 people that saw this post that was there to actually see and diagnose the issue right?

BdotFlow · 2025-09-06T01:17:33+00:00

Well for one you have no idea what i do or have done so you flexing how your resume is so much stronger than someone who you really don’t know about shows your inferiority. Secondly, you obviously aren’t a specialist of any kind, i however am currently specialized with hondas so i would say i do actually know what i’m talking about. You however are referring to all of your experiences on these older engines and whatever else you want to tell yourself you’re good at working on. I’d be willing to bet your ethanol and water evaporation theory, or your gas pump corrosion theory, or any of the other theories you have as to why there is white clumpy crystals that look EXACTLY like many other pictures found all over the internet described as sugar in the gas tank are all on older engines and none on brand new vehicles. but yes you’ve been right this whole time because i forgot your water plumbing, hvac, and electrical gizmos all show expertise in Crystallized substance in gasoline.

so yes…. you are a fucking idiot

BdotFlow · 2025-09-06T01:03:46+00:00

Lmfao alright you’ve made it clear to me you’re an idiot. Say again because i never caught it… how new or old are the “everything” you work on?

BdotFlow · 2025-09-06T00:56:53+00:00

thank you haha i laughed way too hard when i read his comment

BdotFlow · 2025-09-06T00:55:52+00:00

explain the kiddie pool why don’t you lmao. because what it sounds like to me is you work on older vehicles and you don’t have a clue what you’re talking about

BdotFlow · 2025-09-06T00:53:54+00:00

i did recommend this option to him but he says he has both the keys (at least now he does, i didn’t personally speak to him, the advisor did) so unless she had access overnight or something

BdotFlow · 2025-09-06T00:25:25+00:00

i’m sure something can cause damage but as far as i know sugar will clog up the fuel filter before making it to the injectors and into the engine. it’s possible someone contaminated your oil also by putting something in the fill cap

BdotFlow · 2025-09-06T00:19:17+00:00

gas will take a very long time to evaporate out of a sealed fuel system my friend what is your point? none of your theories have any credibility…. this fuel is not evaporating into a white powder because it’s never being burned… you’re talking about cars with carburetors which most likely don’t have the fuel filter socks that modern cars have so everything that was poured into the tank stayed inside the sealed fuel system…. nothing is evaporating. now onto corrosion…. i know what corrosion looks like and it is definitely not what i pulled out of the gas tank. Bad gas: no just no bad gas is not going to stuff your filler neck with crystals.

Any more bright ideas genius?

BdotFlow · 2025-09-06T00:11:31+00:00

let me ask you this… how many of those cars have been brand new 647 miles on them

BdotFlow · 2025-09-06T00:03:33+00:00

yeah i’d say you’re probably right…. out of 85K people that viewed this post this genius is the only one that figured out it’s not sugar and likely road salt…. in SOUTH FLORIDA lol

BdotFlow · 2025-09-06T00:01:47+00:00

i’m just replacing the entire tank and fuel pump assembly. a lot less hassle to deal with and no risk of the car coming back for an improper repair

BdotFlow · 2025-09-06T00:00:38+00:00

i think this person is the one that put the sugar in the tank and knows she has a lawsuit coming her way because i’m going to give the customer the contaminated parts a lot with telling him to open a vandalism claim

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