Does sugar in the gas tank actually disable a car?

Subject: Does sugar in the gas tank actually disable a car?

Date: Fri Apr 30 09:57:07 1999
Posted by Chuck Martin
Grade level: 10-12 School: Trinity Valley School
City: Fort Worth State/Province: TX Country: USA
Area of science: Chemistry
ID: 925484227.Ch

Message:


I am a chemistry teacher and this question comes up every year.  
Can you disable a car by dissolving sugar in the gasoline?  I 
cannot think of a valid reason reason why it should work, unless 
you add so much that the vapor pressure of the fuel is 
significantly decreased.  Seems like an awful lot of sugar.

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