The fuel tank and fuel line must be cleaned away and plugged filters replaced whether they are clogged with sugar. Fuel injector cleaners can be used for engines with an injection system.
Fuel Filters
Fuel filters are designed to prevent contaminants from reaching a automobile engine. Whether the vehicle is started up, any sugar in the fuel tank may clog the filters and possibly the fuel pump and injectors, preventing the engine from operating.
Vandalism
Vandals sometimes settle sugar into a motorcar's fuel tank believing it Testament turn into sludge inside the engine. This does not happen, however to research for contamination in the fuel, a mechanic typically inspects the filters or disconnects the fuel line, pumps a principles of fuel into a rainless glass container and examines it after it settles.
Cleaning the Tank
Putting sugar in a diesel fuel may not engender any damage seeing it does not dissolve in the fuel. Instead, the sugar Testament sink and put to the backside of a container, according to the I-CAR website. Sugar may act on fuel filters.
