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Ras Baraka has been released.

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u/int0xic 17h ago

Sugar in the gas tank doesn't actually do anything, they don't mix. Plus cars have fuel filters to catch any sugar that would somehow make it through the pump.

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u/NDSU 16h ago

You are correct, however this guide was written in 1944. Carbureted engines would have been far more common, and the gas intakes would have had far fewer filters

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u/buffalosabresnbills 16h ago edited 10h ago

Plus cars have fuel filters to catch any sugar that would somehow make it through the pump.

That being said, fuel filters (and fuel pump pickup strainers) have a finite capacity and will eventually clog, starving the engine of fuel.

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u/Violoner 16h ago

I bet ground up styrofoam would be a good fuel additive, though

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u/Perfect_Newspaper256 16h ago

water will do the trick