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European_Lover 02-23-2007 04:16 PM
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Originally Posted by bgkast (Post 1428918)
Don't forget to add some KY to increase the lubrication properties of the new low sulfur diesel. :D

LOL. I think I had the unsulfured molasses.

winmutt 02-23-2007 04:16 PM
reminds me of a funny pic:

http://www.spunkydollars.com/images/notmykids.jpg

^^^ this is why im happy my kid is female.

European_Lover 02-23-2007 04:18 PM
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Originally Posted by 240Dog (Post 1428991)
And exactly how much molasses did your soon to be ex-wife instruct the kid to pour into your fuel tank? If nothing else keep it topped off with full tank of fuel and expect to be changing fuel filters constantly for a few weeks. And with respect to engine damage, worry about injectors and the injector pump before anything else.
I am unmarried, so no harm done there.

The injectors will probably get kinda gunky. Damn.

European_Lover 02-23-2007 04:19 PM
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Originally Posted by retx (Post 1428997)
just for *****s and giggles, i just poured a little dark amber blackstrap molasses into a quart of diesel. it mostly went straight to the bottom but some mixed in as it was falling down through it. i can see on the bottom of the bottle that the two are reacting with each other. i have to leave for work in a few, so im gonna let it sit and see what happens with it overnight.
Great. Can you report your findings back here tomorrow? I am not doing anything else to my car until I hear your report.

European_Lover 02-23-2007 04:20 PM
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Originally Posted by winmutt (Post 1429002)
reminds me of a funny pic:

http://www.spunkydollars.com/images/notmykids.jpg

^^^ this is why im happy my kid is female.
That is just too cute.

I hope that pic was photoshopped!

OldPokey 02-23-2007 04:34 PM
I don't know about molasses in the fuel tank, but corn syrup in the crankcase is a classic enviro-terrorist method for halting construction equipment.

retx 02-23-2007 04:35 PM
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Originally Posted by OldPokey (Post 1429019)
I don't know about molasses in the fuel tank, but corn syrup in the crankcase is a classic enviro-terrorist method for halting construction equipment.
and just how would you know that? i always just slice the tires. :D

Jeremy5848 02-23-2007 06:13 PM
Interesting consequences!
 
So if I understand this correctly, you fooled around and next morning had a four-year-old? That'll teach you! :D :D :D

Did I tell you about the time I stuck a running water hose up the tailpipe of my Dad's Chevy?

Chas H 02-23-2007 06:18 PM
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Originally Posted by retx (Post 1429021)
and just how would you know that? i always just slice the tires. :D
Good luck on a D9!

bpeters2 02-23-2007 07:10 PM
Sugar in tank on myth busters
 
I saw a myth busters episode in which they added a bunch of sugar to a GAS tank and it didn't seem to effect the engines preformance. Now this wasn't molasses and it wasn't in diesel, but maybe its relevant becasue molasses is mainly sugar.

Frankie 02-23-2007 07:33 PM
Hey Jeremy-
Did your daddy spank you for that water hose mischief? 'Course these days if a kid is spanked, someone does jail time for it, so nevermind.
That picture of the boys and the white paint! OMG!:fork_off: I do not know how parents manage these days! I'm so lucky that I just have a big dog!

junqueyardjim 02-23-2007 07:39 PM
Here is a guarantee!
 
It is guaranteed that sugar, syrup, molasses or any other sugar product that gets into an engine will totally end the useful life of the engine. Of course it has to be ingested by the engine. If it sinks to the bottom and the fuel system can't pick it up for a while, maybe say even a long while, eventually it will. With a carb it will definetly get into the engine. With fuel injection, I think there is a good possiblity that the fuel filters and ther injectors themselves would stop up, thereby causing the engine to stall before it was ruined. But if sugar ever gets into the combustion area, it's history.

Whiskeydan 02-23-2007 07:46 PM
Don't they have a "morning after pill" for this???:D

Jim B. 02-23-2007 08:00 PM
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Originally Posted by OldPokey (Post 1429019)
I don't know about molasses in the fuel tank, but corn syrup in the crankcase is a classic enviro-terrorist method for halting construction equipment.
Edward Abbey's "The Monkeywrench Gang" is the classic book on that subject! After reading it you'd want to root for the bad guys. Just WHO are the bad guys anyway?;)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Monkey_Wrench_Gang

bpeters2 02-23-2007 08:01 PM
I've got to totally agree with you Junqueyardjim. If sugar enters the combustion chamber----> carmel


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