um...yeah, i was mainly joking.

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1980 300D

And if you don't drain and clean it out, what's the downside? Probably everyhere from nothing happening to major engine overhaul time.

Which is the bigger concern to you? That you'd waste your time and money cleaning it out when you didn't need to, or that you'd spend your time and money overhauling the engine because you shoulda cleaned it out?

If it were my car, I'd just grumble a lot while I was cleaning it out so I could laugh about it later (and tease my son about it when he's older I'd also count my blessings that I knew about it before I ever started the car.

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Broadband: more lies faster.

You might be able to fool some of the people some of the time. But you can't fool all the people all the time.

I'm not buying that story. Don't ask me why......

Be sure to post a picture of the fuel tank after it's removed!!!!

is their a such thing as an 86 SDL?

Yes. Checked that already.

Sounds like your kid took it too literally when someone told him diesels are "slow as molasses" ...

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1987 300D, arctic white/palomino--314,000 miles
1978 240D 4-speed, Euro Delivery, light ivory/bamboo--370,000 miles
2005 Jeep Liberty CRD Limited, light khaki/slate--140,000 miles
2018 Chevy Cruze diesel, 6-speed manual, satin steel metallic/kalahari--19,000 miles
1982 Peugeot 505 diesel, 4-speed manual, blue/blue, 130,000 miles
1995 S320, black/parchment--34,000 miles (Dad's car)

One of my favorite books of all time. I think I've read it 3 times so far

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1987 300TD, 1987 300TD
2008 R32, 2000 Passat Wagon

lol i did the water hose thing when i was little too lol.

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1983 300DT 284k miles. :-) "The Benzo"
1998 Mustang GT Custom 4.9 L engine.
1997 Dodge ram Pickup 5.9L

Sugar is C12H22O11, the H and the O are in 2 to 1 proportions as H2O, heat will evaporate the H20 which will leave you with C, the black gooey substance carbon. Take a spoonful of sugar and burn it, see what you have left and decide how much of that you want in your engine. I would not take a chance with it , drain and clean your tank.

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1982 240D Euro Stick 4

well i tried to take pics of the little test i did, but trying to get clear pics seemed nearly impossible. so i will describe it.....about 2 tablespoons of blackstrap molasses into a quart or so of diesel.
it initially sank for the most part, but you could see some suspended within the diesel. i could also see that the two were reacting as it sat there, initally i thought it was from moving/handling the bottle. so i sat it over night to see what happens. today was a different story. it looked as if the molasses was smoking within the diesel. from every angle i could see a expanded greyish/whitish area starting at the molasses going up into the diesel. there was definitely something happening, and i would think that either the water within the molasses was mixing into the diesel or another part of the molasses was reacting. i assume the sugars would remain heavier and stay on the bottom of the jug.
then as i poured it out, the molasses was definitely thicker and much harder to clean out. i poured in a little fresh diesel and shook it up pretty good, but the molasses just sloshed around, never really letting go of the bottle.
if you havent already cleaned out your tank, i would do so immediately. i might also remove it and clean the h3ll out of it. i could just imagine what this would do to and IP if it made it past the filters. or sank to a low point in the fuel line and caused some cavitation and severe headache when trying to remove it then.

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1980 300D

Take a look at the originator's profile. This statement is worth noting:

Vehicles:
I don't drive or have a car. Damn.

I think that all you kitchen table chemists have been had!!! Don't knock yourself out with those "sweet diesel" experiments!!!

I think we have an internet troll!

or was the car outside, or perhaps in the car? I suspect it's a ***** to get the molasses of the MB-tex.

Chris

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1987 300TD 309, xxx 2.8.2014 10,000 mile OCI


Be careful of the toes you step on today, as they may be connected to the ass you have to kiss tomorrow. anonymous

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter won’t mind.” Dr. Seuss

sugar wont disolve in gasoline. Pouring it in the tank will have the same effect as sand it will just plug the fuel filter at best.

You want to destroy a fuel system? Don't use sugar, use bleach. It will turn a metal tank, fuel pump/injection pump, fuel lines and injectors to rust from the inside out.