I think sugar blocks the lines and prevents any running at all. Water or lousy
additives in the gas (when he purchased it) is likely the cause of the
symptoms. Start with some dry gas additive and see if drying it out helps.
Bill
Chris Stephenson wrote:
> I got these symptoms one time when I had water in the gas tank. This was
> back in the mid 80's. The water came from a gas station that had switched to
> gasohol. The company (FastFare I think) paid for all repairs.
>
> Chris Stephenson
> cs@tscg.net
> (404) 915-7669
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-alpines@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-alpines@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of AlpineDriver@aol.com
> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 12:55 PM
> To: alpines@autox.team.net
> Subject: General Question, not Sunbeam related
>
> A friend asked me to post this general question. Delete not interested.
>
> He is experiencing sputtering and pinging on two vehicles suddenly which are
> parked outside unprotected.
>
> Question: does anyone know the symptoms of gas sabotage, such as sugar in
> the tank?
>
> Rob Carpenter
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