Robert Horne Posted January 27, 2011 Report Posted January 27, 2011 Many of my neighbors have lost gas from their vehicles, and gas cans they have for their mowers. I just lost my third gas can, that I had near my riding mower. My third can had a special additive, "Karo". I am not sure if the people that took my gas can likes "Karo" or not, as an additive, but it will help them with their exercise program, of pushing their little ATV up and down their driveway. Quote
Plymouthy Adams Posted January 27, 2011 Report Posted January 27, 2011 Many of my neighbors have lost gas from their vehicles, and gas cans they have for their mowers. I just lost my third gas can, that I had near my riding mower. My third can had a special additive, "Karo". I am notsure if the people that took my gas can likes "Karo" or not, as an additive, but it will help them with their exercise program, of pushing their little ATV up and down their driveway. and if they happen to put two and two together and come back to retaliate..you may end up getting your Karo back...in your own gas tanks..if they were low enough to take it in the beginning, you can bet your bottom dollar this will cross their mind.. Quote
Robert Horne Posted January 27, 2011 Author Report Posted January 27, 2011 That is possible. They are stealing from everyone around here. I seen them yesterday going into my neighbor's carport with their gas can trying to find more gas. Quote
BobT-47P15 Posted January 27, 2011 Report Posted January 27, 2011 Hopefully they got more gas from other places, along with yours....so they won't be sure where the stuff came from. Quote
dezeldoc Posted January 27, 2011 Report Posted January 27, 2011 Tim, Their rewards may be much worse than that if the right person catches them. Good ol fashion a$$ whoppin will cure that! Quote
greg g Posted January 27, 2011 Report Posted January 27, 2011 Some folks have sacrificed a cantainer or two placing them casually in they yard but filled with water. Quote
Plymouthy Adams Posted January 27, 2011 Report Posted January 27, 2011 seems every day there are more and more folks stooping to this behavior..is it the economy or the mindset that life just flat owes them this...get as get can and road rage has put everyone on edge..question..what is the deal going on when a car comes beside you on the interstate..rides right alongside..you look over they speed up only to drop back beside you again..this went on for a number of times till I pulled my cell phone out of my pocket..the man sped away quick..happened to a friend of mine early one morning going to the swap meet..except he carries something other than a cell phone..any clue? I view it od and at minimum a less than trustworthy act.. Quote
Don Coatney Posted January 27, 2011 Report Posted January 27, 2011 Here is what Snoops has to say. http://www.snopes.com/autos/grace/sugar.asp And this from Herguth Labs. http://www.herguth.com/technical/sugar_test.pdf And again this from "How Things Work" http://auto.howstuffworks.com/fuel-efficiency/fuel-consumption/sugar-in-gas-tank.htm More interesting reading here. http://yarchive.net/car/sugar_in_gas.html Quote
PhilJohnson Posted January 27, 2011 Report Posted January 27, 2011 I've either been lucky or there are few thieves around here. I haven't had any gas stolen from me. How ever I never keep the stuff in plain view and I have a tendency to wander around my front yard with the shot gun shooting at random varmints Quote
53_Suburban Posted January 27, 2011 Report Posted January 27, 2011 Here is what Snoops has to say. http://www.snopes.com/autos/grace/sugar.asp After reading the snopes article I now understand why one of my high school buddies poured a bottle of pepsi down the oil filler of someone he didn't like rather than sugaring the gas tank. Quote
TodFitch Posted January 27, 2011 Report Posted January 27, 2011 After reading the snopes article I now understand why one of my high school buddies poured a bottle of pepsi down the oil filler of someone he didn't like rather than sugaring the gas tank. That sounds like it might have done what the malefactor desired. Quote
John Mulders Posted January 28, 2011 Report Posted January 28, 2011 Not sure wat "Karo" is? On the sugar in gas, did Mythbusters not proved that that is a myth? Sugar won't disolve in gas and would not get in the system. http://www.ehow.com/facts_5562222_effects-sugar-gas-tank.html Good luck with catching them, guess the best moment is to tap them on the shoulder when they are sucking on the tube John Quote
dezeldoc Posted January 28, 2011 Report Posted January 28, 2011 Their are a few things to make sure whatever they put it in is disabled. Take a golf ball and skin it, put into said can or tank and watch the fun when it comes apart and takes out most of the fuel system! crazy glue and tooth picks in the key hole will keep them busy for a while also. Mythbusters is not always right, i have seen quite a few that i know for a fact happened and yet they could not reproduce it, so i take them half heartedly, but fun to watch! Quote
austinsailor Posted January 28, 2011 Report Posted January 28, 2011 You could move to Texas. After dark you can use lethel force (shoot to kill) to stop a thief or stop criminal mischief. this include TP ing your trees. Drastic, but would stop it. Quote
Robert Horne Posted January 28, 2011 Author Report Posted January 28, 2011 Not sure wat "Karo" is?On the sugar in gas, did Mythbusters not proved that that is a myth? Sugar won't disolve in gas and would not get in the system. http://www.ehow.com/facts_5562222_effects-sugar-gas-tank.html Good luck with catching them, guess the best moment is to tap them on the shoulder when they are sucking on the tube John "Karo" is what I put on my pancakes. It is good on pancakes, but not in gas engines. Quote
TJM70's_48 Posted January 28, 2011 Report Posted January 28, 2011 I'd be tempted to fill a gas can with diesel fuel. Let them use that in their gas engine for a while. How could be your fault they stole the wrong kind of fuel from next to your lawn mower? Quote
JIPJOBXX Posted January 28, 2011 Report Posted January 28, 2011 I hate to admit it but in my youth for some dam reason a few of my buddies and I tried to siphon some gas out of a car in the middle of the night. I remember it well as it just went oft like were a bunch of clowns in a circus. Got the can close to the car and then it fell over and blame all the lights went on in the house and we took oft like a shot. It just goes to prove when your 15 or 16 your gray matter doesn't work to well as the cost of gas back then was a quarter a gallon. Just crazy teenage stuff I guess???? Quote
Eneto-55 Posted January 28, 2011 Report Posted January 28, 2011 I have also heard of people putting salt in the gas tank - anyone know if that would do any actual damage? (They talked like it does.) Neto Quote
Don Coatney Posted January 28, 2011 Report Posted January 28, 2011 I have also heard of people putting salt in the gas tank - anyone know if that would do any actual damage? (They talked like it does.)Neto Salt, like sugar, will not disolve in gasoline. The salt and sugar chunks will drop to the bottom of a vessel or tank and lay there. Should any get sucked into the fuel line the filter will most likely catch them. Quote
JIPJOBXX Posted January 28, 2011 Report Posted January 28, 2011 If I had this problem I would blend some oil and gas together preferablely alot of oil and then set it out front! Quote
WatchingWolf Posted January 29, 2011 Report Posted January 29, 2011 Gasoline and 90% rubbing alcohol mixed 50/50 should smell like gas, look like gas and run nice and lean for about 5 minutes........ Quote
Robert Horne Posted January 29, 2011 Author Report Posted January 29, 2011 The way gas is we buy now with 10% alcohol at the pump, one would not have to add much more alcohol to make it not usable. All of my small engines do not like the 10%. There was a proposal to go to 15% alcohol at the pump. I hope that does not pass. Quote
oldodge41 Posted January 29, 2011 Report Posted January 29, 2011 I bought a '74 Duster one time that didn't run. Replaced fuel pump and it ran fine, for awhile. After the second fuel pump I started tearing them apart and found a hard red sand-like substance in all of them as well as the inline filter I had put ahead of it. I pulled the gas tank and took it to the local pressure car wash and flushed several pounds of this substance out of it. I was about 17 years old but a couple "old timers" told me that is what sugar does in a fuel system after it is in there awhile. Don't know if that is what it was or not but it made my first year of dating my wife interesting as every time we went cruising down town the darn thing would quit and we would have to walk to my sisters and borrow her car to pull start mine and then it would run. If you shut it off it may or may not get enough fuel cranking to start. I often wonder who disliked that guy that had the Duster enough to do that. I added a locking gas cap just in case they didn't know he had sold the car.......LOL Quote
TodFitch Posted January 29, 2011 Report Posted January 29, 2011 The way gas is we buy now with 10% alcohol at the pump, one would not have to add much more alcohol to make it not usable. All of my small engines do not like the 10%. There was a proposal to go to 15% alcohol at the pump. I hope that does not pass. It is my understanding that 15% for cars newer than about 2001 was recently approved. I'm hoping that in an area like mine where lots of cars are older than 2001 that the filling stations will reject filling their tanks with something so many cars can't use. I guess ADM and Cargill have hired the best lobbyists as using corn based ethanol in gasoline makes no sense from an environmental or economic point of view. Quote
Captain Neon Posted January 29, 2011 Report Posted January 29, 2011 No thing really wrong as ethanol as a fuel, and there are some benefits to be derived from frequent use of ethanol. However, promoting ethanol as less expensive or environmentally responsible is a bald-face lie. Ethanol should be sold for what it is, a super premium high octane fuel. Great stuff for drag racing muscle cars, but absurd to be used in mama's station wagon. If folks had to pay the real unsubsidised price of ethanol vs. petrol, no one would use it but those wanting the extra octane. Quote
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