Scott,
This probably won't reach you in time, but couldn't you just burn a
small sample of the suspect petrol? I would assume that burning
sugar-contaminated fuel would result in a black, sticky mess, or some
similarly horrible residue... .
(In fact, maybe I'll prepare a test sample this evening and give it a
try, just for future reference.)
-coryc
>Before we left for the show, Paul and I drained some fuel into a
>gallon milk jug, taking it out from the fuel line just before the fuel
>filter. I then cut the top off the jug and set this fuel out to
>evaporate for the day (about a pint). When we returned from the show
>(some 14 hours later) I learned an important thing. Petrol takes
>quite a long time to evaporate! I thought to boil it off on my gas
>stove, but my wife didn't like the smell of cooking flammable liquids
>in the kitchen, oh well. 8^> So I checked the edges where the fuel
>had evaporated for crystals and found nothing. Disposed of most the
>rest and checked for more crystals in the morning, nothing. I shall
>be driving the car tonight and shall report if we have an engine
>running tomorrow or not. Many folks felt I should drain the tank, and
>that would be the safest thing to do, but I think I was letting my
>worst dreams get the best of me. (Say Daren, in *your* dream, did you
>remember anything about sugar? ;-)
>
>Frosted Flakes,
>
>-Scott
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