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Originally Posted by The Suby
I think this was busted as a myth on Mythbusters - didn't do stuff-all to the engine they tested.
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I don't know what they did in their testing, but during the early eighties I had to rebuild several motors in a fleet of Mack trucks that had been sabotaged using sugar. We had samples of the fuel & oil analyzed by an oil companies laboritory to determine the cause of the failures.
The sugar seems to cause the oil to thicken & loose its lubricating properties, causing an engine failure to the bottom end due to a lack of proper lubrication. When you strip the engine down everthing is gummed up & the residude is extremely difficult to clean.Most solvents & degreasers seemed to have a difficult job of breaking down the residude for some reason. Even trying to clean your hands after stripping the motor was a pain as the staining remained on your skin for some time afterwards.