NOTE: This thread concerns the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; not internal combustion engines.
Sugar in the gas tank will not ruin the engine, the most it will do is maybe clog the fuel filter.
Bleach on the other hand is an Oxidizer, it will cause certain metals to rust extremely fast…
This still assumes access to the fuel tank
We can work backwards and double down on this problem by making sure it remains inaccessible for as long as possible.
Ideally, you would want to weld the fuel hole shut, but that may be impractical. Depositing a cartoonish amount of very strong glue into the fuel cap cover can be a more realistic compromise.
Attempts to regain access may leave the fuel tank vulnerable where it can then be double tapped with bleach.
or just use a flathead screwdriver idk im high
What about that absorbent gel made to clean up tanker truck spills I think I’ve seen some sold to make toilet replacement easier
I’ve never considered what a shitload of silica gel would do inside a gas tank… It can’t be anything good, but I doubt it would get past the fuel filter. The vehicle probably won’t run but the fix isn’t super difficult, just a new fuel tank + pump and you’re good to go.
Pouring it into the oil intake would have much more interesting results but you aren’t getting in there unless a) you have cab access to pop the hood latch, or b) you’re willing and able to destroy so much of the vehicle to access that that whatever you do afterward starts to not even matter.
I’ve always wondered what a diy thermic lance would do to the engine of a usable vehicle
I imagine it would then present you with an unusable vehicle.
So they gotta replace the fuel filter. Still gotta do maintenance
So they have a long break and taxpayer money is used to fix their car. I don’t really understand that logic.
The longer they are indisposed the longer they aren’t destroying families. It’s not difficult to understand.
Am I crazy or does everyone in the comments not realize they’re talking about ICE the federal agency?
You’re as sane as I was in 2019. Looks like 196 has more gearheads than Americans.
I though we were talking about German express trains.
ICE is jerks.
Well I understand. I’ve seen people say the same kind of shit talking about people’s internal combustion engine cars. There are fanatics in Fuckcars and environmental communities.
There is nothing really in the screenshot saying it’s about the agency.
To me, ICE is a high-speed train. I mean, I could look it up, check what it means in US. But at this point, I am not interested enough.
I just saw this on Tumblr before seeing it here and I was also really confused for a moment.
Sugar in a gas tank is not nearly as damaging as just pouring water in it.
Or diesel, in a petrol car. It’s a heck of a lot less suspicious to be pouring diesel from a fuel can than it is to be pouring a big ol bag of sugar.
Bleach.
My OSS manual recommends sugar, but more than sugar they recommend fine sand
Law nerds: can ironical intent be proven in court?
Serious answer: The US gov is past using courts or caring what the laws says
Think the fbi has officially recognized the term “in minecraft” as possible real intent
“In Roblox” it is, then.
Idk but it reminds of that one WKYK sketch.
Which one?
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1000% stealing “ironic intent” lmfao
You realize that’s why they use mostly unmarked vehicles?
Or rentals depending on the area.
Put a BB in the valve stem cap. It’s non-destructive, but will still result in a flat tire. If you super glue the BB, they might end up with several flats before they realize.
I had a tool in highschool that took the valve out of the stem I borrowed from my dads mechanic shop that I put to good use. If there’s a hell I’m probably headed there
Valve stem remover. They are available form auto parts stores and the evil online store for about $6
The trick is not to just remove the stem. That’s noticable and will be immediately fixed. Instead, just loosen it a turns. It causes a slow leak they will keep pumping the tire and get the tire itself looked at before they realize their mistake.
Valve stem tightener, friend
The great thing about the BB is that it just lets the air out. All of the other methods are straight up destruction of property, and that’s not a fun charge to catch when that property belongs to law enforcement.
You think they care if there’s a proper charge?
A jury would.
In the CAP, you say?
A small stone will also work.
A Schrader valve has a lot of metal in it. Cutting them isn’t easy. A valve stem remover is cheap, about $6. Unscrew the valve stems and the tire’s air pressure will push them out. Throw the valve stems far from the car. Alternatively you could use a bodkin to puncture the sidewalls of the tire. A bodkin is a little tool used to make fishing flies. Think of a tiny ice-pick. A very small hole leaks slowly and doesn’t make much noise, making it easy to get away unnoticed. If you slash a tire with a big knife, the air comes out fast and makes a loud pop. If you don’t want to be noticed, don’t slash the tires with a knife unless the air is already gone.
Alternatively you could use a bodkin to puncture the sidewalls of the tire. A bodkin is a little tool used to make fishing flies.
For a moment I thought you wanted to suggest to go medieval on their
assestires.
Putting sugar in the gas tank does not work (unless in a movie). You can clog exhaust pipe or penetrate tire.
Bleach is corrosive and will bypass the fuel filter I’ve heard.
Water balloons + black oil paint + used motor oil + a handful of course sand = absolute hell on car paint, polycarbonate panes (think security helmet visors or those see through riot shields), and anything with feet that likes to walk around.
They make sand that isn’t coarse, rough, and everywhere-getting?
What would exactly happen if one woule pour sugar in the gas tank? Like on a chemical and mechanical level?
First time hearing about this
It’s a myth perpetuated by people who don’t know better. By all means, putting sugar in a gas tank is not advised because, well, sugar doesn’t belong in there. But it will not ruin the engine. If it even reaches the engine, you have a pretty bad fuel filter.
Does salad oil work?
bleach will do some interesting things
Bleach in the oil was the destruction method mandated by Cash for Clunkers if I remember correctly.
Man, I hate that program. Destroying tons of cool classic cars and making used cars in general needlessly expensive. Absolutely wasteful and counterproductive. I mean, sure, !fuckcars, but not like that!
If they wanted to stimulate the economy that bad they should’ve increased spending on bike/ped/transit infrastructure or something like that instead.
Honestly I am still convinced that it was a handout, though not directly, to the auto industry because Obama had campaigned on saving Detroit but the bailouts weren’t enough to keep GM and Chrysler afloat. (Ford, in a business move that I wish was more common but also because they were dying before the recession, leveraged the blue oval logo as collateral on a loan.)
It was totally a handout, pretty much explicitly:
the Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS, commonly known as ‘Cash-For-Clunkers’), one of several stimulus programs whose purpose was to shift expenditures by households, businesses, and governments from future periods when the economy is likely to be stronger, to the present when the economy has an abundance of unemployed resources that can be put to work at low net economic cost.
https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2010/04/05/did-cash-clunkers-work-intended
Dish soap mixed with a small amount of water would probably fuck up an engine.
Dish soap and Vinegar also makes an excellent fruit fly trap. Apple Cider is even better than Vinegar
Nothing. Sugar is not soluble in hydrocarbons and the particles would be caught by the fuel filter. You’d have to replace the filter and clean the fuel tank, but the engine would be fine. Might as well use dirt instead of sugar to achieve the same effect.
We call table salt “salt” even though that’s a generic name for any metal bonded with a non metallic mineral (for instance potassium chloride). Sugar is the same, table sugar is just one kind of sugar. “Sugar” is the generic name for a type of carbohydrate. Ethanols found in gasoline can degrade into a sugar over time (like in a mower left out over the winter) and this will leave a fine white powder in the engine that will cause scaring when the engine is started. Thus sugar can ruin your engine, but is more likely to increase wear. This has perpetuated an urban legend that you can force this by putting table sugar in a gas tank.
I realize (and you mentioned) that sugar is not a well defined term, but calling degradation products of ethanol in gas “sugars” is still a bit of a stretch. Ethanol by itself usually forms some combination of acetaldehyde, acetic acid, 2-carbon peroxides, and CO2 (i.e. not sugars) upon autoxidation, though those species can react with other components of gasoline to form the precipitated “gum”. The structure of gum in the literature is pretty hand-wavy (high MW materials kinda just be like that sometimes) but tends to be much more more oxygen-deficient than conventional “sugars” (polysaccharides) even for ethanol blends and contains a wider variety of substructures. Though, I have seen some papers talking about certain microbes that can ferment the ethanol in gasoline, possibly via sugars, but I don’t think that’s the common degradarion pathway for a mower.
See the longer response from another user, they’re correct. Just wanted to say table sugar is sucrose (a combination of fructose and glucose if I remember correctly). But you will not create sugars in the process you’re talking about.
Oh, it just gums everything up. The fuel doesn’t combust as well, and the pistons get sticky, among other things.EDIT: I was wrong. It clogs the fuel filter, the same way sand would.
I find it interesting that these posts are dated 2019. I don’t remember this being an issue pre-covid.
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I remember family separations was a big deal during his first term. And then there was that US citizen teen who was imprisoned by ICE in Texas…
Okay, won’t do that 🫡
Doesn’t have to be a big hole in the sidewall, you can’t put a plug in it no matter the size so a needle can render a tire FUBAR
Brake cleaner, crazy they put that stuff in spray cans…
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Brake cleaner will eat away paint
Walk by the car and spray it. It’s clear and will take 5-10 minutes before showing damage. Eventually, the message you draw will show up.
A car with messed up paint would have a harder time getting approved to get fixed. If you mess up the engine, then it’s just getting fixed instantly with taxpayer money.
Is this why modern caltrops ended up on my YouTube FYP?
