what exactly happens when sugar is added to gasoline? When saltis added?
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From: RAB on 12 Aug 2010 11:48 Angelo Campanella wrote: > "Angelo Campanella" <a.campanella(a)att.net> wrote in message news:... > >>"jbriggs444" <jbriggs444(a)gmail.com> wrote in message >>news:a2deb5df-8279-4a77-a722-68231d33f1f5(a)n37g2000prc.googlegroups.com... >>On May 31, 11:15 am, Archimedes Plutonium >><plutonium.archime...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>>dlzc wrote: >>> >>>>Dear Archimedes Plutonium: >>>> >>>>>Question: when sugar is added to gasoline, I heard it >>>>>freezes up a engine? >>>>>How does it do that? Does it become a glue? >>>> >>>>No, it doesn't do anything like that. >>> >>>You take the word of a bunch of guys who probably do not have the >>>experimental >> >>...... >> >>>That is not really scientific is it, now David. >> >>........ >> >>>I don't want an answer from a group of sentimentalists. I want a >>>proper scientific >>>accounting. >> >>......... >> >>>Tell me if they truly had x number of engines to waste? Tell me if >>>they added the sugar, >>>then let the car rest for 24 hours on a tank of gasoline with sugar >>>and if the points >>>in the car did not become glued with a coating of sugar? >> >>.............. >> >>>As I understand it, sugar in the gas is expected to caramelize >>>in the engine and generally gum up the works. >> >>(First intelligent answer in days!) >> >>What's with you guys??? >>Are there no real physicists in this group? >> >>Can't anyone here get beyond foolish speculation? >> >>"Carmelizing" is good, but now we need explanation of the parts that are >>affected. The Piston Ring is a good start.. >> >>I suspect (no proof) that the most vulerable spot is the seat of al rings >>in their slot on the side of all pistons. Carmelized sugar will "glue" the >>rings to the sides of their slots in a retraced (inner) position. This >>position will result in the *least* amount of (very poor) compression when >>running. It also allows oil to run up into the combustion chambers to be >>burned or thrown out the exnaust. >> >>The engine "death" then would be slow, where it may run, but produces less >>and less propulsion power while burning more and more oil. Anyone pushing >>that engine to "get home" would end up frustrated, or with an burned out >>engine (used up all oil and burned the bearings), or both. >> >>Any eyewitness accounts? >> >>Ange >> >> > > > > > --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: news(a)netfront.net --- See http://www.ehow.com/how-does_4914586_mixed-gasoline-do-car-engine.html |