08/24/2026
"What happens if someone puts sugar in your gas tank?"
This customer came in because their car would randomly not start. Sometimes it ran normally, and other times it wouldn't start at all.
After testing the vehicle, we found something you definitely don't see every day, sugar in the gas tank.
Someone wasn't happy.
So, what does sugar in a gas tank actually do?
Think of your car's fuel system like a bunch of tiny straws carrying gasoline from the tank to the engine. Sugar doesn't dissolve properly in gasoline. Instead, it contaminates the fuel and can get carried through the system, clogging filters, damaging the fuel pump, plugging injectors, and contaminating the fuel rail and lines.
Once that happens, simply draining the gas tank isn't enough.
This repair involved removing the contaminated fuel, cleaning the tank, replacing the fuel filter, the fuel pump, flushing the fuel lines, and flushing or replacing the components that the contaminated fuel traveled through.
It's an unfortunate repair, but no job is too big or too small for our team. The customer was also able to take advantage of our 0% for 90 day payment option to make an unexpected repair a little easier.
Having a strange problem with your vehicle? Schedule online anytime and let us figure out what's actually causing it.