What will happen really if a handful of sand/sugar is poured inside petrol tank?

@zaveri • 12 Sep, 2013 • 1 like the reason why an engine would stall when water is poured in the tank is simply that water is not a combustible substance or fuel.

As for sand , it is a substance which is used to extinguish fire, so therefore when added in the tank and sent along with the fuel, to the engine, it must be preventing the power stroke from taking place, and hence stalling the engine.

As for sugar, i think the reaction with petrol would be something different and far more complicated, because after all sugar too is a carbon compound (C6 H12 O6)

@Ramani Aswath • 19 Sep, 2013 Here is an authentic report on sugar in petrol:
https://www.snopes.com/autos/grace/sugar.asp

@Anoop Kumar • 19 Sep, 2013

A.V.Ramani

Here is an authentic report on sugar in petrol:
https://www.snopes.com/autos/grace/sugar.asp

I like the last paragraph. To get revenge just sprinkle sugar below the petrol tank 😉

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