I have heard that putting sugar in my fuel tank may lead to my vans not working anymore. This is an outcome I am looking to avoid.
I use these vans to transport children, who I usually pick up from sites about a few miles out. I would be really miffed if those vans were disabled in such a way that they were not able to make it to those children.
Are there any other actions I should avoid taking with my vans? I really wouldn’t want to cause damage to them in such a way that they would fail before the children got inside them.
Sugar can make a sticky mess, but if ever this happened to you, you could still take the van to a mechanic to have the fuel line and engine professionally cleaned.
What you REALLY want to avoid is fine silt or other hard particular matter that remains in suspension in the gasoline rather than dissolving. Such crystalline particles can potentially pass through the filter into the engine and cause many tiny scratches, wearing down the precisely engineered moving parts and doing serious damage that would be very expensive to fix. Before adding anything to your fuel tank, be sure to check it for suspended fine particulate matter, especially if the container has been sitting unattended for a while!