Can an engine blow up if some one puts milky way or snickers in the gas tank

TIM HEG

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1999 CHEVROLET MALIBU
175,000 MILES

I found out that some body put three or four milky way candy bars and two snickers in my gas tank. The car and sputtered and then would not start. When it quit running there was blue white smoke off the back side of the engine block and it smelled like something was burning. Did the candy bars make the engine blow up?

Wednesday, August 31st, 2011 AT 9:36 PM

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RASMATAZ

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I do not think so. Maybe clogged up the fuel system.

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Wednesday, August 31st, 2011 AT 9:48 PM

KEVIN12881

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No, just clog up fuel filter. Even after it breaks down. Do not worry about the sugar. Sugar basically will not do much at all to the car. It sinks to the bottom of the gas tank, and seldom gets sucked into the engine. And even if it does get sucked up by the fuel pump, very unlikely, the fuel filter is going to stop 99.9% of it. Sugar does not mix with gasoline, and remains a solid. About the worst it can do is to clog up your fuel filter; easily fixed by replacing the filter. I do not know if it can make it to the injectors, but it would hurt those.

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Thursday, September 1st, 2011 AT 12:14 AM