ftpiercecracker1 Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 I guess there is a first time for everything. Sometime last night the gas can (full of gas) I have bungeed to my tire carrier was stolen. :fs1: I suppose I was asking for it to happen, because I have never chained/locked it in. I just had the bungee. I wouldn’t be nearly as PO'ed about it if they had used the gas and tossed the can in the bed or something, but they took the whole thing. Cans aint cheap. I checked with the apartment complex and they have no surveillance to speak of so I was SOL there. I looked in all the dumpsters on the premise to see if they disposed of it there with no luck, then I checked at all the Pawn shops in town and batted zero. The diabolical portion of my brain kicked in and I started thinking of laying a trap for when/if they come again. Buy a new can, fill it with WATER, and just bungee it in again. I would have to have a stake out and watch for them, then follow in a different car until they breakdown. It would be sweet. Or, a more convoluted plan. Plant a tracker, somehow, on the can. I kinda want to put one on my truck too, because I have a real bad habit of leaving the keys in the ignition/ash tray/front seat. I suppose I am just to trusting of the general public. :dunno: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88whitemanche Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Yeah It has happened to me before with a spare tire and rim....but that would be funny to find that person to steal that tank with water filled in it... Just make sure it smells like gas first then full it with water Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gogmorgo Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 because I have a real bad habit of leaving the keys in the ignition/ash tray/front seat. I suppose I am just to trusting of the general public. :dunno: You and me both... having grown up in a small town, I also have developed the bad habit. I once left the keys in the ignition with the driver's door not just unlocked but standing wide open on campus long enough I ran down the battery far enough I couldn't start it last spring... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onlyinajeep726 Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 I like the water idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimoshel Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Gasoline has a odor. A dummy may not notice but anybody else would. If I remember correctly water is heavier than gas so if you were to pour 1/2-1 gal of gas on top after filling the can with water. Another thing to consider. The revenge factor. After he figures out what happened he may want to get even. Sugar in the gas tank. Nails under the tires, etc, etc. You get the idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SW86 Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Plus if its cold the water will freeze. Just fill it with gas and put sugar in it. Or let it go and be the better man. Learn from your mistakes, don't make new ones by trying to get revenge. I also grew up/ live in a small town, so I know all about habits that you have to change moving to the city Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny quest Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Another thing to consider. The revenge factor. After he figures out what happened he may want to get even. Sugar in the gas tank. Nails under the tires, etc, etc. You get the idea. this. he knows who you are, you most likely won't know who he is. cut you losses and change your ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trapn6.0 Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 100 percent agree. Can't trust people these days and you don't know what level of stupid their capable of. Move on and learn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiser54 Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 http://www.brucereed.com/Humor/SiphonGas.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strokermjcomanche Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 He'll get what he deserves you just won't know about it . Some people skate through live deceiving other people but it only last so long . What comes around goes around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MancheKid86 Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 The sugar gas works great, now thats karma if being stolen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
91Pioneer Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 If you're going to leave sugar in it you may as well leave it empty. 'cause what if it isn't stolen? Then you have to dispose of sugary gas #backfire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvusse Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 The sugar gas works great, now thats karma if being stolen Sugar does nothing. It doesn't dissolve in gasoline, so the worst it can do is plug up the sock on the fuel pump if you dump enough in. Works no better than sand, salt, or anything else you can throw in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onlyinajeep726 Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Sugar does nothing. It doesn't dissolve in gasoline, so the worst it can do is plug up the sock on the fuel pump if you dump enough in. Works no better than sand, salt, or anything else you can throw in. This. You're better off doing the water trick. Water sinks to the bottom and the fuel pump will suck it up first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimoshel Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 What sugar does is burn with a very hot flame. It will melt the top out of the pistons and weld what's left to the cylinder walls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gogmorgo Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 http://www.snopes.com/autos/grace/sugar.asp Sugar won't do much. As some have said, it's a bad idea to seek revenge on someone with already questionable morals. This won't be a harmless prank war. He'll get what's coming to him on his own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny quest Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 i work in a fluid analysis lab and we've dealt with this type of vandalism. sugar won't make it to the pistons. like previously said, itll do nothing but clog the filters and the injectors, if it even makes it that far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimoshel Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 In the old days,notice I didn't say 'Good old days' Before MPI and TBI there were carburators. Sugar made it up past what passed for a filter and the carb and into the combustion chamber very easily. I suppose another advantage of fuel injection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carnuck Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 diesel fuel. He can't really blame you for that and the smoke will let you know who it is doing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spectormj Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Let it go Journey they will get theirs and when they do cause karma is a b*@$£ like that you will drive by laughing as the cops pull up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockMJ Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 I would be ticked off and beyond irritated much like yourself man. Honestly, let it go and learn from it. They obviously needed it more than you did and what's not to say they could not get to work and provide for their family without it? Be the bigger person and just let it go. In the far realm of possibility who knows, could be a single mother trying to scrape enough together to put food on the table and had no other options (highly, highly unlikely). I have learned that things are not always as they seem and most people will not take from one another unless they are in a really bad place. I have had stuff stolen off my Jeeps in the past and I get pissed for a bit then just chock it up to "well, they obviously needed it more than I did" and leave it at that. The karma factor could turn around and be worse for you than it would them. Hope that helps. RockMJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockMJ Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Btw, not cheap but worth the investment. http://store.adventuretrailers.com/categories/FUEL-%26-WATER/Can-Holders/ RockMJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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