A man has said he was shocked to find a mysterious substance in his car’s fuel tank while stopping to fill up.
Alberto Martinezfrom Los Angeles, California, USA, posted a video on his TikTok profile to narrate what happened. “Okay, I’m making this TikTok because I didn’t want to believe it,” he begins in the video.
“I haven’t driven my car since New Year’s. I work in downtown Los Angeles and I was trying to fill up when I found this,” Alberto said before showing what was in the car’s filler neck.
The footage shows that the loading port was filled with a brown, granular substance. “It’s like sweet salt. Did someone, someone try to kill me? Or is someone playing with me?” Alberto asked.
Although it is impossible to know for sure, the incident appears to be an attempted vehicle sabotage. This is because of the widespread belief that pouring sugar into a car’s fuel tank can damage the vehicle’s performance.
However, the Popular Mechanics according to him, this is nothing more than a myth. According to them, a car’s filter system is more than capable of handling the average size of about 200 microns that make up a single sugar crystal.
“The filters in the car’s fuel system capture particles much smaller than this,” the paper explained. So if someone really tried to destroy another person’s car by pouring sugar, or so-called “sweet salt,” as Martinez called it, their plan probably wouldn’t work.
Even if the sugar were to actually end up in the tank, the car would not be “ruined” as many people think. Just take the vehicle to a mechanic who can open the tank and perform a simple cleaning. It is also worth using this opportunity to replace the filter, if necessary.
@thealbertomartinez I just spent $2500 to get my car fixed —got it back on Christmas Eve, and now this. I don’t know if this was intentional or just some random person in Dtla trying to ruin lives. Help #fy #f #fypshi #dtla ♬ original sound – Alberto Martinez
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