# 1999 GMC Suburban - getting sugar out of my tank **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [November 10, 2018, 6:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1999-gmc-suburban-getting-sugar-out-of-my-tank/128571 "2018-11-10T18:25:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sara18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/db5fbb/32.png) [@Sara18](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Sara18)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2018, 6:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1999-gmc-suburban-getting-sugar-out-of-my-tank/128571/1 "2018-11-10T18:25:20Z")
Someone put sugar in my tank. Can i fix this problem with out having to get a new pump? ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2018, 6:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1999-gmc-suburban-getting-sugar-out-of-my-tank/128571/2 "2018-11-10T18:32:21Z")
Sure, ignore it and likely the pump won’t have any problems. Or anything else. Or remove the tank and clean it out. It really doesn’t do much harm and a Subby has a large, or huge gas tank so you’d have to pour a huge amount of sugar to really do any significant damage. > **[What if I put sugar in someone's gas tank?](https://auto.howstuffworks.com/fuel-efficiency/fuel-consumption/sugar-in-gas-tank.htm)** > > Putting sugar in someone's gas tank has long been rumored to ruin someone's car. But does it really work? What could really disable a car? > **[Here's What Happens When You Put Sugar In Your Gas Tank](https://jalopnik.com/heres-what-happens-when-you-put-sugar-in-your-gas-tank-1795431388)** > > Sugar in the gas tank is one of those staples of miserable things you always heard that awful people do to other, often similarly awful people’s cars. While nobody thinks sweeting your car’s gas is a good idea, the actual results of putting sugar in... ---
**Author:** ![Sara18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/db5fbb/32.png) [@Sara18](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Sara18)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2018, 6:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1999-gmc-suburban-getting-sugar-out-of-my-tank/128571/3 "2018-11-10T18:41:02Z")
Removed the filter and cant hear pump come on. Is there any reason why it wouldnt come on. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2018, 9:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1999-gmc-suburban-getting-sugar-out-of-my-tank/128571/4 "2018-11-10T21:48:20Z")
> [@Sara18](#): > > Is there any reason why it wouldnt come on Yes, the pump could have failed, the fuel relay could have failed or the wiring could have failed. On a truck this old, I suspect the pump if it has not been replaced. How are you tying to run the pump? Are you turning the key to the ON position but not crank to cycle the pump? And fuel is not shooting out the pipe where the filter was? ---
**Author:** ![Sara18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/db5fbb/32.png) [@Sara18](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Sara18)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2018, 9:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1999-gmc-suburban-getting-sugar-out-of-my-tank/128571/5 "2018-11-10T21:52:18Z")
The pump was replaced last month but some one just recently put sugar in my tank. We took the filter out and turn the key just into on position and can not hear pump coming on. No gas coming out where filter was. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2018, 10:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1999-gmc-suburban-getting-sugar-out-of-my-tank/128571/6 "2018-11-10T22:01:26Z")
Time to drop the tank, again. Flush out the tank while it is out, replace the pump, again.