# 2008 Mitsubishi Lancer - treatments for sugar in the tank?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2008-mitsubishi-lancer-treatments-for-sugar-in-the-tank/155654>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** mitsubishi, lancer\
**Created:** [December 31, 2019, 6:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2008-mitsubishi-lancer-treatments-for-sugar-in-the-tank/155654 "2019-12-31T18:27:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![TracyJackson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f19dbf/32.png) [@TracyJackson](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TracyJackson)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2019, 6:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2008-mitsubishi-lancer-treatments-for-sugar-in-the-tank/155654/1 "2019-12-31T18:27:16Z")

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Will gas treatments work if some one put sugar in gas tank

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**Author:** ![old\_mopar\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/6bbea6/32.png) [@old\_mopar\_guy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/old_mopar_guy)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2020, 4:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2008-mitsubishi-lancer-treatments-for-sugar-in-the-tank/155654/2 "2020-01-01T16:08:25Z")

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Just leave it be. Sugar doesn’t dissolve in gasoline it’s an old wives tale. That sugar will still be on the bottom of the tank, doing no harm, when you get rid of the car.

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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2020, 4:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2008-mitsubishi-lancer-treatments-for-sugar-in-the-tank/155654/3 "2020-01-01T16:34:53Z")

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+1 to old mopar guy’s statement.  
Over the years, Tom & Ray spoke to this issue on several occasions, and they always stated that this is _not_ the problem that old wives’ tales portray it to be.