I'm sure the collective will suggest several methods of destructive
ways to damage an engine: abrasives, acids, adhesives, etc., but for a
positive lock on the damage there is oil analysis available to anyone:
http://www.blackstone-labs.com/free-test-kits.php
Tony in Texas
On 30 September 2013 11:17, <eric@megageek.com> wrote:
> Hello all, theoretical question about engines.
>
> My co-workers and I were talking about trying to identify if an engine was
> tampered with after it was destroyed. (I work in law enforcement.)
>
> We were wondering, would you be able to tell if someone put sugar in a gas
> tank and it lunched the engine? Mostly on a small engine verses a car.
> (I'm assuming that a fuel filter would catch any additives in a car.)
>
> If so, is there something else to put in gas that would kill it? Or
> something else that can be done that was undetectable?
>
> I knew this would be the place for the definitive answer!
>
> Eric P
> "Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a rational
> being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your territory." Ralph
> Waldo Emerson
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