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Originally Posted by MNBoxster
A simple add it to the Gas experiment is not very empirical because doesn't take into account what other substances may have been involved and in what quantity/concentrations, nor does it allow for any effect the reported time interval may have.
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I disagree. A simple experiment would substantiate or not the hypothesis in question -- could WW gel within gas --. It would not show the whole causality chain down to the nth link, and it would not reveal all
necessary conditions; however it shows
sufficient conditions, which is what we're after. In other words, irrelevant of contributing factors (mixing gas x vs. gas y, vs gas z, intermixed with unknown quantities of injector cleaner, subject to heating cycles as experienced in climate j, under normal operating temps in a 9mo term, etc..) CAN WW gel in gas. An a attempt to duplicate those exact conditions of the mishap would be cost prohibitive, borderline impossible as there are too many unknowns, and besides, it doesn't cut to the chase.
We're trying to determine mainly: IF WW can turn to jelly under typical conditons and if WW will flow through or get trapped in a particulate filter.
If it is obverved to gel in gas, bang, we're done. We have our answer. It it does not, it can always be argued there were contributing factors such as unaccounted for substances as you may imply, but that's not the meat of the issue. The experiment would not encapsulate that, but it doesn't have to. It just needs to tell us the common denominators.