Watching Mythbusters tonight and they featured "engine killers"
07-19-2006, 06:08 PM
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Keeper of the Cash
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Watching Mythbusters tonight and they featured "engine killers"
They did a lot of the typical pranks, i.e. food in the tail pipe, drain clog remover, bleach, and sugar (seperately) in the gas tank, a penny in the carborator, bleach in the crankcase, moth ***** as an octane booster, and soda in the rad.
The best one was an egg in the rad to fix a leak. What's even odder is, it worked.
All of the above stuff in the gas tank didn't hamper the engine's ability to run, the moth ***** even "seemed" to actually <i>help</i>. The banana and potato in the tailpipe just got shotout by the pressure of the exhaust. The penny made a lot of racket, but didn't stop the engine. However, the bleach in the gas tanks caused the metal to rust and ruin the tank. Bleach in the crankcase was the engine's demise.
The engine was a V8 american small block, and no fuel filter (I assumed). The engine was tested outside the car and without any instruments.
Anyone have any input on this?
The best one was an egg in the rad to fix a leak. What's even odder is, it worked.
All of the above stuff in the gas tank didn't hamper the engine's ability to run, the moth ***** even "seemed" to actually <i>help</i>. The banana and potato in the tailpipe just got shotout by the pressure of the exhaust. The penny made a lot of racket, but didn't stop the engine. However, the bleach in the gas tanks caused the metal to rust and ruin the tank. Bleach in the crankcase was the engine's demise.
The engine was a V8 american small block, and no fuel filter (I assumed). The engine was tested outside the car and without any instruments.
Anyone have any input on this?
