Can we start a car that spent 1 year in salt water?

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[@gamelias87]

More impressed with that pool,it lasted so well over the winter and all..

[@UberLummox]

Everything hasta be tougher in Siberia apparently!

[@turji]

They pole testers nowdontchaknow

[@jasonlogan5765]

Even more impressed that they have a swimming pool in Siberia

[@marumiyuhime]

not winter its summer in siberia LOL JK they have killer hot summers so extreme

[@Wanderer_93]

​@@jasonlogan5765Do you think it's always cold in Siberia? In the summer there +20/+30 by celsius, sometimes +40.

[@jockmchaggis6797]

Been a mechanic for the best part of 20 years, gotta sat I'm impressed Fair play Lada, you can't argue with that

[@mrld3005]

been a mechanic for 21 years I'm not impressed.

[@Canthus13]

Ladas are ugly and slow, but they're simple to work on and fairly reliable. Just don't expect much out of them.

[@pazsion]

until you put a turbo on it and set it up to drift 😂 russian miata

[@izachu904]

@@Canthus13 fairly reliable bro it started after rusting the shit out of it after a year of salt- bath

[@AlexandrTVOfficialChannel]

@@Canthus13not ugly, especially compared to new cars…

[@nutsmonkey787]

Lol "no need to abuse the car" that was being abused in the salt water. Love this channel

[@Workdancerepeat]

I love this channel tp

[@UmmmmmmmWhat]

In salt water, for a year, outside, in Siberia... No abuse whatsoever 😂

[@Ruudiii]

Yeah, also shows us how fkn disgusting russia is

[@RedHeadForester]

15:58 is the best handshake I've ever seen/heard!

[@bhagasasi425]

Thats russian handshake

[@nigelT16]

My thoughts EXACTLY!!

[@Danis8Pastry]

That sound was overlaid.

[@droidmotorola3884]

@@Danis8Pastry like your mom

[@Danis8Pastry]

@@droidmotorola3884 Dad?

[@pvc988]

Meanwhile modern cars: Oil change is due for 3 days: Two out of three pistons and half a crankshaft shoot out of exhaust pipe.

[@brinohosey7498]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@robertwest3093]

The way you worded that is hilarious 😅😅

[@GF-mf7ml]

Do engine oil gearbox fluid change normal driving 50k miles under 7 years engine or transmission fail.

[@theeoddments960]

That’s just Hyundais and kias lol

[@zcomputerwiz]

@@theeoddments960 Free engine replacement! Lol

[@Universal.G]

It sounds like a 4cyl top fuel dragster on that corroded carb 😂😂 18:47

[@joey9511]

its already got the weight reduction of one 🤣

[@Dominik7T]

sounds like it have more than 1k hp

[@arnis8650]

aha, and it has NOS 18:41

[@SuprSi]

Running wide open throttle but hella rich to bog it down. You hear it rev up when they turn the gas off. Does sound pretty crazy!

[@pareshlalta792]

😂😂😂😂

[@RobsNeighbor]

Cars in Wisconsin live in salt for 6 months a year. It's unreal how bad it is here with salt in the winter. Great video!

[@xploration1437]

11 months

[@glennschlorf1285]

Blame your governor

[@grominwithrob1339]

I can relate, I am across the lake in Michigan.

[@geemcspankinson]

Counting my blessings for having rust protection

[@kjelle5350]

Probably a chevy

[@RichCadwalader]

"We'll DRIVE it back down here with THAT carb on it!" He made good on it! I'm impressed! lol

[@russbilzing5348]

Engineer trying to restart Titanic's engines, "Nope." Lada, "Hold my beer!"

[@tandmbros5877]

Hold my vodka!!

[@serg3659]

@@tandmbros5877 Hold my bear

[@russbilzing5348]

@@tandmbros5877 😁

[@russbilzing5348]

@@serg3659 🐻

[@bustjanzupan1074]

@@serg3659 ;-D 😀

[@Iaintwoke]

That's why metal boats have zinc anodes because they corrode before the steel. A similar thing has happened here with the zinc and aluminium parts.

[@DUKE_of_RAMBLE]

DAMMIT 🤣 I scrolled the comments and didn't see this mentioned... So I said the same. However, _THE VERY NEXT COMMENT_ just offscreen, was yours. 😮‍💨🤦‍♂️😅

[@Iaintwoke]

@@DUKE_of_RAMBLE I've done the same lot's of times. 👍

[@truthsmiles]

Yeah that carb and fuel prevented a lot of the steel from rusting for sure.

[@grominwithrob1339]

You know, there is so much to be said about simple mechanical cars. I wish we had basic simple transportation here in America. Tons of garbage that is overcomplicated and guick to fail.

[@russbilzing5348]

Bring back the Model A.

[@ImmortanJoeCamel]

You did. Remember when these cars were made.

[@kasuraga]

It's incredible how much abuse and neglect an old engine can withstand and still get back into a running/driving state. How long it'll last? who cares. It runs. Not something that can be said about most newer vehicles put under the same abuse.

[@DeadKoby]

At the same time, there are/were some REALLY nice reliable engines from the last 20 years. I would like to see some simpler designs for economy cars. Lower priced and easy to maintain would be a welcomed car.

[@masterkamen371]

Some of the most reliable engines in history have been made in the last 20-30 years. For example the Volkswagen 1.9 TDI. Indestructible engine, goes 400000km with regular oil and timing belt changes. 2000€ of repairs after that and it's good for another 400000km. The bigger problem of modern cars is that everything else is trash. The Volkswagens I mentioned are usually trash after 300000km, the engine outlives the interior.

[@UmmmmmmmWhat]

12:47 "no need to abuse the car" Says the guy who just had the car in a pool of salt water, outside, for a year, in Siberia. 😂

[@DUKE_of_RAMBLE]

Ah. Zinc parts. That explains everything! In marine vessels, they bolt chunks of zinc to the outside of the hull, to act as a "sacrificial anode" and inhibit the *_steel_* from rusting. So that's why it didn't rust super bad, and why all the zinc parts straight fell apart with minimal effort!

[@alexutzusrl100]

that carburateour acted like an anode that's why the rest looked quite nice

[@bluegizmo1983]

Take note youtubers. This is REAL rust, not that fake brown and orange paint you guys put on "found objects" you plan to "restore" for content!

[@gavmansworkshop5624]

Imagine scaling a lada engine up. You'd have to make molds but like times two in size would be a big thing and then try and start it. You guys have the ability to do that, no dramas there 😅

[@fremenondesand3896]

At 7:12 you can see the indicator fluid is a bit low!

[@Gkuljian]

I hear the neighbors saying Here comes Vlad! What kind of insanity is he up to this time.

[@theobillios6453]

The funniest comment I can not stop laughing

[@SenpaiDelta11B]

Zinc is a sacrificial anode it dissolves during electrolysis in the water to protect the other metal around it

[@predragperic7742]

Yes, but for electrolysis you need electricity, for the boat that electricity comes from friction or the boat is moving or the water, and here everything is stationary, even the battery was removed from the car

[@colinstu]

@@predragperic7742 sacrificial anodes are used in water heater tanks and no electricity is needed.

[@SenpaiDelta11B]

@predragperic7742 electrolytes in the water create electricity and by definition create electrolysis the metal and water molecules have a differing charge I have a PhD in organic chemistry and a masters in physics

[@potatosordfighter666]

@@predragperic7742 salt

[@1marcelfilms]

@@SenpaiDelta11B waow big guy

[@JohnSmith-jl3fm]

Your Merch really needs the 107% on it Vlad. It's become your Trade mark. 😂

[@rastimo229]

People are pretty confident leaving their nice vechiles on the alley, knowing that Vlad's posse do their test drives there 😱

[@azrobbins01]

That thumbnail is priceless!

[@marumiyuhime]

is that a dalek for your little picture

[@azrobbins01]

@@marumiyuhime It is a Sporb from the game Oxygen not Included. It was a temporary graphic from the beta.

[@marumiyuhime]

@@azrobbins01 it looks like a decanned dalek from dr who i wonder if there is a connection cheers

[@Universal.G]

All those car alarms LOLOL

[@reinekewf7987]

zink is used as rust prevention on ships as a sacrificial anode. it is placed all over the ship that is underwater. it corrodes first because it gives ions to the iron back therefore more or less no rust

[@mrld3005]

make a ladda with a tesla motor and a range of 36 miles with lead acid junk batteries, put a solar panel on the roof for the small battery

[@aj200415]

This one struck me, I think this video would be 107%! 😂

[@Flies2FLL]

That engine was largely developed by Porsche AG. What many people do not understand is that Porsche is an engineering company, and they have done contracted design work with dozens of famous companies around the world, including all three US auto makers. Walk into the cockpit of an Airbus A320 some time and say hi to the captain and first officer. The cockpit they work in was designed in the 1980's by Porsche....

[@FCFDave]

I love these videos. It seems like just a bunch of car guys doing car guy stuff and filming it for us to come along for the ride. Great job as always.

[@flailios]

Remember, it's brine, not just salt. NaCl + H2O, there is plenty of oxygen available.

[@potatosordfighter666]

Water is 88.8% oxygen by mass.

[@flailios]

@@potatosordfighter666 makes sense

[@k4000]

delicious pickled car

[@RoadRageLive]

That reminds me of my 1983 Datsun Sentra. Rusted everywhere, parts falling off, and you could see through the floor. Driving down the highway, you had to hold the door closed. If you hit a big pothole, the trunk would open. But it ran.

[@billhacks]

What an excellent channel this is.

[@PapiDoesIt]

Now send it to the detail shop.

[@themetalslayer2260]

let the car dry one week or two and it will be way more corroded because air will act to accelerate corrosion on rusted salted metal (in water there's no enough oxygen to corrode the car but in the air this car will decay within weeks)

[@fall-of-rome]

Atmospheric air is less than 30% oxygen, water is 2/3 oxygen 1/3 hydrogen (H20). Stick a steel plate in saltwater and one in air see which one rusts faster lol

[@cowthedestroyer]

I loved that friendly wager you dont see people doing that anymore. I would have bought them some beer too just for being cheeky with that

[@Yeeoldman63]

I have a possible video suggestion. If possible try this experiment with a American or a foreign car just to see the difference in how our cars are made. Love your videos and keep with the great work

[@nadronnocojr]

Just leave it in long grass , that’s what ate my truck…. Parked one year , destroyed it ..more than the salt roads of the north east here …. Great videos as usual , always enjoy the content . So much science , so much fun , lots of learning. . Thank you

[@vinnytartz335]

15:18 when the car revs, it always has to set off a car alarm, like 4 got set off.

[@garyzimmer4149]

Great work. Unsticking a clutch: 1. Jack up drive wheels. 2. Put trans in top gear. 3. Start up, run at about 80km/h indicated. 4. Keep clutch pedal down. 5. Give brake pedal a good kick.

[@zcomputerwiz]

What a good sport - glad you fellows have neighbors who support your shenanigans!

[@danz409]

zinc is cording soo crazy like because its acting as a sacrificial anode. its eating rust the whole car should be accumulating. boats and other marine equipment use slabs of zinc for that very reason. prevents other components from rusting.

[@Flies2FLL]

Look at the cam at 8:31 and then at 8:59.... That doesn't look like pressure washing folks. They probably pulled the cam and cleaned the head with sandpaper or some other abrasive material to get the largest rust away.

[@ryanjones1938]

You look at the sheer amount of work they must be doing to even get this running.. this is a week of two people working solidly on it.... great tenacity.

[@Thrasher420]

When they pulled it out after a year I was like " there is nooo way that`s gonna start" I`m amazed

[@dimitar4y]

what's next, put the 1 year salt water car for 1 year in evaporust? xD

[@fampic7133]

That would be a very expensive video, i remember ed china did it with his landrover he spent about 16k as i remember 😂

[@russbilzing5348]

😁😁😁

[@Bernd-sb2sh]

I never expected that this engine would be able to start again. Great video and good old Lada technic

[@markyoung9027]

When my clutch plates stick on my tractors hose it it down with berryman B12 fuel system cleaner and kerosene and eventually it soaks it loose

[@matthewn9110]

Do me a solid and try acetone mixed with automatic transmission fluid

[@markyoung9027]

@@matthewn9110 yeah I've used that mixture a few times it works pretty good

[@Bourinos02]

That cliffhanger is killing me!

[@vaperiza]

I Love how the Other Dude from the Garage stand to his words 🎉 Honor 🎉🎉

[@jessec4677]

It did drive back to the neighbour, just not how he pictured.. You guys won the bet and the neighbour wins respect for not trying to apply rules after the fact. Class act!

[@Atomized997]

Dang man your really impressive. I appreciate your hardwork.

[@CubCadetMan71]

Every so often, Vlad’s videos show up in my recommended feed and I always gotta check them out. Love Garage 54.

[@coventrykid08]

I work in aviation an one of our test during development of an item is salt bath testing to see what will happen in a high salt environment. So its really impressive how well that has survived.

[@evilbeetlekustomscreations4965]

I appreciate how hard you guys work, you guys really do bust your ass to bring us great videos😊 keep up the good work👍✌️from the usa

[@johnjennings9043]

Ladas were not thaught by any stretch when I was a kid - I have to say - getting the iron bits to run is truly amazing - great stuff lads

[@timdarnbrough3007]

Much better than I was expecting, about the same as 1 winter in uk roads

[@julesviolin]

My Father's 1962 Minivan sat in his garage for 30 years (1990 on the tax disc!). I renewed the brakes, cleaned the Carburettor out & put fresh fuel in with new fuel pump, cleaned the points and it started 1st time !! Happy days ⚠️

[@GHOOGLEMALE]

To be fair that looked pretty damn good - a fiat would have completely dissolved

[@ImmortanJoeCamel]

Some Lada parts are more FIAT than others. The carb is one of them. For those confused by my comment, Ladas are FIAT based. A lot of re-designing and a lot of totally original Lada parts too but the roots are still fairly obvious.

[@GHOOGLEMALE]

@@ImmortanJoeCamel Indeed, but the era they are copied from in Italian form disintegrated - as did the Lancia's (remember the Beta? - engines fell out of them) - it would seem from this video that the car pretty much survived being in salty water for a year - fiats barely survived that in the dry 🤣

[@zf8496]

@@GHOOGLEMALE Exactly the chassis held way better than Ritmo! im very impressed, since i saw this video probably im gonna build a Samara soon (normal build with modern engine).

[@apollo7557]

The fact that this car survived one year in salt water and ran with most of the original components is amazing. My American car is 14 and it’s not super happy to be alive right now.

[@carbineZDH1]

The Lada DID drive there with that carb. I say it counts.

[@Boodieman72]

Whoever you made the bet with is a great person for keeping their word.

[@cevansinz]

I like the interactions with neighboring garages.

[@torquewisdomgarage]

Beer? I am surprised yall didn't bring out the vodka. Great video.

[@UraniumMan]

When he started checking out the engine bay, I could not help but immediately visualize this entire car being dropped into the shredder.... But these guys are actually going for it anyway. LOL

[@UraniumMan]

Gotta say that I don't think injecting gas into the hole qualifies as the engine running on that corroded carburetor. lol

[@CustomcrowdMitroc]

Seeming it was underwater it spared the car from rust now it's out of the water it will really start to rust alot

[@robertwest3093]

The only video I’ve seen where somebody says “this rust looks terrific”. 😄 That IS a LADA rust!

[@UmmmmmmmWhat]

Lol. Carb and fuel pumps, being zinc attached to steel so dissimilar metals, made them act as sacrificial anodes in the salt water. 😅

[@joey9511]

Very Impressive cars from Lada considering Chrysler products can be totaled from hitting a large enough puddle

[@PatrickBaptist]

The salt probably all sank to the bottom so the water as you get closer to the top had less and less salt content, thus why the water froze on you, man y'all get alot of snow. Thanks this was fun to watch.

[@SHAWNGAMINGHD]

Makes you think if some one could start a car thats been underwater for like 1 year like that one yt channel that finds underwater cars that people drive in

[@chameleionkid]

Looks like cars from Michigan. The rust is only thing holding the car together. Maybe some hopes and prayers too.

[@DustinBigMac]

And we don't have vehicle inspections here either lol at least we got that

[@chameleionkid]

@@DustinBigMac Wouldn’t matter if we did; half of us don’t bother registering our cars anyway.

[@rfsignals4313]

Wow, great job Garage 54! Excellent work, I'm impressed.

[@kingofawesomeness99]

the carb and fuel pump disintegrating was due to them acting as sacrificial anodes. zinc is more reactive so it gives up its electrons first instead of the iron

[@k24nate70]

I’ve been watching your videos since the first day you started and still till this day you manage to make an amazing video on cars

[@dragonflye4561]

boats have zinc anodes because they corrode before the steel thats why the zink parts didnt last and the steal parts faired much better . here is the exact stuff that is googled. Zinc anodes, also known as sacrificial anodes, are used to protect a boat's metal parts from corrosion. They are installed on underwater boat surfaces and connected to metal parts that need protection, such as the shafts, props, rudders, and trim tabs. Zinc anodes work by corroding and deteriorating instead of the boat's more important parts. They do this by giving up electrons before the materials they are protecting, which causes them to oxidize. This protects the boat's expensive metal parts

[@MeniscoManeiro]

This channel is just TOO GOOD

[@Rejo7ce]

Legendary i dont think about it ,but i have seen the first video of this starting test and know i am already stay here long time after

[@TheRattyBiker]

I love the way the G54 boys handled the bet! 🤣 Great work guys!

[@The-AMERICAN-EXPRESS]

Those zinc parts probably acted as a sacrificial anode for a while before they corroded apart. It would have been worse with out the zinc.

[@ikesquirrel]

This is a very accurate depiction of how fast new cars rust in just a few Wisconsin winters. They put more salt on the roads than there is snow.

[@crisnmaryfam7344]

2:01 Not exactly. The way you guys "crafted" the salt water, would suggest Most of it settled to the bottom of the pool, thus allowing the upper bits of the water to have far less concentration of salt in it. Allowing it to freeze, ID be willing to bet if you drilled to the bottom, youll find a highly concentrated Liquid salt water pocket.

[@crisnmaryfam7344]

This is also part of why you can ice fish in the dead of winter, in the north pole or even Siberia.

[@RODALCO2007]

Quality engine, quality pool, quality mechanics. Great video.

[@rcsibiu]

Is insane how well manufactured these engines really are...

[@ImmortanJoeCamel]

They can handle a lot of abuse. I'm saying this from personal experience.

[@enduroboi6780]

You should do a flush on this engine. It would be interesting to see what it would do

[@ZeusJuri]

теперь все, что вам нужно сделать, это добавить гидрид лития в качестве положительного электрода, и у вас будет очень крутая батарея.

[@christmassnow3465]

How about experimenting if you can replace an existing carburetor with fuel injection?

[@jeffryblackmon4846]

Another great Garage 54 video. Thank you, gentlemen!

[@AlienLivesMatter]

Using the old carby was a nice touch

[@glock21guy]

I feel like the steel was (at least partially) saved in this instance because the aluminum, and probably some other metals acted like a sacrificial anode.

[@throttlebottle5906]

should have put am air bubbler under the middle of car or a few rows spread towards the sides. that would oxygenate the water and make it rust way faster. or a water pump and small fountain causing it to flow around would oxygenate and cause very fast rusting. either way would also keep it from freezing as fast.

[@tannertanner8769]

That was fun! You all should have beer and maybe some snacks too.

[@PHUSII]

Now put it in rust remover for a period of time! :)

[@MrPinto1970]

come to NY it happens to brand new cars..they use a lot of salt in the winter...iv seen cars 4 years old totaled and crushed because nothing can be saved.

[@77GEEWHK]

Some of the most unique content on KZbin...... awesome, I love it!❤😂 Great work guys 👍

[@doraexplora9046]

.....and THIS is why I watch Garage 54.This channel is a mix of brilliant stupidity and genius! Look forward to the next loooooong project.

[@midnightblue1874]

AH Lada Samara, i live in Serbia and my father owned one 1300cc. He always bragged how it was easy to fix and maintain and have to add it was very light nimble and sporty car with good fuel economy. I remember people here were joking about Samara as Russian BMW☺

[@rs10guy]

bet won fair and square. it was running and driving with the original carb on.

[@SammyM00782]

It's 98F degrees here, and that snow looks REALLY inviting right now lol. Like heaven.

[@Jefflantern483]

Yup that is one tough little car there, that was in salt water!🙂 Just pressure wash the salt away, put new carburetor & starter & let’s go for a drive!🙂🙂🙂 Even runs with the corroded carbie! Can’t kill that Lada!👍👍

[@mahannaidu5228]

This car experiment is amazing to say the least ,and his shows are very insightful

[@stormah]

Car starts around 18:33