Filling the radiator with diesel fuel - what will happen?

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In this older episode we fill a Lada cooling system with gasoline, kerosene, diesel fuel and fly cleaner. The goal - to flush the cooling system, and to see if something catches fire.
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[@Trumplican]

i had a drag racing 4 wheeler with a snowmobile engine once, blew a radiator line and needed fluid but only had 2 gallons of iced tea. it actually worked quite well lol.

[@Mike-qp8bv]

I overheated my 64 dodge on the way to work. It was on a Monday so I had my beer cooler in the back still. No ice but full of water. Perfect. Nope, not enough. So I sacrificed a half dozen or so beer and put that in the rad. It got me to the shop no problem. Had to pull the rad to send out for repair. Hot beer and antifreeze makes for the most disgusting smell ever. But it got me where I needed to go.

[@TheMrDarius]

@@Mike-qp8bv if it gets you where you need to be and no damage happened then that’s a kudos from me because some outside the box thinking will get you far.

[@Wok_Agenda]

Why do you need iced tea in the winter?

[@Trumplican]

@@Wok_Agenda it was a 4 wheeler with a snowmobile engine. Summer time grass drags. But yeah I still drink fluids when its winter lol.

[@Trumplican]

@@Mike-qp8bv wow lol im surprised that worked i would think the beer would foam up and it would overheat.

[@rupe53]

Electrosol dishwasher powder is what we used to degrease systems when a trans or oil cooler let go. Just fill and repeat till clean. Usually took 3-4 refills, running clean water between. If the water showed an oil film, just add a cup of detergent again and take a ride for another 20 minutes. BTW, that was recommended to us by both Alison transmissions and Detroit diesel shops.

[@mann_idonotreadreplies]

just avoid the new 10 speed allison for 3500/2500 unless you got money for mods.

[@garrettlewis826]

Hell ya we use just normal dishwasher detergent

[@rupe53]

@@garrettlewis826 ... not to be confused with "dish soap" which is a common problem. Just too many suds!

[@garrettlewis826]

@@rupe53 ya made that mistake before ran out of detergent tried dawn and regretted it 😭

[@dapperdingo]

@@rupe53 Suds are 'Scrubbing Bubbles'! Just ask Mr. Clean, he'll tell ya all about it.

[@tjdjultima]

Water bottles as funnels: always clean, small opening, disposable and essentially free, brilliant little tip

[@danstone8783]

Other half of the plastic bottles also used as beakers.

[@DarkestVampire92]

Really nostalgic to see their old builds again, Shorty, the Lada with the Porsche bodywork, that car covered in grass with the pool built in...

[@SwapBlogRU]

Good times

[@johnfudacz8495]

when i worked in diesel trucks we used dawn dish washing detergent ,it would not hurt the radiators tank seals

[@robertschemonia5617]

What I have had great success with in the past for blown oil coolers is dishwasher soap. It doesn't foam like dawn will. I have used it in everything from 3406 Cats to the newer Cummins X15 engines. And a LOT of gas engines, mainly Chevys that have the oil cooler in the tank of the radiator. Give it a shot sometime. Works very well.

[@ouch1011]

I suspect the best option for this would be a product with an emulsifier in it. Dish washing soap has an emulsifier, it’s literally designed to mix oil and water. The issue is the surfactants make it very, very bubbly. The foam will be a problem. Like putting dish soap in a dish washer or laundry washing machine. Maybe laundry soap would work? Gasoline in the cooling system could get very exciting if you blew a head gasket and started pumping combustion into the cooling system.

[@kd7cwg]

I flushed a cooling system in a pos Taurus with dawn dish detergent once. It did the job 🤣. Took the water pump with it🤣🤣

[@killerdinamo08]

The bubbling is a tricky thing but filling the system full of water several times helps in getting rid of it till a satisfactory point.

[@texasslingleadsomtingwong8751]

Dishwasher liquids and wash machine soaps have anti- surfactants if my memory serves me

[@FireBeam]

Gasoline is NOT flammable.... without oxygen.

[@MadScientist267]

IPA is useful as an emulsifier and as a final flush

[@honkie247]

The best way to remove the antifreeze (water) and oil emulsion is to drain the system and put in one cup of Wisk (Persil) liquid laundry detergent and fill with water. Leave the radiator cap off and idle engine until warm with the heater set to hot. Cool, drain, install fresh water and repeat until you no longer get suds. This will also remove the dreaded rusty coolant from Mopar vehicles.

[@lasskinn474]

Any non foaming soap should work, dish or laundry. Some of the early commercial powder soap products were sold for both uses.

[@honkie247]

@@lasskinn474 Usually non foaming soaps don't cut oil very well.

[@jeremypike9153]

I think more important than breaking it up is breaking it's cohesion to the cooling system itself. The grease wants to stick to metal plastic basically anything but water. The soap from what I understand breaks the bond from materials to the grease/emulsion which allows the water pressure or air pressure to push it out of the cooling system. This characteristic of soap is actually what helps remove grease and bacteria from your skin when washing.

[@honkie247]

@@lasskinn474 Remember Oakite powder(if you are old enough)? It cleaned everything, but ate aluminum for lunch.

[@rupe53]

...@@honkie247 Electrosol dishwasher powder is what we used to degrease systems when a trans or oil cooler let go. Just fill and repeat till clean. Usually took 3-4 refills, running clean water between. If the water showed an oil film, just add a cup of detergent again and take a ride for another 20 minutes. BTW, that was recommended to us by both Alison transmissions and Detroit diesel shops.

[@wikkedspindl]

As far as the bug cleaner goes, I have always been told it had amino acids in it to help to dissolve the pests parts. As for degreasers or solvents, people should be careful since there is a lot of rubber hoses that the solvent can dissolve. This is one of those jobs that while a quick one-for-all method seems like a good idea, it’s just not entirely feedings. As always gentlemen, good job! You always make it seem so easy! But the one thing I have learned through the years is it takes incredible skills to make it seem like anyone can do it!

[@jeffclark5024]

Used dawn dish soap a few times on vehicles that had an oil cooler failure. Seemed to work pretty well. Has to be done multiple times though.

[@paramax55]

Used it myself. Works perfectly and it's cheap. Pour in 1/2 bottle of Dawn, fill with water, and drive for the day. Drain and repeat until clean.

[@mynameisray]

Except diesel isn't highly flammable.. You can throw a match into diesel and it won't catch fire, you have to compress it to the point of ignition, or have something get up to a high enough temp to ignite it..

[@thefreedomguyuk]

Or form an aerosol of Diesel. A leaking cooler = Whoosh !!

[@bobsbillets8863]

Most people don't know that. There are quite a few fuels that won't burn unless heated to the point of ignition or in a mist. Diesel, Kerosene, Jet fuel, even nitromethane will put out a match if dropped in it.

[@PhattyMo]

7:52 - I once use a bottle of dollar-store dish washing soap to flush a cooling system that was full of oil emulsion and Dex-Cool sludge. Drained what I could,flushed it with the hose for a bit,and refilled it with the full bottle of soap and water. Let it idle for like 30 minutes,and then drained and flushed it with the hose for a good while. It worked great!

[@otm646]

I use dawn, but that's the exact procedure. Really don't need to use much soap at all. Maybe 10cc for the whole cooling system of a four cylinder.

[@walterwallace1328]

LOL Dex Cool... There's your problem. I am a Chevy owner, I know the pain all too well.

[@thefreedomguyuk]

👍👍

[@beardedgaming3741]

When I last blew the head gasket on my Cummins diesel. I replaced my radiator and used powder dishwashing soap to flush through about 15 times and clean it out. I also pulled the freeze plugs out when I redid the head gasket so I could stick my whole arm into the engine and pull the Emulsion out from between the cylinders. Edit: each one of my flushes was around 5 gallons...

[@HDXFH]

Lol gaskets fly? Lmao

[@beardedgaming3741]

@@HDXFH good old voice to text

[@DrDLightful]

A buddy of mine who works on diesels says that they fill cooling systems with a really thin oil in place of antifreeze. I don't know what it's called but appearently volvo uses it stock now. It eliminates all freezing since it's oil based and cools more effectively since antifreeze doesn't actually cool.

[@ivernbramblefoot1314]

I wonder if it's mineral oil like you find in transformers

[@TravisTerrell]

Yeah, some applications use waterless coolant based on propylene glycol. "Evans" is a popular brand. It's especially for hot-running cases where boilover is a problem, since it just won't do it. A lot of motorcyclists and dirt bikists run it.

[@tomtheraton3058]

Vodka could be a good anti freeze lol

[@UmmmmmmmWhat]

They already sacrificed french fries for vodka, no way will Russians sacrifice vodka for engine cooling.

[@tomtheraton3058]

@@UmmmmmmmWhat 😂😂

[@bertone122]

And its cheap in Russia 🙂

[@jimhurd3101]

Think was once used when cars was very new some sort of alcohol was defently used maybe bourbon or rubbing alcohol

[@bertone122]

@@jimhurd3101 that's crazy, you should drink bourbon and use isopropyl alcohol 😳

[@oxide32100]

laundry powder, pre melted in water , ive used it several times and really does a great job.

[@810SHO]

THANK YOU for the widescreen format :)

[@johnnymotors2023]

That bug cleaner is perfect, it's a degreaser I think, and it did exactly what it did on my car. "Water" on the bottom and some oily stuff on the surface. The degreaser is perfect because it does not create foam and can be taken up to 70-90°C without damaging anything inside the cooling system. But you need 2 flushes of degreaser and another 2-3 flushes with normal water (don't let it go over 60°C) and then you can do a final flush with DEIONIZED water and then add normal coolant.

[@shauljonah6955]

Nice work for trying options that some may not even think of.

[@buffdelcampo]

Use L-11 Degreaser. It was designed to take oil and transmission fluid out of radiators and cooling systems. Pour it in, warm up the engine, flush it out. It works 100% of the time. It's available on eBay.

[@TIMMEH19991]

The boiling point of diesel is variable as it is a mixture of about 6 different hydrocarbons. Its normally in the range of 155 to 350 deg C . Much much higher than water.

[@steve-o4153]

NICE SHOP GUYS DONT GET THE FLOOR DIRTY LOL YOU GUYS DESERVE A NICE SHOP BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE TALENT OF EXPERT MECHANICS

[@killerdinamo08]

For the ones who have access to compressed air, just unhook some hoses, like the heater core, radiator or whatever is accessible and blow them empty of the gunk one by one, it's also a good cleaning solution just for maintenance or to flush the cooling system dry. Happy to see that green Lada getting a different treatment ❤.

[@johnnymotors2023]

I had some issues on my VW Polo 2007 about the cooling system, it had like a cream inside but not like you guys had in the video. So I firstly tried to have the gardening hose running constant water through the whole cooling system but the cream was sticking to the walls of the hoses. Then 2nd time I added 2L of normal kitchen degreaser (the one in bottle spray) and that removed it so good, repeated the process and have it warm up to 60-80°C. It sort of cleaned all of the cream, but now it still hase some of it in the expansion tank. I will have to do a test for emissions to see if they get into the cooling system, because the oil is not getting in, as after 8,000-10,000 km, when I change the oil in the engine, I still have the same quantity that it went in. So there has to be emissions going inside (it's a petrol car). Your engine is so simple! Mine has so much bullshit to it, but compared to a 2020-2022 car, I still have a pretty simple engine, which is so good.

[@jasonbirch1182]

My diesel has a fuel heater built in, I make my own diesel and use gasoline to thin it out. I've found that if I add too much it makes the boiling point too low and when I shut it off hot it will vapor lock in the fuel lines from boiling.

[@MegaDirtyberty]

I too do that, black diesel, I use well filtered used engine oil, diesel and gasoline, makes my vehicle feel like it's a race car.

[@surfbyrd1]

I like your new garage! I'm looking forward to seeing new episodes.

[@1234567890CAB]

Radiator flush you can get from the auto parts store is usually a strong base that gets diluted when you add it to your coolant system. You shouldn't leave it in for more than a day or two because it'll dissolve some of the aluminum from the block and the radiator making those parts extra clean.

[@Travisthegamer22]

Love the videos can't wait to see the next one 🕜😂🕜😂

[@bobbym8594]

I’ve detailed cars for over 15 years and I found that Bleach white tire cleaner and purple power mixed together with little bit of hot water is best for dissolving oil and grease works great on engine but don’t let it spill and dry on the paint

[@kevinmcmuhammad4841]

Howya from Ireland 🇮🇪 I hope the road out side your new facility is a good quality, and not full of pot holes, the last place was a very bad road outside.

[@UmmmmmmmWhat]

Cheap white vinegar would be funny since they are flushing a water / oil emulsion, it has funky mixing properties with oil and changes the boiling temp of water.

[@killerdinamo08]

Vinegar is not that good with aluminium stuff, after the 'treatment' the coolant develops a coroded, rusty look, I've tried it on several cars and they needed a flush and refill with extra coolant mix after the first batch. I wouldn't recommend it, perhaps only for older systems with iron and copper.

[@gabiold]

Vinegar is safe with aluminium, here we use it all the time to descale espresso coffe brewers. Pretty much does nothing to aluminium, maybe creates a grayish oxide if you leave it there for a week. Aluminium is quite corrosion resistant against acids. Alkali substances however, like NaOH or other emulsifying degreasers degrade aluminium, so while they are great for cleaning this stuff, do not leave it in there for any prolonged period and wash it off thoroughly. My friend left an alkali cleaning solution in their car, drove the car with that normally, but not quite for long: all the water passageways in the cyl. head broke into the nearby intake and exhaust ports, nearby valve seats, and practically everywhere. It was an oldish car, in the old timer age, but he couldn't find a replacement cyl. head so he had to scrap the whole car eventually, all because of this rookie mistake.

[@killerdinamo08]

@@gabiold Sad to hear about your friends' mishap, don't know what to say about either solution, I personally tried the vinegar cleaning solution in 2 cars, one was a bit older and had a simpler cooling system, yet still aluminium dominant, and they both developed the same symptoms shortly after, the coolant got all rusty looking even if the antifreeze was coloured. And I only did a warmup with the vinegar with 2-3 flushes after, so I can't recommend it on cars. After replacing the antifreeze with new one it worked well though, but I got the same result with compressed air cleaning, it's faster and leaves less distilled water waste.

[@gabiold]

@@killerdinamo08 I don't say that it works well with cars which has iron, aluminium and older ones have copper even in the same coolant circuit, but with only just aluminium, it works for descaling. In heterogenous environment electrochemical corrosion might happen, even if the metals are connected with rubber hoses, because ions might form. It is not good for other cleaning (degreasing) since it is an acid, and oils usually soulible in bases and detergents. But I am not a chemist, far from it actually. We have a product here, called Akra K2, it is a emulsifying degreaser, quite effective I have to say, and I successfully cleaned coolant circuits and tank with it (as well, apart from other oily parts of the engine), but I washed through the whole system with a hose after it. Btw. I am not English, I used the word alkali in my previous post, but might be that's not the correct term for the opposite of acid, it might be base (ph > 7), correct me if I am wrong...

[@MrDdaland]

Back in the 1920's there was a US tractor called a Rumely Oil Pull. It had Kerosene fuel- that was run through the cooling system to cool the engine before being routed to the carburetor

[@brandonyork9871]

You guy keep good work look forward see come up with next 💯

[@gregpanek523]

I did this in the late 1970s with a pickup that had a cracked head that coolant got into the exhaust. I filled the cooling system with Diesel fuel. Everything went fine for a couple of weeks then the diesel fuel ate the radiator hose and the hose blew and hot diesel fuel was all over the engine smoking, fuel covered the windshield, I was lucky it didn't go up in flames, LOL! Now too chean the cooling system out use automatic dishwashing detergent, not regular hand washing dish detergent. The automatic dishwashing detergent doesn't foam and suds.

[@Matthew5000k]

Putting various liquids under pressure and heat can alter the flashpoint that it would have had at atmospheric pressure(14.5)

[@tomcline5631]

My dad worked for a farmer in the early 60s and he used straight diesel in the radiator of his D9 cat dozer. Never used anything else. Worked the huy made dozens of ponds and lakes,and had a contract with the county to push snow so it didn't freeze up either. I've talked to a bunch of different old guys and no one else has heard of this.

[@killerdinamo08]

Think it helped the water pump for a long life 😃

[@V8Lenny]

I have heard that russians used diesel as a coolant when they had no glycol.

[@TIMMEH19991]

Put Jizer engine degreaser in the radiator to clean the cooling system. Works brilliantly as its designed to dissolve oils and greases into water.

[@nicolaasvandenberg4023]

I love the videos please keep making them!!

[@jafofubar3793]

the shops i worked in use the parts cleaner ( Gunk Tank parts cleaning bin ) ( mineral spirits ) for flushing out cooling systems even the shop floor , just rinse with water

[@QuantumLeap83]

I want to see wheel bearings packed with mayonnaise

[@herrkulor3771]

Jojoba oil Mayonnaise

[@samhianblackmoon]

Great stuff guys 🔥👍🏽

[@albertdehn8381]

Thanks for sharing 👍😀

[@Oink_Blaster]

Add some water, soda ash (aka sodium carbonate), some dish soap, and some very little alcohol. The soda ash and soap will break down the oil into the water even further and the alcohol stops the soap from foaming. And it isn't harsh on the hoses either. The clumps will disappear and dilute into the water. I used this daily on greasy shop floors.

[@lawrencemonaghan926]

Had the same problem, sludge,,well put a couple of cups of liquid soap,DAZ,PERSOLE,or powder does the same job,that will be washing machine soap,get it up to temp for ten minutes,job done, works every time

[@Billhatestheinternet]

If it is a brass radiator, take the tanks off and clean them, and then use compressed air and punch rods to get the excess out. Then boil the core in CLR or water with dish soap, rinse, repeat. Alternatively, instead of boiling, put the core in a vat of gasoline and let it set overnight. Rinse, blow out, and repeat as necessary. Compressed air for all, including the block and heads, so that there isn't any diesel left in it (seeing that it too will try to emulsify with coolant due to the oil base, just not as horrifically).

[@dougadams9419]

You will get a very hot engine. Diesel Fuel (as kerosene) has a very low thermal conductivity at 0.145, water is 0.609. Antifreeze (Ethylene Glycol at 25% to water at 75%) actually lowers the thermal conductivity to 0.55, but the benefit is corrosion control with additives to prevent rusting of iron engine blocks.

[@thefreedomguyuk]

Will work just fine. The initial boiling point of Diesel is twice as high as the one of water.

[@stephenbrown571]

We use dawn detergent in the cooling system. On semi’s after a transmission cooler start’s leaking. So nothing but a clean system is going to happen.

[@ZenInnovations]

You guys should try with commercially available radiator flush or coolant additives which claim to have cleaning properties. Then one can know if these products work.

[@twocvbloke]

Detergents with anti-foaming agents in them would de-guck the system nicely, though with careful use of Fairy liquid, you could use that to flush it out if you don't over-dose with it and cause the foaming problem, as when it becomes saturated with oily stuff, it doesn't foam up, so under-dosing and repeated flushing would make it an effective DIY cleaner...

[@Skogsmullemeck]

Dishwasher tablets work but it is corrosive to aluminium. Works fine to get rust and oil out of the system. I have used it to several VW diesel engines works Great, just wash it out with water 👍

[@stevedavetas1059]

@ 3:18 the red Lada in the back is BAAAD...!

[@ericbeeman8717]

Try using cnc machine coolant in the radiator system of a car if it keeps parts cool on the cnc then it should work great in a car their was some at this shop I worked at it was an antifreeze color green and if u took a red hot part and stuck in it for 2 seconds and pulled it out it was cool enough to hold

[@1936Studebaker]

White Vinegar, also helps remove scale and rust for the block.

[@cliffcorbitt9494]

2:05 THIS CAR COULD MAKE A GREAT GHOST BUSTERS CAR MODEL IF YOU BUILD IT.

[@Iaintwoke]

I think dish soap would work. Just don't put too much in. You'd be surprised just how little of it will break down oil. Followed by flushing really well with water.

[@watahyahknow]

first thought : notting mush boiling point of diesel is about 2 times higher than water , and it whon't freeze though it will gell at temperatures below 10°F (-12°C) but can still be pumped around in that state might affect rubber hoses and gaskets (desolving them) and probably lubricate bearing of the waterpump in case of a headgasket leak the engine might start smoking if the diesel enters the combustion chamber or thin the engine oil if it breaks between channels (still better than water in the oil) , there IS i bigger risk of starting a fire as for desolving the water oil mix : soap should work it mixes with water and desolves fat

[@icommandoi145]

White Vinegar works excellent for cleaning out dirty radiator internals. I bet it would have cleaned up that oily grease in no time.

[@herrkulor3771]

I seriously doubt it. Oils are not impressed by acids. Oils are acids. Destroy the acid by using Ammoniak and you will have a degreaser.

[@chakra4735]

My father told me that during winter during world War 2, diesel was put in radiators of farm tractors and trucks. Alcohol and ethylene glycol were not available. These were non-pressure systems. In warm months, diesel was replaced with plain water.

[@ianhames2465]

Electrolube Safe Wash is fantastic at removing grease and resins and oils.

[@geared.media_photography2925]

7:44 casually has a Supra in the back says nothing about it 😂

[@kaboebikabeb7331]

i dont see not one fire extinguisher close by. Omg these dudes are crazyyyyyyyyyyyy

[@DJEvoIX]

Yes, nice

[@HA05GER]

When you use the coolant pipe as a fleshlight and you don't want your friends to know. "Yeh it's emulsion I well promise on my nans life"

[@edups3307]

I've had the oil cooler brake and I didn't know. I decided to just run engine oil instead of coolant. Ran the car like that for like 5000 km. I attached a hose from the expansion tank to the oil pan so spewed oil can return back.

[@andrewpieniazek2097]

I drove a powerstroke 6.0 f450 for work that part of my duties were on every Friday afternoon I'd shop vac diesel fuel out of the coolant expansion tank, guessing egr cooler was bad, it ran fine never got hot all summer, with a skid steer in tow and dump bed full of dirt even...

[@antoniobednjanec4787]

try using a long extension like 1/2 inch as a drive shaft

[@OhLongJohnson123]

We pissed one time in the windscreen washer, ran out of fluid and we couldn't see anything while having a bit of rally joyride in the muddy fields. But oh boy it stinks mixed with the grippy mud.

[@7mgte490]

That was a good 👍 experiment

[@madogery]

Trisodium phosphate Is the best to remove oily residue from a cooling system. Warm up the the engine, have it run for 10-20 minutes then flush the system with water. Repeat the process if necessary.

[@TheXxXxX86]

I work for semi truck dealership and when i go an issue with mixed oil and coolant on system, i add to coolant system degreaser, water and diesel fuel and run the truck for about 15 minutes with heater on and then drain coolant system and then keep do the same thing until to see the mix come out with no oil, after that need to clean the system from diesel fuel because is oily, need to just add water degreaser and again run the truck for about 15 minutes or so with heater on and drain and keep doing this process until to see no more diesel come out.

[@gacherumburu9958]

Good to know 👍

[@britishtechguru]

Vinegar works well at cleaning emulsion from cooling systems.

[@deadaccount6135]

Maybe also try some sort of lightly acidic product, and/or see if someone makes an industrial sized ultrasonic cleaner big enough to put the entire radiator in.

[@vesatapola7908]

I have used dishwasher detergent when the engine oil and coolant got mixed up

[@Herbertti3]

I used to warm up my half a million km diesel toledo with fire under the oil pan. Wouldn't recommend but nothing bad ever happened. Diesel isn't that flammable.

[@redlinearroyo847]

Did you ever try using a slightly thinner oil for winter or was it so cold that fire was the only option. Shell rotella 10w30 can protect as good as 15w40 and would have better cold start characteristics.

[@TheMrDarius]

You should try a couple gallons of concentrated simple green

[@efdbjon2114]

Doubt u will read this but here is more explaination of the boiling points of water vs the oils mentioned (gasoline, kerosene, diesel). On the molecular scale the boiling point of a liquid is determined by the forces holding the molecules together vs pulling them apart. Thermal energy pulls the molecules apart whereas various molecular forces will hold the molecules together. A molecule of water H2O experiences hydrogen bonding, an intermolecular force (between the Hydrogen in one water molecule and the Oxygen in another), which is much stronger than the forces experiences by molecules that do not form hydrogen bonds such as gasoline.

[@davidr1050]

Always wondered if you ran a cooling system with a zero weight oil if the system and pump / parts would last longer.

[@firefly3333]

A farm tractor is a far cry from an automobile, especially a farm tractor built in 1938. However, I’ve been running oil as coolant in my John Deere B for over a year now due to a cracked block. No issues whatsoever. I even made a video about it.

[@mikethompson2593]

I had a coolant leak and only had urine and beer to fill it up with - so we had to keep drinking beer until we pissed enough to fill it up. We weren’t going to waste the beer since it would come out as piss soon anyway! Fixed the hose with gaffer tape and it lasted until we got home

[@Jerkwad152]

I wouldn't expect it to go up in flames. A cooling system doesn't get anywhere near hot enough to ignite fuel.

[@dylanporras2655]

No, but what happens when a cooling system overheats under pressure then suddenly becomes unpressurized? A lot of vapor in the same engine bay as a hot exhaust, ignition system, alternator etc

[@27hz95]

that thumbnail with the b16 is legendary

[@malfunctionjunction6574]

I have a suggestion Something that is next level. Something that will test your patients and your engineering skills. I challenge @Garage 54 to attempt, to create a V8 using two Lada engines, and you must eliminate one crankshaft rendering a proper V-8 engine.

[@K-Effect]

Automatic transmission fluid works well as a cleaner/solvent to get the big stuff out of the cooling system and then use water, dawn soap mixed with vinegar and salt afterwards. Than to flush out the soapy Dawn run the engine with only vinegar, water and salt. Then when you’re all done flush it out with water as much as you can. After all that you should have a very clean engine and heat exchangers. I would drive the car for some miles without antifreeze and flush it over and over again till you think it’s completely clean and drained. Then add your antifreeze/distilled water mix. When doing this make sure you keep an eye on the temperatures and remove the thermostat. Remember that oil floats on water so when you drain the system every time the oil/sludge will come out last. You want to get the engine to operating temperature, but don’t let it overheat

[@jalalabdulmalak2506]

You should try the vinegar . I think it should make a good job cleaning the radiator

[@paulkendall34]

Best stuff to clean out the motor and radiator is this stuff called Goof off concrete cleaner.. yes thats correct believe it or not but I used half a bottle in the radiator and started the car and ran it for 20min and that stuff cleaned everything like bran new!!! I then flushed it out with the water hose real good then filled it up with water and baking soda to Nutralize it and ran it for the same time and flushed it with water and put in new thermostat and fluid and its been great ever since. That cleaner is by far the best cleaner flush I've ever used to clean my system!! Yes I will use it again unless someone knows something I don't to not use it..

[@nishawndewraj2665]

great show .. for the next project .. build the Beautiful Supra You Got There BackSTAGE ....

[@peterasztalos6370]

We filled our harvester radiator with oil, it works, but only if outside is cool enough.

[@wayfastwhitey45]

Powdered cascade is what people use to remove oil from cooling systems on diesel trucks.

[@Xantec]

for oil to work as a coolant, you need to pressurise the system

[@pauldunn7000]

You need an emulsifier something that can mix with oils and with water,, alcohol being one of the best and or a detergent .

[@marcinbanachowski6886]

Background Information. Diesel oil is a complex mixture produced by the distillation of crude oil. It consists of hydrocarbons having carbon numbers predominantly in the range of C9-C20 and boiling points in the range of ∼163-357°C (325-675°F).

[@hondaracer7784]

I use engine flush works a treat

[@dobraydien7242]

Kerosene was used as a coolant in the early model a, worked well till they had a leak and burned the cars to the ground

[@informediatech-bruno5766]

I always wanted to run My radiator on beer 😂

[@danbergthold3481]

Beer is for drinking. Please don't waste this precious fluid on some stupid engine!

[@Roger-hq1yt]

Just use detergent , remove the thermostat , open the heater circuit and continuously flush with plain water till it runs clear.

[@Wormweed]

Acetone would probably clean the heater core quite well

[@GAMRMNTS2]

Bibliography neck

[@derealhamsta]

it would be fun for the kids if you fill the cooling circuit with Fairy and then let the engine run ;) AND the circuit would then be "clean" and would only have to be completely disassembled and cleaned :D

[@ggedney1]

If you mixed eggs and vinegar in the cooling system you could make mayonnaise.

[@JesperValentine]

Try pulling 3 pistons and rods - and lets hear the magic of a 1 cylinder Lada accelerate! 😊