HOW BUBBLE GUM STOPS HYDRAULIC OIL LEAKS. It's gross, actually.

Skip to 4:20 for bubble gum seal test. Bubble gum engineering actually works! I'll demonstrate how to use gum to fix high pressure hydraulic leaks. We'll also explore how oil seals and bubble gum share some of the same ingredients. This comes as a surprise to most people, so it's a great way to win free beers.
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[@AstAMoore]

Conclusion: Chewing O-rings is healthier-no sugar in ’em.

[@poiuytrewq8ff]

what about sugar free gums?

[@poiuytrewq8ff]

@Richard Skipper only the artificial ones do, there are a lot of natural ones being used now because of that.

[@latenttweet]

poiuytrewq8ff where ? I lived in major cities with super hipster health food stores and I only found maybe 1-2 brands of real sugar gum or gum with xylitol the rest are all aspartame. Regular grocery stores forget about it.

[@FennecTECH]

Get the rubber tires off of toy cars. They have almost exactly the same texture as o rings. Much better chewing.

[@robmendoza6210]

@@RobinTheBot If the product contains chemicals , I'm pretty sure that makes it no longer natural.

[@fastbike175]

I wanted to thank you. This one saved my ass this morning. Got Woke up to a broke truck out of state. After the drive the cold and all i end up the one sitting there with a handful tools and a broke truck. Some gorilla tightend a beeder till the housing broke. Some gum from the gas station got me home by 8 am because i remembered this video. so thank you keep it up.

[@johnroberts3500]

Fred Fred sszwww

[@vincedibona4687]

@@johnroberts3500 Hey, sauce boss, you want to try that again, this time in a recognizable language?

[@boodro2122]

That's awesome, man.👍🏻

[@GrimReaper-ly8zk]

Vince Dibona is your middle name licks or sucks?

[@nathanchalecki4842]

@@GrimReaper-ly8zk LOL

[@jaberwoky_]

Y'all know how to tell if a man of the north likes Moosehead? Antler scratches on his thighs.

[@timesthree5757]

Oh, fer christ sakes that took me a minute.

[@step4560]

Way I heard it: Do you like Moose Head? Only if they don't leave antler marks... 🤣

[@jonathanwilliams9227]

Lol that opening is exactly what I see when I walk into work lol “we’ve tried nothing and are all out of ideas” 😂

[@apforthatmusic]

Ah the oldest form of payment known to western civilization: a case of mid-tier quality beer.

[@wobblysauce]

What would you rather want.. a beer.. or a case of beer.

[@ihmesekoilua]

that depends on your definition of "western cilivization". If said civilization began at the advent of beer, then that would be true.

[@Robeight]

moosehead

[@InsanoBinLooney]

without beer there is no civilisation, only chaos.

[@wdave6944]

I pay homage to the adage, "I'd rather have a free bottle in front of me than a prefrontal lobotomy." So yeah. A case of beer, o'course.

[@Daarken1st]

Oh darn. I've been swallowing orings for years.

[@sadface]

Daarken1st that explains the inevitable constipation. It's cus your back coochie is sealed right up to 3000 psi.

[@AMCguy]

best comment

[@TheMund101]

Nope, it's just frost on your moustache

[@domesday1535]

Not the safe kind, either. No lifesaver effect. You should probably switch to good old tasty orings if you value your life

[@mustie1]

great,, now l wanna try chewn an oring,

[@brianroberts6605]

dont do it, once ya start, its hard to stop..

[@djrenault]

@@brianroberts6605 then he'll have to start on brake fluid

[@ajhatti2011]

Chewing on o-rings and licking yer window?

[@darrentylor5473]

I dip mine in batter and deep fry them... Lil bit of ketchup and your good to go

[@DeviousWashere2]

"errrr click" proper torque spec reached

[@ramrod126]

The clipboard mafia...."I have no idea how to do your job but my book says you're doing it wrong".

[@DoomVik]

"Safety Squint" Fucking hell...

[@ImBarryScottCSS]

Tried and true.

[@sidgar1]

Mother Nature's safety glasses ;)

[@d0qtrx]

Learned the art of the safety squint from my dad...

[@allesklarklaus147]

Hahaha me too, using it all the time. I mean srsly you wear safety glasses while using an angle grinder and some fucking shit flys directly into your eye anyway. I dont need glasses for that

[@gabbermaikel]

its even better if you wear the safety glasses and it manages to hit the inside of the glasses and then bounce right back to your eye. So better be safe and even when you use glasses wear your safety squint.

[@Oseois]

I really appreciate your videos. I recently got a job in industrial maintenance, and your videos are really helping me get better at what I do.

[@beeffarmer8576]

100%

[@b33sma11]

i will probably never use this because i am neither handy nor technical but i love listening to this guy talk.....who knows maybe i'll learn something

[@jamesroseii]

"Click!" I laughed so hard at that!!

[@Patchnote2.0]

I just now got what "safety squints" means. Brilliant, I am.

[@mikeoliver3254]

that is why I just chew plastic bottles.

[@SuperAWaC]

and that episode of rocko's modern life where he taught me that chewing tin foil was good for your teeth. great advice.

[@wobblysauce]

But my o-ring has lost its flavor.

[@delbertstevens3124]

Mike oliver garbage bags are 1 dna strand away from margarine

[@mikeoliver3254]

Delbert Stevens oh yummy trash bags on toast.

[@hamdanalharbi2206]

what are u ? a goat lol

[@ThrowingItAway]

4:55 had me laughing pretty hard. I love this channel

[@AreThereNoMoreNames]

For half a second I was wondering if he had said that before I realized what he "did".

[@zaggery]

I know right lol

[@lt_dagg]

my achin' diabeetus

[@AreThereNoMoreNames]

StealingValor He said "click" while tightening the fitting, mimicking the torque wrench he wasn't using.

[@jasonwood7340]

hnnnnnrrrrr.... HNNNNNNNRRRRRR *click* Made me laugh :)

[@thomasdickson35]

I'm proud of you for using the beer fund for its intended purpose.

[@WoodesosGuitarMods]

I worked out who AVE really is. MacGyver.

[@WoodesosGuitarMods]

You make me proud to be Canadian:-)

[@thegamerEcho_419]

be my teacher i want to switch trades from glass to as.... mechanics

[@eclipsegaming5998]

explains why macgyver likes hockey so much

[@cmuller1441]

His first name is Angus?

[@eclipsegaming5998]

Angus - A

[@TheDisorderly1]

Yuk, I tried this and it made my gum taste like oil.

[@joezaloga]

I saw a plumber put a funnel under a hydrolic leak then run a hose back to the resivor. Problem solved :)

[@Qui-9]

Diy case drain 👍

[@TempoDrift1480]

There she be.

[@wreck_ignition7847]

"Quit shying away from the screen." *Looks around for camera*

[@BobHolowenko]

Not proud to admit it, but I was holding my phone off to an angle as if it was going to explode...

[@joshuaodowd9107]

Always look forward to your vids man they def entertain. Thank you

[@jthomsonmain]

IT FRIGGIN WORKS! I got the chance to try this today. O-ring on the loader blew out halfway through a job. Ended up using the gum trick to get it moved back down to the shop until I can pick up the proper o-ring. Thanks for the tip!

[@Astrix_Jaeger]

Great video man, 5 years ago a small group of ppl was given a project for a steam boiler generator and used this technique. Fun times, there was a lot of chewing and whole lot more screwings.

[@LemonMan_Man]

hrrrrrrr *click*

[@pileofstuff]

the perfect torque every time.

[@MrLembnau]

yep a torque wrench clicks when you reached the proper torque... well at least the oldschool ones do. the new ones are powered by pixies

[@theomnipresent1]

yes...

[@John_Ridley]

PSA: Explaining the joke kills it.

[@MrLembnau]

John Ridley was not my intention. just wanted to make fun of the new beeping pieces of shit.

[@USCisgay]

hahah, Saskatchewan socket set... here in California, we call those "Mexican socket sets"

[@nder12345]

NUT FUCKER in Australia

[@Satchmoeddie]

"Mexican Metrics" in Arizona. A "Mexican Backhoe" is a pick & shovel.

[@Pentti_Hilkuri]

"Agricultural nut lathe" translated word to word from the language over here wherever I might be.

[@deathcogunit106]

x2 for NUT FUCKER, Washington state reporting in.

[@tomasagustin45]

I didn't think that was a statewide term. Hahahaha

[@TheShop.]

I always learn something while being entertained on your channel. Good work my good man.

[@WhitentonMike]

@AvE Got many a good chuckle and belly laugh on this episode. Thanks, I needed that.

[@TheTruthRocks]

Not "chica," but chicle (pronounced CHEE-klay). From latex of the sapodilla tree. And now you know how Chiclets got their handle!

[@Gen01Lee]

And the Spanish call gum chicle.. it all makes sense now.

[@josiahtheblacksmith467]

@@Gen01Lee mexican gum also happens to be delicious.

[@Bobs-Wrigles5555]

Hey AvE, Over here in the Outback Australia we use chewy gum to fix holed fuel tanks, if you're bouncing your fuel tank over sharp rocks in the middle of nowhere and get a hole you get the mate/missus to put his/her finger over the hole while you chew up some gum then real quick stick the gum in the hole, the gas sets the gum rock hard in seconds and seals your tank so you can go a few hundred more miles to get home. It works best if you apply heaps of pressure so the gum mushrooms inside the tank and flattens outside before it sets, then it wont move either way in the hole. I've heard it works the same on oil pan of your motor too, but I've never tried it, also don't know if it works for diesel. BTW Where did you pick up the chooch'n word, you're the second person I've come across who uses it? Regards

[@thecirinos]

Not only did I get it to not work perfectly but I did it irreversibly and with great precision. I love this thing!

[@WILDWINGSMOFO]

You're probably the funniest and most entertaining quick fixes mechanic I've ever seen, I saw on GTA servers of this being way stop a oil leak and I just had find out for myself and turned out to prove right, so thank you sir for proving a thought I've had for a while, It makes total sense too in terms ingredients but I wasn't sure if it got hot enough to burn so thank you again, I'll have try it as last resort when time comes, Already got a small leak on the Honda due small amount rust over my washer, but not too much concern in terms the leak.

[@ahobimo732]

AvE, you are truly the poet laureate of heavy industry. I've worked in the Alberta oil sands and your description of the opening scene was utterly perfect. All the personalities, the characters - you conveyed the culture and atmosphere of the jobsite better than I've ever heard it done before. I'm honestly flabbergasted by your ability to ad lib this stuff. You do it flawlessly and effortlessly. You are a living legend.

[@Goodwithwood69]

You full time interwebs now? And please do an episode just chatting about your previous career, I think we all would like an insight to why you are like you are!

[@Goodwithwood69]

Ps,I prefer your random vids to your tool review but variety is better!

[@zaggery]

Yes anything from AvE is a good watch. I've learned more from him all three years in school I completed.

[@caddyking6843]

Agreed

[@mosseon3456]

think he still does work and uses the patron money for expensive individual stuff

[@NoahKuzel]

I like them both. These quick fix it vids will save people money.

[@spikeypineapple552]

Mr AVE, I work with my father in engineering. I remember you saying something about making those torches. If you need a friendly producer(we have CNC lathes), feel free to pm me :)

[@theomnipresent1]

This, this is why I'm subscribed.

[@fonz5554]

Nicest torque wrench I've ever seen.... "Click"..... By far my favorite channel!

[@robertdejonge3607]

Dude, you're tips are amazing! Thanks for sharing, sure they will be useful one day!

[@chesterross7513]

😂😂 you sir have the absolute best channel on KZbin. I've never met/known/seen a funnier canuck

[@Demicron]

Does flavor of gum make difference? Also how much longer do I keep shaking this can? The ball has yet to desolve.

[@aluckyshot]

Nice one

[@jostouw4366]

Till the lumps are gone

[@swde4793]

lol, he knows what "Learned Helplessness" is. Awesome. This dude is very intelligent. Indeed🤓

[@kizz.Commented]

Everytime I think I got a step ahead of ya, you bin done rained me back in again. Brill , ty

[@whatposterman1222]

The adjustable wrench is also called a Kentucky toolbox, once placed in an appropriate brown sack rolled around it.

[@Wumbology13]

The question we all want answered though is, "Can you chew it afterwards?".

[@CK33805]

"You were too focused on if you could, you didn't stop to think if you should"

[@godfreypoon5148]

Yeah. I want my gum back at end of shift.

[@omarkhan9966]

Dr. Malcolm ftw!

[@ampeyro]

Bubblegum gets all soft and goop-like when you expose it to oil so... You can chew it if you like the taste of hydraulic oil (seriously who doesn't) but you won't be making any bubbles.

[@Gkitchens1]

Sure you can. Might taste like cancer though.

[@Bullwinkle39]

in answer to the question at the top of the video. i like both types of video, just watching you and listening to you is entertainment

[@caddyking6843]

Dam straight fella

[@typ044]

Best commentary on all of the internet, makes me laugh on every one of his videos

[@DirtyDeeds65]

Man I could listen to you all day long! Colorful lango, Stay safe!

[@oldoldpilgrim7898]

Somewhere along the way, I learned that when it was first introduced to the general public, chewing gum used to be called chewing rubber.

[@brandonogden3498]

If you can tolerate the cavity from chewing the gum, you can win enough beer to make you forget about the dental work you need. Ya know, I always thought gum would probably work in *some* of those Macgyver-esque situations.

[@nickb5091]

I remember an episode of Macgyver where he used the foil wrapper on a stick of gum to catch a fish. Tried that once and it never worked. At least I know this WILL work!

[@machematix]

In NZ, it's hard to find gum that ISN'T sugar-free. Haven't had gum with sugar except overseas since I was a kid. Surprised the sugary stuff is still the most common in USA.

[@boodro2122]

This is great! Never thought about it, but it makes so much sense! Cool video, man.

[@TheSubzeto]

Happy to see this will be full time. NB represent!

[@samuelscott7646]

You really need a wide angle lens so you can keep everything in frame but other wise great vidjeo as usual

[@ReverendTed]

3:50 - Shmoo released and dripping, but not just at the fitting - at the gauge?

[@Professionalpatternrecognizer]

First minute and a half of this video is literally the best thing on the Internet.

[@qubitser]

Oh man, the half liter metric ( like 23/16th inch imperial something something) flip top Grolsch bottle. The distinct noise of opening one of these, triggers all kinds of pavlov reactions in the shop.

[@ulle500]

I think the exact same size o-ring I put in my leaky shower head today. The o-ring that I stole from my bicycle pump

[@ehmjauhh5495]

Heineken& grolsch, dutchies unite!!

[@patsvideos74]

Fyi never would i skip to 4:20 and miss a second of AvE goodness!

[@uuutooob9]

Magic moment when a stray curly one appears in the schmoo 4:08 at the mention of the "love glove". Priceless...

[@brenovsky]

Hey! How about a bumper sitcker... Release the schmoo! LOL

[@Blueshirt38]

So if I get the urge to smoke, I should pop an O-ring in my mouth instead. Gotcha.

[@Blueshirt38]

***** An O-ring? I hadn't thought of that... I'll be right back.

[@joeyswieton6664]

He never came back :(

[@foxisretrofitting4556]

This is good info especially for emergency fixes of expensive Honda power steering line and pump orings. Alot of those you have to order off ebay, Honda, or grab a sloppy seconds oring at the junkyard. Looked up pressures and a 2006 civic's pump runs at 213 psi in good shape. I will do some of my own tests on this soon and hopefully make a video of it in action. The bubble gum used in AvE's video was Bubbilcious brand if anyone was curious.

[@tonysurface1]

I'm having flashbacks of Bob and Doug McKenzie's "Strange Brew." You don't sue for whiplash, do ya?" Keep up the great job hoser! Saskatchewan socket set. Priceless.

[@TonyFleetwood]

sweet buttery jesus! also, chicle, not chica.

[@zacharylagler242]

Tony Fleetwood chica A.K.A. a Señorita...

[@HelenaOfDetroit]

OMG! how did he know i was shying away from the screen?

[@sparrowm249]

run a leaking 500 ton press brake daily

[@DisabilityExams]

Ave's watching you through your webcam. Some Russians taught him how to turn it on without turning on the little blue LED!

[@HelenaOfDetroit]

If that's the case, then I'm sorry AvE. Please forgive me of my dirty personal times

[@imthemistermaster]

lol

[@HelenaOfDetroit]

koviack let's just say, i can no longer keep my dick in a vice. ;)

[@Fwibos]

i loved that lifelike click of your "torque" wrench.

[@Zuggy]

Definitely enjoy both the shop tips and BOLTRS.

[@westxtsew]

"Safety Squints Engadged" haha

[@michaelfoye1135]

You might find it interesting or perhaps even helpful to know that gum base is present in higher portion in sugarless gum than in ordinary chewing gum and that bubble gum has even less. Gum base may also be acquired in pure form from a number of different producers and a market exists for makers of gum products who lack the facility to make gum base. Gum base is a mixture of a variety of materials such as gum arabic, guar gum, various resins, rosins and esthers of a plethora of trees and plants, that form the base for any of the various chewing gums. It is usually a proprietary blend because of the myriad possible materials which can be used to produce the substance means that those combinations with mild or desirable flavors and textures provide a market advantage. Each having various qualities and flavors. They are most likely kept proprietary to prevent competitors from matching specific recipes and reducing the market advantage of the product line. Anyone who has known someone with their own proprietary stew or pie recipe is familiar with this practice. Additionally, there are some quite strange materials which make the list of possible ingredients, and some would bring largely displaced concerns which are difficult or impossible to assuage irrespespective of the veracity of the concerns, and would represent an enormous pain in the proverbial keister if an angry mob of mal-informed scientifically illiterate nabobs were to conglomerate into a critical mass of sign waving prognosticatory slogan wielding jibbering jabbering intent on chaining themselves to something until the things that they cannot comprehend, do not understand, and refuse to become educated about cease.

[@jostouw4366]

Are you saying there's more then one?

[@Gkitchens1]

There are TWO kinds of gum??? When was someone planning it tell me this??

[@JoshuaTClark81]

AvE, I just love watching your vidjeos, I learn a lot and laugh my arse off at the same time.

[@ryushi5]

I love that click-torque end wrench, I need to get me one of those

[@erg0centric]

d'ya think the gum might become vulcanized by the sulphur in the EP oil? just sayin'

[@sidgar1]

I know plane crews in WWII used to use bubble gum to patch holes in fuel tanks. Can the hydraulic fluid dissolve the gum, though?

[@rustyshackleford9683]

NBR-based gum? Nope. Natural rubber/latex based? Sure will. Although there is a difference between a permanent repair and a "get me to the end of the shift" repair.

[@gostriderblack]

sir, what is this "permanent repair" you speak of? I've only come across the, just get me till I clock off fix.

[@MegaMetinMetin]

Was just going thru your old videos and this pops up :)

[@philipcaseyacalloway204]

thank you for teaching me something I probably won't need but will be thankful I know when I need to!

[@AreThereNoMoreNames]

Begs the question if anyone's making viton-based gum!

[@andyp3834]

...nice, now if they only made spear-ment flavored O-rings ;-)

[@heavymetalhomesteader8138]

Fixed the air nailer at work today thanks to this trick.

[@looosemeat]

I forgot how good this channel is.

[@RECON342]

omg i love how he talks

[@earthbjornnahkaimurrao9542]

Me too. I'm part of the problem!

[@RECON342]

***** I will take that as a compliment. bc it's you

[@richardvsassoon5144]

keep us guessing Ave... the streets you walked on before we met.

[@jameswu0523]

Love your sense of humor!!!! Thanks

[@kristopherhill2740]

I love your videos. please never stop.

[@sl1200mk02]

When was the last time your torque wrench was calibrated?

[@sl1200mk02]

AvE still laughing at that one, want to share but can't think of anyone else I know that would get it

[@andyreid7274]

The last time it hit the floor.

[@sea-saw2654]

saskatchewan socket set. you know it's the correct torque cus it rounds off. so so true....

[@karlmike1869]

Just came for my weekly English Lesson...got some Bubblegum and hydrolics info at the same time.. Sweet..

[@elliotthompson6266]

I wasn't part of the initial bet but I'm so amazed that I feel like I owe you some mail beers too

[@ZealothPL]

Best torque wrench ever *HNGGGGGGG.... CLICK*

[@SupremeScience]

Don't tell the chemically challenged "Food Babe"

[@mijodo2008]

A most interesting discourse. About as tactful as a sledgehammer. Loved it. Cheers from Michael. Australia.

[@PaleFlyer]

Just gotta say, on the original o-ring, the little tiny bit of leakage... Yeah, place I used to work wouldn't even look at it. We didn't look at a leak unless it was over a drip every minute, maybe 2. We also went through a big white tub of hydraulic oil every 2 weeks I think.

[@nickslosubi690]

Could this potentially work in place of Teflon tape?

[@dadsradride]

Why would you chew teflon tape?

[@EpilepsyWarning]

@@dadsradride 😂😂😂😂😂

[@CertifiedGhoul]

Holy bajesus you got a lot more subscribers then you used to. Jesus where have I been

[@CK33805]

Under a Dwayne Johnson?

[@thetremoloco4801]

I lost my shit on that

[@Aridzonan13]

Excellent.. Well done.. Will have to give it a try.

[@johndeerekid167]

Used this trick to patch up oil lines, fuel lines, etc in the field. Works surprisingly well. Even used it to patch up a leaky brake fitting. Was good enough to get me home, then back to work... Until I wrapped her around a tree 3 months later (too much throttle, the brakes worked fine when we rolled it off the rollback).

[@brackman71]

4:55 "Dorque" wrench? :P

[@cardesinr]

So seriously what did he actually do for work????

[@dougferrin1398]

He's a Millwright guaranteed.

[@JDeWittDIY]

Maintenance tech in the mining industry.

[@dougferrin1398]

Its ok. Don't force it, use a bigger hammer!

[@JonWhitton]

AvE is a schmoo master! RELEASE THE SCHMOO!

[@yymmyyyymmyy2630]

I think he is a quality expert or smth :D but i like him

[@jonodragicevich1286]

Worked for my cooling system on my truck, thanks AvE.

[@rcoray]

In re: you pollski, I was never opposed to learning about machining a potato or finding things to chop in the woods because your camping buddy is a more of a beer maiden than a lumber jack. Variety is the bath salt of life.