MAPP Torch explosion caught on video! Full Story of what happened.

[@robertlackey7212]

Truth be told we all like fire.

[@AdamLucasYT]

@@robertlackey7212 🤟

[@user-hl7uv1hn2y]

😂😂😂

[@danielstadden1149]

I've got a scarecrow buddy. He's not too fond of it

[@hottractor1999]

Quick reactions, good job! BTW you might want to think about using eye protection when working on stuff, you never know when something unexpected might happen. You only have two of them.

[@AdamLucasYT]

@@hottractor1999 I agree with you. I always have it on when under stuff because so much dirt and rust falls in the eyes, but it looks like I should be more diligent.

[@tedsmith6137]

Where was the "earth shattering KABOOM"? It caught fire. It did not explode. Don't embellish, just tell it like it was.

[@gimpygardner3377]

I found the greatest tool in the world. I bought an Induction Bolt Heater. I paid about $200.00. Professional versions start about $5-600.00. I love it it only heats the metal and not the plastic and rubber near by. It's a lot safer, especially in tight spaces. I bought it to do a water pump on an old Ford that is notorious for snapping bolts. After that job, I figured it was paid for.

[@shawnsmith4058]

What brand and where ? Thanks 😊

[@gimpygardner3377]

@shawnsmith4058 I think I bought it through Vevor. They sell products cheap. It works well for me in my barn. Just Google Induction Bolt Heater. The cheap ones are probably all made by the same people.

[@geoffsclassiccars]

I prefer oxy acetylene with welding nosle (water on standby)

[@gregorymalchuk272]

What was the name of the model and manufacturer?

[@shawnsmith4058]

@@geoffsclassiccars can't get gas axe in everywhere on new junk no room and plastic

[@machineman6498]

Thank you for making this! Will pause next time and listen for leaks.

[@AdamLucasYT]

@@machineman6498 most welcome!

[@flyer617]

Noted. Now stored with tank removed.

[@AdamLucasYT]

@@flyer617 me too now 👍👍👍

[@kenm4678]

MAPP gas is no longer produced in the USA, since 2008. It is now sold as MAP-PRO without the methylaceteylene.

[@AdamLucasYT]

@@kenm4678 yes true, but we all call it mapp still.

[@kenm4678]

@@AdamLucasYT Glad you're safe!

[@danburch9989]

Unless you plan on adding oxygen to MAP-Pro gas (for welding), it's not cost effective vs straight propane. MAP-Pro gas (without oxygen) burns only 200ºF hotter than propane (3800ºF vs 3600ºF) but the cylinders are about 2½ time more expensive (HD prices).

[@AdamLucasYT]

You are probably 100% correct but it sure seems like these map pro torches burn significantly hotter than my propane torch. Maybe it's just my imagination though. I'll keep that in mind though in the future, thank you.

[@gimpygardner3377]

When you are trying to get that bolt loose, money is no object.

[@ProctorSilex]

Propane alone is not enough for 95% of stuck fasteners in my experience. The remaining 5% could have probably been undone without heat. You need to get the fastener glowing red. That extra 200º gives you a better chance that you'll be desperate for if you don't have an oxygen setup.

[@gimpygardner3377]

@@ProctorSilex I bought an Induction Bolt Heater for about $200.00. It's awesome, heats just the bolt and not the plastic stuff near by.

[@cliffrayner731]

It's the blue wrench!

[@AdamLucasYT]

It seems I may be in the minority calling it red.

[@BobBob-eh5sb]

I wouldn’t call that an explosion, but it would definitely get your attention.

[@captnron59]

Make sure you tighten up the valve

[@AdamLucasYT]

It was tight. Had a bad seal that started leaking.

[@walkgood4092]

​@AdamLucasYT was it leaking at the ON-OFF button?

[@AdamLucasYT]

@walkgood4092 at the seal between tank and torch.

[@mikeh.753]

That was a really quick inspection, it didn't take you long to look at it once it caught on fire.

[@hjacobs8972]

We call it the "Fire Wrench"

[@ch3no2killz]

"Smoke Wrench" here

[@danburch9989]

I have the same torch. I've never felt the need to wear gloves when using the torch. I'm a converted torch user now.

[@AdamLucasYT]

@@danburch9989 same for me until that day 😁

[@SmooveBee1]

Cross threaded the torch onto the bottle?

[@AdamLucasYT]

Nope. Hadn't ever removed the tank since I bought it.

[@jonsworld5307]

theres rubber seal they blow out more often then you think iv seen it before

[@MarcMercier1971]

We call it the "Blue Tipped Wrench"

[@AdamLucasYT]

That works too 🤟

[@congerthomas1812]

These youngens try to have their own vocabulary. Bi weekly I tell my#1 a boot ain't a hat,it FKN matters. My daughter texted me back (bet), I called #1 and ask what are you kids saying? He said ok. I Really didn't believe my daughter was calling me out! We ain't the same !

[@spelunkerd]

While on a ski mountaineering trip, at a hut high on a glacier in the Canadian Rockies one winter, I had the same thing happen to a small camp stove. It was leaking and the entire table burst into flames. I grabbed the small propane tank, walked to the door, and threw it down the glacier several hundred feet. Once the source was gone the fire went out and the hut was saved. If the hut had burned down we might not have survived the night.

[@AdamLucasYT]

Whoa! Gnarly.

[@brianfairchild7819]

so youre the one responsible for global warming? there are some pissed off polar bears and a few crazy liberals looking for you

[@dannyh773]

I actually had that happen to me back in the 80s. It’s an experience I’ll never forget.

[@AdamLucasYT]

@@dannyh773 me too

[@assistantto007]

That's not a 'boom' .

[@jimandskittum]

Whoosh

[@gimpygardner3377]

I've had this happen. Trust me, there was a boom-boom in his pants.

[@rosswitte]

Glad you were not hurt. Thanks for sharing. Is that a MAPP burner top? Some are propane only and some will work on both. I had this happen with an old top one time and it was using cork as a washer/seal that had gone bad. Good luck in the future.

[@AdamLucasYT]

@@rosswitte thank you. This came in a set, torch and tank together. I believe the seal went bad while it was being stored. I hadn't ever removed the tank after purchasing it.

[@paintnamer6403]

I use the term "Smoke Wrench".

[@AdamLucasYT]

@@paintnamer6403 I like that 🤟

[@Lucysdad66]

I have the same one and it does the same thing but the fire comes out the vent holes.

[@AdamLucasYT]

@@Lucysdad66 crazy

[@Crackers65]

I had the same thing happen not to long ago one minute I’m heating a bolt the next my hole arm was on fire pretty scary.

[@AdamLucasYT]

@@Crackers65 you're the second or third person to comment something like this. Apparently this must be pretty common 😳.

[@jonsworld5307]

@@AdamLucasYT it is mostly seen it on newer torches were seal blows out must be factory defect

[@Jim-h9u]

A man has got to listen to his torch.

[@AdamLucasYT]

@@Jim-h9u I definitely check it now, but pretty sure it wouldn't have helped that day. If it had been leaking when I started, it would have already been empty.

[@sidwalker6902]

It’s always been called the blue tip wrench, it fits everything.

[@AdamLucasYT]

@@sidwalker6902 🤟

[@jeffjames4064]

When you look up and see someone stoll the pin from your favorite hand grenade

[@AdamLucasYT]

🤣

[@UncleSalty-nz5uk]

You're lucky man. Seen worse before. Scary shit. Bottle problem or torch problem?

[@rickydub6950]

I thought that might have been the cause; it was spitting out at the valve. Glad you were okay man , no hair lost 😁👍

[@AdamLucasYT]

@@rickydub6950 me too 😁

[@AwosAtis]

Man, what an intro video! I'm subscribed!

[@AdamLucasYT]

I sure appreciate you.

[@shalehausler4383]

Good thing you were wearing gloves. Looks like it could have been very unpleasant burns on your hands if they didnt have a little protection

[@floridagunrat1625]

We call 'em the blue tip wrench!

[@AdamLucasYT]

@@floridagunrat1625 👍👍👍

[@georgeburns7251]

The sky is killing. The sky is falling. - Chicken Little.

[@AdamLucasYT]

If you've read the video description, you'd see that I'm not advocating against using one of these. And if you read through the comments you'd see this has happened to several other people and one lost their leg. Sooooooo . . .

[@allenvasicek7771]

You can't use a Mapp gas on a propane torch head. They must be jetted differently. I had this happen to me. It was scary. I just had the standard propane head on mine. Glad you didn't get hurt.

[@AdamLucasYT]

@@allenvasicek7771 this was a map-pro torch head that came in a kit with that tank.

[@gunwrencher1566]

Wow! Scary. Good you had enough sense to throw it away from and not under your truck. We call it a gas axe.

[@crasher88]

what did you do to fix it?

[@AdamLucasYT]

I tossed this torch in the garbage and bought another, just in case. 😬 But now I pay more attention to how I store it and listen to make sure I don't hear a leak every time I attach the tank.

[@ch3no2killz]

@@AdamLucasYT An if your older and have bad ears use the nose!

[@AdamLucasYT]

@@ch3no2killz yes, sir!

[@inhocsigno9151]

Woah, glad you are safe. Scary.

[@AdamLucasYT]

@@inhocsigno9151 thanks!

[@WW-bt3tx]

No wonder it was on sale. Thanks for the warning!

[@AdamLucasYT]

@@WW-bt3tx welcome!

[@gnarlycarlson9600]

My uncle was using a similar torch and tank in a auto body shop years ago and the bottom of the tank ruptured and he lost his right leg and his manhood in the explosion and nearly died, these torches can be dangerous if they are defective!

[@AdamLucasYT]

Holy shxxxxxt. That's awful. I sincerely feel awful for your uncle. Wouldn't wish that on anyone.

[@whathasxgottodowithit3919.]

Often the "Big Nasty" air wrench is much better than the "Big Red Wrench" safer at least.

[@Serpico1152]

I had the same thing happen to me a couple of years ago when using one of these torches in my garage and luckily I was wearing leather gloves when the flames 🔥 erupted and the garage bay door was open, in a quick split second I became Tom Brady throwing a Superbowl game winning "Hail Mary" 50 yard pass 🏈 down my blacktop driveway breathing a sigh of relief, when I retrieved it the hard landing caused the top area of the bottle to be bent making the screw on tip slightly off in one direction but still useable, and I also replaced the defective seal.

[@AdamLucasYT]

It's been really eye opening how many people share this experience. Here I thought I was about the only one.

[@Spiritof_76]

Oxy-acetylene = "the smoke wrench"

[@AdamLucasYT]

@@Spiritof_76 🤟

[@DroidPADhome]

That happen to me at about 12 -14 yrs old. In my parents house. Running for the door biffed hard as I could across the street. Always test and look for seals. Sudsy water test see n listen, fun memories.

[@AdamLucasYT]

@@DroidPADhome yes, exactly.

[@dwormon4591]

No safety glasses ???????

[@myfastcars]

LOL!! Been there DONE THAT. Same shock and same reason. I also tossed it like a lit dynamite stick! LOL!! I always smell the torch head before use. If you smell Kapton (ONIONS), YOU HAVE A LEAK.

[@AdamLucasYT]

I've been amazed at how many people in the comments have had this happen to them.

[@SmooveBee1]

Breaker bar is way better than impact (depends on the impact of course);

[@garysgarage.2841]

That didn't blow up if it did you'd be dead that was just an example of somebody not checking their equipment before they use it

[@AdamLucasYT]

Sorry I'm not dead 🙄. You realize it wasn't leaking before I started using it, because if it had been it would have been empty, right? 🤦‍♂️

[@garysgarage.2841]

@AdamLucasYT apology accepted

[@wg5768]

Good thing you were wearing gloves!

[@onclemort8915]

Happened to me with a new Rothenberger SuperFire 2 Mapp torch. Faulty safety valve on mine, go figure. If you hear gas escaping go NOT press the ignitor button or it will go up in your hand.. Rothenberger were not interested.

[@AdamLucasYT]

@@onclemort8915 glad you are ok

[@jonathanshaw8868]

Same thing happened to me, the seal went bad

[@AdamLucasYT]

@@jonathanshaw8868 I definitely watch for this more closely now 👍

[@mccanlessdesign]

Wow! Have shared with buds - I'm sure we all have the same torch. I see your cheesecake wall art behind you @0:17 - I found an EBay source that made me some toolbox lid liners from a selection of similar, '50s-style pix - nice period decor for my workshop.

[@AdamLucasYT]

Nice! I spend so much time in the workshop, the decor definitely makes my days better.

[@mccanlessdesign]

@@AdamLucasYT lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczOMT9Qv_YlJN4f1vmA08P7Eu8K1ejSMlob5yhpEjRNvd7F8Rcm49hUPLMegY0TODJC-e-DXX-Uc5yij2RFLfM-3yjzUmuPdrE09GtNCU8BV1WfDZL-4m4zEvv5Ao12-6ypNojk2DeTzMv9KPdG7PZWgCw=w1200-h900-s-no?authuser=0 Not too far from you, near Atlanta -

[@ytwhite5930]

The mapp torch was the least of your problems...You were laying under that vehicle that was on nothing but a floor jack...That is one VERY bad habit...It's only a matter of time before you find that out the hard way...

[@AdamLucasYT]

Nah, this thing had a jack stand behind the floor jack.

[@will7its]

@@AdamLucasYT Watch those blocks of wood too. Use solid oak or ash, much safer.

[@K9River]

That's not mapp gas; it's been discontinued.

[@AdamLucasYT]

True, but it's still called mapp gas, even though it's been replaced with a substitute.

[@K9River]

@AdamLucasYT It reminds me of how some 1/2 ton trucks are labeled 3/4 ton, but literally have the same rear axle as a 1/2 ton. False advertising! 🫠

[@grassroot011]

Also you got a lesson on the principle of refrigeration, ? Yup !

[@patrickhall3878]

So just another Monday...

[@AdamLucasYT]

@@patrickhall3878 yes, sir 🤟

[@sellickusa]

Thanks some scary shit....... thankfully you were outside and not in the shop

[@scottsellers68]

You obviously don't know what you're doing because you're supposed to always check for gas leaks beforehand

[@AdamLucasYT]

Obviously it wasn't leaking when I started or the tank would have already been empty.

[@bradyjones8263]

My man. Thanks, I needed that bit of advice because I work with MAPP to make jewelry, and I don't want to die doing it.

[@jonsworld5307]

iv seen this happen the seal blows out

[@AdamLucasYT]

Exactly

[@paradiselost9946]

lol, its always funny to see a "green" bottle on an oxy set... here, green is AMMONIA! almost never seen in "the wild"...

[@AdamLucasYT]

@@paradiselost9946 where you at?

[@skysurferuk]

Physics.

[@Youtubecensoredmyusername]

I see no explosion

[@AdamLucasYT]

That's because the flames weren't inches from your eyes 🤣

[@Youtubecensoredmyusername]

@Iv had an isopropyl container pop harder than that

[@Youtubecensoredmyusername]

@@AdamLucasYT lol buddy pretty sure when my hansens ginger ale exploded from 120 degree heat right in my cup holder was more of an expl0sjon than that

[@AdamLucasYT]

@@KZbincensoredmyusername lol, you are comparing a pop bottle making a mess in your car to flames nearly burning my eyebrows off 🤣🙄.

[@Youtubecensoredmyusername]

@ yes because it was a whole lot more violent lol

[@alanmorrison3598]

Ever think about safety glasses? Better yet a face shield! One other point..Never point the torch down..Always up! Not saying you did but just sayin..A stronger impact wrench probably would have got it loose without heating but even then, wear those safety glasses!

[@AdamLucasYT]

@@alanmorrison3598 agree about the safety stuff. That impact is a Mac. It's a beast.

[@Nbomber]

Never point the torch down? Plumbers are going to have a hard time doing their jobs following that advice.

[@Nbomber]

Also good luck getting into a wheel arch to work while wearing a face shield. This is an equipment failure, not operator error.

[@a_reptiledysfunction5267]

Osha has entered the chat

[@alanmorrison3598]

@@Nbomber you have obviously never used a Mapp gas torch.

[@jamesrudolph7794]

Wasn’t tight.

[@AdamLucasYT]

@@jamesrudolph7794 the tank had never been removed since I bought it. It was tight. Seal had gone bad.

[@stevendegreef93]

That is simply NO explosion. It’s just burning gas. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explosion

[@AdamLucasYT]

Not sure if you would feel that way if it happened inches from your face. 😳😬😜

[@FLManTM]

you must be fun at parties, nerd

[@mothMagnets]

I could tell there wasn't one the moment I saw he still had both his hands and eyes. As well as just, of course there wouldn't be.

[@Pope-A-Dope]

Chinesium.

[@AdamLucasYT]

Probably ☹️

[@jonesbugattis]

Knowing that you are allowed to use tools on vehicles of any kind, will not help me get to sleep tonight!

[@AdamLucasYT]

@@jonesbugattis please, keyboard warrior, enlighten me. I've only got over 20 years of experience doing this.

[@jonesbugattis]

@@AdamLucasYT Wow, that means I had twenty five years of learning how to use tools, when you were born. Did you intend to replace the caliper bolts after you removed the temper from the ones you tried to heat with a torch you didn't pay attention to enough to notice a big MAP gas leak, at the bottle? You are a danger to yourself and anyone near any vehicle to have touched.

[@AdamLucasYT]

@jonesbugattis if you've done this for 45 years and never needed a torch to remove a caliper bolt, you did very little work in those 45 years. And this wasn't leaking like that when I picked up the torch or the tank would have been empty. That seal started leaking after it was being used. Come on. Get off your high horse.

[@firstlast---]

​@@AdamLucasYTsome people think working on a car is like working on an aircraft 😂 go ahead and take apart a rust belt vehicle without heat, I dare ya

[@jackrichards1863]

Self inflicted I'm sorry. You MUST tighten the handset properly to ensure no leak. Only exemplary safety measures by the manufacturer saved you from setting the whole cylinder vulnerable to the fire. Read the associated safety information and the handling instructions before use, always strictly adhering to those instructions. THUMBS DOWN !

[@AdamLucasYT]

The torch was installed on the tank and never once removed. This has absolutely zero to do with it not being tightened properly. Otherwise it would have blown during one of my previous uses. The seals failed from age or storage conditions. Still my fault, but your assessment is wrong. The lesson here is to remove the tank after each use and be sure those seals look good before putting a tank on. And then be sure you don't hear a leak.

[@jackrichards1863]

@@AdamLucasYT You are not correct in saying I am wrong. Accept that your mishandling of the equipment is where the problem arises and don't bother lying to cover up your incompetence . Nor your clickbait video title. People doing what you are doing ruin a lot of great opportunities for all others due to your aversion to truth & at times fear of exposure. I wont suggest you have that weakness.

[@AdamLucasYT]

@@jackrichards1863 have you considered that perhaps the person who wasn't even there and has seen only a video of the event could be wrong? Probably not because it sounds like you are never wrong.

[@jackrichards1863]

@AdamLucasYT safety begins in the hands of the operator. That's all.