What happens when you fill the cooling system with motor oil?

[@v.ictorrr]

This is the best russian/english channel about cars. 🙌

[@JohnGrahambeehive]

It’s the only Russian/English channel about cars!!! 😂

[@LiquidSnakeSSJ4]

@CyborgKing200 yes comrade

[@mauricecooper176]

I 1st found this channel without the translations and I still watched it I was starting to learn their language than found the other channel with the translations in now I know no Russian language

[@LiquidSnakeSSJ4]

@@mauricecooper176 may i ask, what is your native language?

[@DejvmanXsindicate]

@@LiquidSnakeSSJ4 comrade dog, you must protect motherland.

[@benototh1796]

Garage 54, channel that provides answers to questions only asked after 10 beers in the pub 😁

[@mr.santos5205]

I can relate to that😂

[@Flies2FLL]

10 vodkas...

[@bobroberts2371]

Deutz diesels from the past 20 years use engine oil as coolant. As in pumped through the block / head just like water based coolant.

[@lucasvanhamburg4937]

but they are air/oil cooled right? not a separate radiator

[@bobroberts2371]

@@lucasvanhamburg4937 Look up the 1011 series of engines ( F2L1011, F3L1011, F4L1011, F2L1011F, F3L1011F, F3M1011F, F4M1011F, and BF4M1011F. ) These do not have any cooling fins on the cylinders or cylinder head and are completely oil cooled and are built just like a water cooled engine. They have a built in oil cooler and fan. The older series of Deutz were direct air cooled ( like the 914 series that includes F3L914

[@eugeneshealthproject]

These guys are really cool. I think it's great with the way they translate everything into English. THANK YOU !

[@asapslide3036]

They can reach about 95% larger viewer base than if it only was in Russian so it is only logical...

[@joshuagibson2520]

They pay up for that. BMI Russian translates the vids for a fee. I'm guessing, but yeah.

[@GreensladeNZ]

@David Detrana American?

[@Infinitrium]

@@joshuagibson2520 I think we all need to see the face behind the narrator's voice

[@andyeverett93]

@@Infinitrium I always wondered what he looked like. I love that he changes his tone of voice depending whose voice he’s translating 😂

[@lassediscovers1813]

Suggestion: Make a electric-Lada using only startermotors attached to the gearbox! TESLADA

[@the_kombinator]

As per our agreement ;)

[@FaresDjebbar]

Dude that's a great idea !

[@thomasdemell4388]

Good idea but it would be a very short lived episode. The starter motors would likely burn out quickly.

[@sambo9855]

@@thomasdemell4388 Don't know but maybe not, since starter motors are designed to run under load. Perhaps a few of them could pull the weight of a car.

[@mikeznel6048]

@@sambo9855 They are not designed for continuous duty. Very short duty cycle. It wouldn't run very long. They would need to use motors designed to run continuously. Its called a duty cycle. Im not gonna explain it but if you want to know, look it up.

[@kenabi]

i'm starting to think these guys have a lada tree. or perhaps a lada orchard. hrm. no, it's russia, they'd have a lada mine.

[@kevinwiltshire2217]

They ended up buying the lot of factory LOL

[@throttleblipsntwistedgrips1992]

They assemble themselves out of bits of old t-34s and just show up on the doorstep one day.

[@rampage3337]

lol yeah seems like they got a lada tree xD. but i think russia manufactured these cars up to like 2012 or somthing so theres a ton of them out there in the baltic/russian regions. in sweden they are rare tough and cost like 2000-6000euros

[@Z-Ack]

Yea i could believe that in russia, every family is granted 1 free lada per household...

[@digitalchaos1980]

Either way, they sure have a 'lada' of them haha

[@daverome8855]

Removing the head, damaging a perfectly good headgasket and rebuilding it... this goes against everything I know 🤣

[@621ELECTRONICS]

Well now you know Garage 54.

[@SwapBlogRU]

"Nothing about this place makes sense"

[@Gkitchens1]

"You never know until you know, and now you know" -AvE

[@charleshines6155]

True but all of these things are only experiments to see what will happen.

[@JeremiahMuchangi]

And having a Subaru in the background. Could have been the perfect guinea pig for their famous gasket and coolant problems

[@danbergthold3481]

As oil is cheaper than antifreeze (if you buy the cheap stuff), maybe we would all be better off using oil in the crankcase AND in the cooling system. Saving money is an appealing concept and your research indicates that there would be absolutely no adverse effects. This way, we only need to keep a stock of one fluid for our engine's health and happiness! Thank you Garage 54! In these troubled times, you've shown us a simple way to save money and simultaneously simplify our lives!

[@mikaelgaiason688]

I was expecting just oil in the cooling system with a good head gasket, to see if it would circulate and actually cool

[@M1A4R8K8]

Evans waterless coolant

[@Z-Ack]

If i were a guessing guy i would have to say that in not too long the radiator and coolant channels will get clogged right up and then overheat.. but then again when it does overheat, oil becomes more viscous when hot so guess it would clear em out at that point if built enough pressure. Only thing is water turns to steam when heated and works the thermostat springs in the system and circulates that way.. oil will not vaporize like that and build pressure. But the water pump i guess would compensate for some of that... maybe just remove the thermostat and make sure you completely get all the water and antifreeze out so it wont milkafy the earl and would be good.. dunno..

[@mrtrendizzle]

@@Z-Ack the thermostat opens in a car due to the temperature not steam. You can see this by putting one in cold and hot water. The spring will move and open/close the thermostat. So oil would actually work altho it might take a little more time for the engine to heat the oil to the point of circulation. Oil is used in some regards as a coolant in other scenarios so would work on a car in theory. You would have to drive a car 100,000+miles on oil to really see what advantages or disadvantages are found. On top of this the heater matrix uses hot water to heat the cabin of the car and the impellor might not work well with oil being thicker.

[@mikaelgaiason688]

@@Z-Ack The channels wouldn't clog, they're big enough. I would figure the lightest weight oil available would be used. I'd expect the water pump itself to be a problem. It's got blades instead of a trochoid like an oil pump, so I'm not sure how well it would move oil. Water doesn't turn to steam when heated, it does so when boiled. Boiling point raises with pressure, hence the cap, and why a hot engine will boil over when a cap is removed even though it wasn't boiling before. The thermostat isn't held closed by springs, it's held closed by a wax puck. The spring is trying to open it. When heated, that ball of wax can't resist the spring trying to open it any more. Vaporization is a completely different thing. Vapor isn't liquid, it's a gas. Look into fuels and how to get them burning efficiently. Emulsion, (milkshake) could be a problem, but it might help and actually be better than pure oil. Depends on how well it would flow and it's thermal efficiency, or lack thereof. I honestly have no idea, but I'd be curious to see the effects either way.

[@mikaelgaiason688]

@@mrtrendizzle That's kinda what I was curious about. How well would the oil absorb and release the heat. It's generally used as a heat sink, not necessarily as a coolant, like in transformers and stuff. I'm not sure if it could actually pick the heat up quick enough to stop thermal runaway in the head without cooling fins to help. I'm sure engine developers tinkered with it back when everything was transitioning over from air(oil) cooled, but I've never actually read anything about it.

[@KnifeKnut]

This would have been a perfect use for the see through oil pan.

[@28YorkshireRose12]

The farmers have beaten you to it! - In the 1930s and '40s when tractors, like the Standard Fordson, and Fordson Major E27N had a 22 gallon cooling system, anti-freeze was expensive and hard to get, it was also an expensive job to repair a frost damaged engine block, so, many of the owners decided it was cheaper to use oil as a coolant instead. In later years (1950's) it was cheaper to use diesel fuel as a coolant. It worked well enough back then, but worth remembering that those cooling systems did not have any rubber hoses, so there were no issues with the oil damaging rubber parts. Other 'rubberless' cooling systems in other tractors/vehicles could be treated the same way - Of course, a coolant leak would increase the risk of a fire if it dripped or sprayed onto a hot exhaust. Swings and roundabouts, I guess. Oil as a coolant? Definitely a 107% success!

[@illbeyourmonster3591]

Nothing new. Many large industrial machines that have substantial hydraulics systems on them run the hydraulic oil through the engine to both keep it at a stable temperature plus eliminate one more fluid and related heat exchange system to take care of.

[@blower1]

Mechanic: 'You've got oil in your oil'

[@eddobond76]

Good one ,😂 thank you.

[@jakecastle4426]

HMM YES THIS FLOOR IS MADE OF FLOOR

[@zachaliles]

Oh the weather outside is weather...

[@michaelblacktree]

_"Today wasn't that cold, it was only minus 10 degrees."_ Me in Florida: What is negative temperature?

[@marvinmartinsYT]

Lol. Me Gold Coast Australia thinks the same. -10 c. Way to cold to be outside.

[@LeissGaming]

@@marvinmartinsYT Is this something I am too Swedish to understand? :D

[@marvinmartinsYT]

@@LeissGaming It’s hot here. Tshirt weather most of the year round.

[@tinknal6449]

Can confirm from Minnesota, negative 10 C is not that cold.

[@stwopid]

@@tinknal6449 depends on humidity and elevation.

[@famadrid78]

How about oil in both systems with a good gasket

[@TobiasLeininger]

yes that would be interesting, and warmer weather

[@G-ra-ha-m]

Yes, that's what I hoped this was about!

[@reubenseelund7985]

That would be interesting, renew the head gasket all together and fill the cooling system with engine oil, let it run to operating temp and then put the car through a vigorous testing course, high rooms and idle speeds

[@IronWarrior95]

How about only water in the oil system with a good gasket?! Or no oil and no water in any of these 🤔😂

[@famadrid78]

@@IronWarrior95 my ex did that one.....could have started my own channel if I would have recorded everything she did to her cars.

[@95Jester]

I have a co-worker, who used to worked with rally cars earlier. They also used lower viscosity oil as coolant in case the rally car had blown the head gasket.

[@meuclone]

Everyone know it's about subarus. LoL

[@markoldfield5658]

What happens if you use oil instead of coolant with a good head gasket?

[@LeoKadettTouringCar]

Nothing , just if you leave in hot country it can't transfer heat with efficiency like water. And rub parts will explode with time.

[@infosneakr]

@@LeoKadettTouringCar so if i change all the hoses you say i have a chance of it working?

[@oliverlock6654]

@@LeoKadettTouringCar but if you tried using 0w20 maybe it would work

[@billpeck9836]

I had cars that put oil in the coolant automatically

[@Darrell1981]

Had a oldsmobile do that just before rolling a bearing at a left turn light. Was a ton of fun moving that thing with other cars honking.

[@garypeatling7927]

VW famous for it

[@CJAYTODD]

Thank you for doing all of the things I wish I had the resources to do. 👍👍

[@SwapBlogRU]

Torturing a Lada requires way less resources than you think.

[@Universal.G]

This is a very good system. If the oil pump fails, the water pump will take over, if the water pump fails the oil pump will take over. Garage 54 ingenuity at its best.

[@theFLCLguy]

Truly Russian engineering is the best. Combine both systems into one. Just brilliant.

[@janicetrohn]

Years ago my husband forgot to put antifreeze in his pickup one fall. When winter came and his engine froze, it cracked the head and steam was coming out of the exhaust. So he drained the cooling system and filled it with diesel fuel. It worked great for about a month until the hot diesel fuel rotted the radiator hose and it blew going down the road. steamy diesel fuel was everywhere, he's lucky it didn't ignite. He got it home flushed it out real good and replaced all of the hoses and put some of that liquid glass block seal stuff in it which cured the problem in the head. That's the biggest problem, those hoses are made for coolant not oil and the oil will eat the rubber in the hoses up. But... there won't be any corrosion in the cooling system though, LOL!

[@s31463221]

Fantastic video fellas! I’ve never really thought about it like that, but I suppose it works as you’ve demonstrated! Definitely an entertaining channel! Keep up the good work guys!!

[@svenvanwier7196]

Basically turning this car into an air-cooled variant. Older porches and VW's used oil (a lot more liters) to cool the engine by using a radiator to cool the oil circulating through.

[@Ratatoskr0_0]

Really interesting idea. I can remember watching video of someone building a computer in a fish tank filled with mineral oil. The oil doesn't short electronics and is good at heat transport which is why it works and the processor isn't destroyed by heat. The cooling fans move slow since oil is heavier than air, but circulate the oil. That said, I wonder if combining the lubrication and cooling system on a production run would work. Basically what you did here, but I'm thinking something where this was intentionally done in the engine design. The oil and water pump could be reduced to a single pump with a single circulation system.

[@mydroidid]

Suzuki has this with small engines forgot the abbreviation, Google suzuki gixxer 250

[@meuclone]

Some motorcycle works this way, but it focuses is to be cheap, so no thermostatic valve and no fan. I did a mod in my bike (suzuki DR800) and got a 107% efficiency in cooling when stuck in traffic. It works!

[@tomcline5631]

My dad worked for a farmer in the early 60s who had a D8 dozer,and he used diesel fuel in the radiator! All the time. Anybody else ever heard of this before? I've been around equipment most of my life,and I've never heard of this. My dad never knew anyone else who did this.

[@highfuturamic]

Fill the engine with mercury ínstead of oil

[@vevenaneathna]

mercury eats other metals, especially aluminium. just an FYI

[@vevenaneathna]

@Benjamin Getz lol i mean some people's nerves are more sensitive to it and can demylenate/depolymerise but i wouldnt say it EATS people lol ive handled it

[@David-cy5zu]

@@vevenaneathna not iron.

[@ImnotgoingSideways]

Would still be fun to see which amalgamated part fails first.

[@David-cy5zu]

@@ImnotgoingSideways in old engines is 0 aluminum. learn chemistry or physics instead of guessing

[@keithballard4621]

Before antifreeze and water was used, diesel fuel was used as a coolant. That obviously had some drawbacks,such as thinned out motor oil, but maybe multi grade motor oil such as 5w/ 40w would address both issues?

[@tomthumb5445]

It would have been interesting to see what the oil as a coolant did in normal circumstances, not deliberately damaging the engine first. I wonder if it would have actually worked.

[@montey1017]

Have done this in an 89 ford LTD while delivering pizzas. Got oil in the coolant. Flushed the whole mess and filled it up with rotella. Ran the radiator cap overflow to the oil fill cap. Worked for months until I got another car.

[@tonys1636]

And the oil doesn't freeze like water, oil cooled engines have been around for a long time.

[@MrMaxGyver]

they need to work outside russian winter though

[@tonys1636]

@@MrMaxGyver Glycol has been used for liquid cooled engines in Aircraft and Arctic vehicles since the 1920's. Very flammable though.

[@Stoney3K]

@@tonys1636 Also, in plenty of engines, the fuel is used as somewhat of a coolant. The most extreme case of this is rocket engines where kerosene is both fuel and coolant, as well as hydraulic fluid for all the moving parts.

[@DarkLinkAD]

@@tonys1636 calcium hypocrite? Cant remember

[@bill6262]

@@tonys1636 NOT very flammable though. It is a 1 out of 4 for flammability. Its not like you would get a fireball if your engine overheated and steamed the engine compartment with coolant vapor.

[@floatv777]

I love that all your videos are done in 2560x1080. finally a video that fits my monitor right.

[@paulillingworth1242]

I’ve often thought could a thin oil be used as coolant to prevent the inherent problems that can come from water cooled systems

[@jamesb3321]

Nice one guys that’s a cool video I ran a tractor that was made somewhere in Europe in that was manufactured in the 1930s that used oil as coolant The one problem with oil as coolant is it’s heat retention,,, once it is hot it doesn’t like to cool down so an engine will over heat ,,,, the other problem is all your coolant hoses on a car are not comparable with oil products ,,,, but nice video Thank you

[@01sidiropoulos]

Well it's working in - 40 we need to test that in hot weather to see how the engine performs.. Good jub tho🔥👌🏼

[@riedjacobsen8620]

Agree. When it's snowing the cooling system mostly loafs. At 25C, I think engine overheats quickly.

[@afiumer7752]

I have they did it in hot weather

[@mikayeltruthseeker883]

​@@afiumer7752you have the video they did in hot weather?

[@walsakaluk1584]

This is an excellent way of introducing oil cooling by running it through the primary radiator. The size of the hp oil bypass channel you cut was a fluke. An oil pressure gauge would have been handy to see what that bypass did, your bearings may not float properly. This is all solvable with another paper napkin and samohon design session. Well done. Looking forward to V1.1 !!!

[@me005003]

Wouldn't mind seeing this done in that there car in a little warmer temperature, just an average day like even just 70° F.

[@illustriouschin]

It's a average warmer day in Russia.

[@KowalDWR]

Use humane units.

[@burnotto1663]

Yes but just engine oil in the cooling system That was what I expected

[@aleksankazakov]

For the engine's normal operating temp range a 20 F or 70 F outside environment temperature doesn't make much of a difference, it will not see a 50 F difference in temperature, the operating temperature is not even closely linear to the outside temperature unless its something like -40F or +125 and even then the engine will still operate at close to the nominal temperature

[@MrBruinman86]

With the hood on as well.

[@rotorblade9508]

it would be interesting to drive a few years like that with this car. if the engine doesn’t generate too much heat it may be better then water for keeping the block clear of rust. Anyway beware that if the coolant system is contaminated you will need to clean the oil thoroughly doing several flushes but if you put oil in it it may be even harder. keep the heater on cold so the heater core stays shut.

[@daniellee9015]

Brilliant video guys I wonder if a head gasket goes for real if you could do that pour oil in the radiator and keep driving

[@brandonjones4666]

Not really, because you’re losing your cylinder pressure, and it would mean you’re losing your hot exhaust gasses into the cooling system. Thus, heating the oil faster than the radiator can cool it. Also it would probably cause it to bubble quite a bit and overflow.

[@footprint_594]

@@brandonjones4666 Also, if the oil in the cooling system were to leak into the crankcase, it would overfill and the oil would become aerated and the engine will eventually seize. As for the oil being pushed into the cooling system, most cooling systems arent designed to work above 20 psi. The oil pump provides about 50 psi.

[@thatsgottahurt]

I watch all your videos twice. Once on your Russian channel with subs and again whenever you get to the English dub. I love your brand, please give BMI Russian a raise and full time position. We all need more Garage 54!!!

[@lahoozer6694]

Cool the engine with an AC loop. Put a core infront of the radiator and seal the two cores together. Summer project

[@MichaelLaferriere]

If these videos keep going, someone is going to have the bright idea to open a Lada dealership in the US. I just checked and only found a handful of used Ladas on old websites.

[@nicostenfors5690]

Farmers did this back in the day on old tractors which had bad O-ring seals on the cylinder liners.

[@om617yota8]

Have done that on a forklift. Was still running fine when I lost contact.

[@nicostenfors5690]

@@om617yota8 I bet the waterpump lasts forever haha.

[@MrMetsamies]

Thanks for doing this video. I was one of those who asked for it including the induced gasket leak.

[@mrhead5823]

I've really wanted to see gasoline in the radiator as coolant.

[@RickBaconsAdventures]

mastermilo did it

[@mrhead5823]

@@RickBaconsAdventures👍👍. I'd really like to see g54 do it their way

[@quevicular]

Exactly

[@MF175mp]

Then after it's hot, what happens if you start smoking in the car.

[@SelectTaxi24]

Gasoline/petrol/benzina would evaporate 👍 s

[@sweettooth7124]

I was hoping the block would be drained and a whole properly functioning cooling system would be filled with oil. Still satisfying.

[@01DOGG01]

when you mix coolant with oil, you get brown paint. I know because I ejected tons of the stuff from my engine in my old car. It includes microscopic rust. Stains anything that it touches.

[@nadronnocojr]

Awesome as usual your videos are always pushing the envelope fun, creativity, exploring new avenues . Thank you for your curiosity and ability to see thru crazy ideas , a real cornerstone of my you tube viewing experience

[@939Figo]

YAY! My suggestion, well kinda 😁

[@Tony-ib2vm]

This is the best/most useful episode of this series.

[@prescan7000]

Should have been a diesel engine. Where oil would be leaking in to the chambers causing a diesel engine runaway :-D

[@SwapBlogRU]

Sounds like the ultimate way to optimize engine operation, using one fluid to lubricate, cool and run the motor.

[@rkan2]

@@SwapBlogRU It is done... Could probably be done in a car as well, but would need some oil pump for the cooling system. Probably wouldn't work well in most engine blocks either.

[@72polara]

There was a tractor made here in the U.S. called the Rumley Oil Pull. It used light weight oil as coolant. No worries about freezing in winter.

[@Luke14616]

this man is trying to overheat an engine in freezing weather!? Do a summer test next

[@georgemaragos2378]

Yeah i had a ford 6 that overheated in anything over 28 C in summer the same car in winter was fine, a cut price wrecker / mechanic had a ford ute that had no radiator - the top and bottom engine hoses was joined together with a metal pipe - he said he can get 5 to 10 min out of it before it pings and he just shuts it down - he used it as a a forklift / box trailer to move engines and gearboxes from upfront of the yard to the rear or pick good at the back and take them up front to customers - he ran it this way for 6 years

[@gabrielvieira6529]

@@georgemaragos2378 That's really cool

[@andreyzagoruyko5390]

SWEEET MOST USEFUL VID IVE SEEN SO FAR FROM YOU GUYS!

[@mrwashur1991]

You should try this again in 90° F+ weather.

[@stanbest3743]

A quick search shows that the specific heat and thermal conductivity of coolant are both much higher than for oil. In a snowy Russia this wont matter, the engine is designed to work everywhere from Siberia in winter to Death Valley in summer so there is lot of unused cooling capacity. On a warm summers day the engine would overheat with several different potential failure routes. It was still great fun, those Ladas are tough :-)

[@ericgorder1]

3:47, "it does have the shivers though.." , well you're in Russia and everything is still frosty there still.

[@henryvanveen5365]

Garage 54 should have their own test track and test these ideas under endurance. I was not expecting them to damage the cylinder gasket, but to put the oil in the radiator and drive a long distance.

[@RipRoaringGarage]

Suggestion, make a jet powered lada, using an Ilyushin engine

[@johnmorton7577]

I have always wondered why we were not using a thin oil as coolant great content

[@TheHearseAroundJimThorpe]

I didn’t want a mixture or a head gasket failure just oil instead of Coolant.

[@lahoozer6694]

This 100%. Should have just complete emptied the cooling system and filled it with oil.

[@NoctisIgnem]

They never purely ran the cooling system on oil, it was always connected to the engine oil

[@alexanderdennis13]

I just love Garage 54. no matter how f!@#ed my day was, I can count on them for a good laugh!

[@waynes.2983]

I always wondered why cooling systems weren't filled with something like hydralic fluid that would never need changing.

[@burnotto1663]

Yes and no rust but what about water pump seal?

[@waynes.2983]

@@burnotto1663 I'm saying why don't manufacturers design vehicles that way.

[@burnotto1663]

@@waynes.2983That would solve the problems I could imagen for the moment

[@MazdaRX7007]

Cuz oil isn't as good as a heat conductor.

[@whatsupshittafabraans1926]

This is so true, you never know what the motor wants to do, every head gasket fail is unique, I give you tip, if your head gasket gets coat of ‘lubriplate’ never blow and even reusable after disassembly, . But I like messing with port and polishing heads on my v6 Capri, they gasket expensive

[@GaryStewart420]

This is such a Neutral Drop thing to do lol.. WHATS IT GOT VLAD?????

[@thegrovetube]

Vlad and the Boys from Queens should do a joint video.

[@gabrielvieira6529]

Haha I knew i wasn't the only one here

[@armenlevonian5204]

This is how science is supposed to work. Excellent work.

[@centralintelligenceagency9003]

In that weather I'd be surprised if the engine overheated with a dry cooling system.

[@victorunbea8451]

It's a Lada. That car will overheat on premium antifreeze and reverse osmosis water but will run just fine on molten lava.

[@TrojanLube69]

@CyborgKing200 yep, it’s a true well known fact.

[@mikeznel6048]

Oh yeah. Even in the coldest of cold, it'll over heat without coolant.

[@centralintelligenceagency9003]

@ I was being hyperbolic. Still, in those freezer temps, the oil being adequate to cool the Lada is not surprising.

[@gabrielvieira6529]

@@victorunbea8451 Lmao

[@nickpalazzi2121]

Back in the early 1900s when internal combustion engines were in their infancy, an American company called rumley unveiled their Oil Pull tractors that used oil for coolant.

[@TimoSund]

My father used to have such a Lada when I got my licence!

[@chrisbraid2907]

Nice conversion ! Great for cooler climates ...

[@taunuslunatic404]

Fill the cooling system with nitroglycerin.

[@MrCheesywaffles]

I love how he described how they "fixed" the problem of one hole in the gasket. Those poor engine bearings!

[@revhead9897]

If you're reading this, I hope you have a great day! :)

[@hdezn26]

@@spangenbob Sometimes the best sleep comes when it's raining!

[@aussiemanlyman2138]

There is a company that makes oil for the cooling system, alot of advantages. It was a minesite using it in their big generators. The kit involved draining coolant, flushing a solvent thru to remove all traces of coolant, fill with their oil and fit their radiator cap (low pressure). It has better heat transfer between the block and the oil, then the oil and the radiator, not pressurized, oils lasts life of engine, parts don't corrode. It wasn't just engine oil, but oil made for that type of job.

[@LucasBaron713]

"It doesn't overheat" well the car literally has no bonnet and it's snowing

[@samusaron5000]

Be interesting to see long term and high load scenarios, see what effects it has on corrosion and if the oil can keep up with higher heat output like water can.

[@PhantomMark]

Thanks to Mr Translation man , also an unsung hero of this great channel.

[@Jimmy_in_Mexico]

I really enjoy your videos. This is real science and it makes me think about how I could get home if this was what I had to do. It really doesn't hurt anything. As far as repairing the motor afterwards I have seen my stepdad use dishwasher detergent to cut motor oil out of the cooling system because it doesn't get all sudsy.

[@robertheinkel6225]

I know of a farmer who put an air cooled engine in his farm truck. He ran the oil thru the heater core to stay warm in the winter. The engine was a Diesel engine out of a farm tractor.

[@bruceliggett8036]

Wow, it's not all that cold today, only minus -10, you guys are tough man!

[@stefanshkenderov]

My dad used to have the same model of lada in the same colour! Still got a memory of it riding in the back seat when I was very little :D

[@cdh6820]

wouldn't oil in the coolant system lubricate the water pump and possibly slow or stop coolant leaks?

[@1toonhead]

Duetz make a engine that is oil air cooled. They use the engine oil to cool the engine so I'm not surprised of the results.

[@myMotoring]

i'm thinking this more as permanent solution. if the head gasket is good, the oil can last lifetime & there will be no rust in the coolant passage.

[@ShullTV]

I would like to try this experiment here in Phoenix Arizona. I don’t think oil would cool down in the radiator fast enough in triple digit temperatures. Great experiment, thank you.

[@johnnyreb86]

It looks cold there! Thanks for the great videos, from sunny Southern California!

[@BigEightiesNewWave]

Makes sense so if gasket lets go, oil not contaminated.

[@joelnorton9742]

After seeing a car with a blown head gasket last week! This is perfectly timed! Awesome Guys!!!

[@barkchip1872]

So if water as a coolant can potentially cause so many problems - freezing, blown head gaskets - getting into the oil, or turning to steam, etc, etc - why was it introduced as coolant in the first place?? With only oil you'd have no corrosion of alloy blocks, no rust in iron blocks, no calcification of radiators, oil pumps that last. Surely it' a win win??

[@ronaldhamblin4615]

Those old lada engines are bomb proof so much a buse and still runs good engineering

[@chosento2988]

I filled a dead '99 Jeep cherokee sport 4.0l that sat under a tree without oil in it up in the northeast for 15 years completely with liquid chain/bearing degreaser instead of oil and it started right up and is Still running with the Same batch of lubricant in it better than it ever has!

[@Fordman99.]

1:45 got to love the Lexus/altezza gauge cluster up in the back ground

[@aigoru8718]

Thank you for finding out. Here's another idea: can a Niva become an armored troop transport for the 21st century? With the 1.6l engine, of course

[@a.b.8606]

You always amaze me with your imagination!

[@yutuvefan4ever]

9:42: probably not the focus of the video but, is that front-right tire backwards? the treads appear to be going in the opposite direction to grab on the road.

[@Snarl616]

that's possible. after all it's a scrap car for sure, so who cares

[@thomas316]

Thanks, this was my suggestion! 😊 Oil cooled engine would mean no corrosion or freezing coolant in winter. 👍

[@rameynoodles152]

Well... the oil might not completely freeze, but it's definitely not as liquid as water with anti-freeze. I'd worry that the super thick oil wouldn't warm up in enough places to cool the engine before it overheated.

[@scootergem]

...and no Ladas were harmed. Ahhhh! Feels good!

[@dannythomas7902]

Dragsters use oil for cooling, in that cold won't do a thing, water pump last forever

[@JachuJustyDriver]

Don't Porsche air-cooled engines run on the same principle? I've heard there were 14 liters of oil in the system, with the oil radiators up front.

[@teamidris]

YES :D I thought about this with the old international tractors. The head gaskets go, but also the O rings at the bottom of the cylinders. On an old tractor it isn’t worth an engine rebuild. But, if the rad leak off pipe went to the rocker box top and I ran an oil line to keep the radiator full of oil it would have worked. I didn’t get a suitable customers tractor to try it on though :o(

[@gregculverwell]

Years ago I saw that trick used by a team during a 12 hour endurance race. About half way through the race the car (Chevy) blew the head gasket. They replaced the coolant with oil and finished the race.

[@jeanjeudi1111]

The advantages of substituting oil for glycol/ water mix are less corrosion within the block and in case of a cooling system leak, oil with oil is not such a problem. But oil has only 1/3rd of the thermal conductivity of 50/50 coolant / water mix. Means that an oil cooling system would need to be 3 times larger than a coolant system.