What happens when you run an engine on grease?

[@robertdevald]

Vlad: "BLIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIN!!!!" BMI Russian: "That's unfortunate..." 😂😂

[@Dominiksautowelt]

Try technical vaseline. It's melting point is way lower than the melting point of grease. The vaseline should stay in it's liquid form while the engine is operating.

[@Stoney3K]

Or coconut oil!

[@MrDerpy-ns6sy]

Both good ideas

[@idiotburns]

Please do this

[@idiotburns]

or avocado oil, burns at 500° F

[@digitalchaos1980]

Astroglide! 🤣🤣

[@trm4life]

You need to fill an engine with bacon grease. Project farm has done it with a lawn mower, but a full size car would be awesome. Plus it will SMELL AMAZING!!

[@MrCheesywaffles]

This is an amazing idea! You could get a food van, selling bacon, and using bacon grease as engine oil and a way to enourage sales

[@ImmortanJoeCamel]

I use out-of-date vegetable oil in my mower as lubricant. Because of the hot climate it's fine for most of the year. It solidifies in the cold though. It's an old mower that burns some oil, so I figured "Why not?". No problems so far.

[@trm4life]

@@ImmortanJoeCamel I've been wanting to add a small amount of bacon grease to my engine, because it apparently has cleaning properties. Of course my concern is cooler temperatures and protection on start up. It may make a great engine flush while warm!

[@trm4life]

Let's get this idea to the top guys! You know they'd love to do it!

[@ol11zac21]

Project farm is awesome been watching him for a few years now great guy great videos. 👍🏻

[@jakessakzn8861]

Hey guys, have you ever tried running an engine on GRAPHITE Powder? Add a fair amount of graphite powder to existing engine oil then after a good run, drain the oil and watch how long it holds without seizing. Thank you guys for the awesome videos. keep it up

[@gabrielv.4358]

Cool idea!

[@SteveEh]

a pressure gauge with a little lower scale than 500psi might help 😆

[@javic1979]

should of put high pressure pump and heavy spring in oil bypass and no filter

[@gabrielv.4358]

Yes haha

[@INFINITEShoobes]

I want to eat grease so badly 😢 just take a handful and put it i my mouth

[@Iowa599]

The filter has a built in bypass valve that opens when the difference in inlet oil pressure is high enough over the filter outlet pressure, to prevent the filter from stopping flow to the engine when clogged. Replacing the filter made no difference because the filter bypasses the grease as soon as it clogs, when any grease reaches the filter, since the problem is pump intake.

[@skylinefever]

This is why there is a warning to never use grease as heavy engine assembly lube, use actual engine assembly lube.

[@AudioOrchardMusic]

@n325aej it is plugged with the only lubricant that is in the engine. Removing some of that lubricant would just mean there is less. In this case, the filter is clogging with the grease, so changing it would mean the new one clogs immediately and just goes to bypass like the the previous filter.

[@5.43v]

Delete the filter and the pressure relief

[@balazsmolnar8135]

Paused just when Vlad said to do so. As a mechanic myself, I'm pretty convinced that it's gonna keep on running for a while, but some damage must've taken place. Also, great video guys!

[@michaelmain1990]

Nah I don't think there's going to be any extra damage, grease requires more temperature than a motor can produce to burn away, and it's a better lubricant than oil the rods should be fine

[@balazsmolnar8135]

@@michaelmain1990 You can see that the pump was unable to lift any grease tho as it went solid in the pan.

[@scottsmith5623]

Like the blue/yellow wheels…. Nice touch

[@Iowa599]

The pump is completely able to push the grease through the system! The problem is suction! The viscosity of the grease is what prevents the pump from getting grease by allowing a path to air.

[@alteredstateskustom]

100% it clogged the pickup, not the pump

[@Paint0nBrush]

i was wondering what would happen if the put two quarts of 5w30 with all that grease

[@jhsevs]

@@alteredstateskustomit did not clog the pickup, but the grease is so thick that it doesn’t run back down to the pickup fast enough. It stays in an "inverted mountain" shape, where the grease stays on the sides of the oil pan, but not around the pickup. It’s as if you dig a hole in the sand. The pickup sucks air and once it has air in it, it struggles to re-prime the pump. Trust me, I’ve tried, but with palm oil not lithium grease. Also it will clog the filter, but I assume they’re using bypass filters like everyone else, so a clogged filter wouldn’t cause oil starvation.

[@redlinearroyo847]

Have you tried differential fluid/gear oil. 80w90 or 90w140 like we have in hotter climates? I also think the Lada has life left. A bit of diesel or cleaners in the crank case would clean it right out and 1 or 2 oil changes will do the job.

[@varus113]

We've always ran diesel it's like magic

[@aaaabababa]

differential fluid and gear oil use a different scale for measuring viscosity, iirc 75w80 gear oil is basically the same visosity as 10w40 engine oil.

[@iamzid]

i had an old van with a 350 small block in it, it had an oil leak so i though i might put something thicker in there to slow the leak down. i ended up running it on pure 120w gear oil and it ran just fine, i didn't even notice the difference.

[@bendermi]

@@varus113 To flush and clean the engine?

[@varus113]

Yeah same thing with seafoam before you change the oil put it in run it warm a few minutes and drop the oil and it flushes the engine

[@ElectronikHeart]

I used lithium grease as an assembly lube as I had nothing else at hands. It seems to work pretty well and rince of pretty fast as the engine heat up.

[@limonadeedanomil2807]

Oh je n'imaginais pas te voir ici, ça fait plaisir 😄

[@KuntalGhosh]

did this with a honda genset and that boy is still going strong after 250hrs on the clock , the whole engine has like 2000hrs. it is older than me.

[@UberLummox]

I dunno if I'd try it for increasing oil pressure though. How about you? My '68 Plym. Fury's 318 has low oil pressure. I'll likely go with something a bit more tried & tested.

[@NVMDSTEvil]

@@UberLummox might check if the oil pump has a bypass, if you close it off a bit then the pressure should increase.

[@ElectronikHeart]

@@UberLummox increasing oil pressure is not something I'm after. Actually I try to lower oil pressure most of the time (too much oil pressure = increased losses) If an engine needs something to maintain oil pressure, it usually means the bearings are worn. And it's usually not that difficult of a repair. As a temporary fix, lithium grease, manual transmission oil, or any thick oil you can find will to the job. I'm sure lithium grease will blend in the oil and stay that way. The problem is mixing it correctly the first time. So 75w80 transmission oil or something like that is safer as it will not clog up the pump. But do remember that the pistons are splash lubricated, and as the oil becomes thicker, they just don't get as much oil! So, changing you big ends bearings can be a better solution. Most of the time you just need to drop the oil pan.

[@crimsonhalo13]

When you basically have to heat the stuff to autoignition temperature, it's clear from the beginning you're going to have problems using it as lubricant.

[@fastinradfordable]

That’s what she said

[@jblob5764]

Not sure why but I expected this to be done with the grease heated way up and used as a fuel. Was scratching my head trying to figure out how that'd be possible

[@deluxecummins9619]

I did too

[@android584]

The title does suggest that.

[@vincentrobinette1507]

That might be something to try with a diesel.

[@gabrielv.4358]

Same haha. Still cool!

[@kittty2005]

I did this with a lawn mower but mixed 90w gear oil and grease 50/50, it stopped smoking and rattling , then I mixed 90w gear lube 20:1 for a two stroke lawn mower it doubled the compression and made it more difficult to start, but golly did it ever go.

[@dimitar4y]

might've been some toxic fumes it released, 2 stroke oil is designed so anything inside it when burned or gasified doesn't give your cancer more cancer.

[@genehunsinger3981]

to stop smoking-use straight synthetic engine oil.It has a higher threshold to being burnt.Meaning it wont smoke.

[@joshuagibson2520]

Wow. First I've ever heard of a 2 cycle mower. Neat.

[@genehunsinger3981]

@@joshuagibson2520 OMC used to make them here in the states.Went out of biz in 2000

[@joshuagibson2520]

@@genehunsinger3981 thanks. I'm gonna look those up.

[@Rusty.1776]

For cleaning out the grease you should have filled the crank case with diesel and let it run for at least 1 hr

[@ProdigyAutomotive]

I do that once a year just to clean out any sludge 💀

[@joshuagibson2520]

Or trans fluid.

[@ProdigyAutomotive]

@Danger Bear And a fine mouth-wash

[@It-b-Blair]

@Danger Bear what???

[@jwalster9412]

No, no, you got it all wrong. Your supposed to use, pure ethenol to flush the engine once a month.

[@vilivuorinen8096]

Try replacing the oil pump with a electric grease gun and try this again.

[@FrankieJames7]

They could make a brand race. Makita vs Dewalt vs Milwaukee lmao what engine last longest wins

[@justinrunnels9390]

Should add some diesel to the grease. It would break down the grease enough to allow it to melt at a way lower temp

[@brandonyork9871]

You guy never seem to never failed to impressed looking forward to more keep on keeping

[@fastinradfordable]

“Never seem to never fail to impress. “ You are insulting them- saying they never impress u. That’s cold. Then you gaslight them saying you want more ?

[@crazygeorgelincoln]

I use thickest synthetic I can get plus sticky additive to get through annual environutter emmissions inspection.

[@williewallace]

Vlad bro I’m from America, I watch every video y’all make, just want to send much love to you and everyone in the shop, oh and of course it’s gonna run, it’s a LADA! lol 😂

[@Danis8Pastry]

My history teacher once told me, that he as a young mechanic was told to put a couple of bananas into the gearbox of a Lada Niva with bad synchronizers. Apparently it worked, and the gearbox shifted better. Would be interesting to see you test this claim. Who knows, - maybe bananas will work on a bad diff as well?

[@ronniewilliz153]

Hell yeah I've always wondered what happen when one does this lol so glad you did it so I didn't have to make a mess in my driveway lol

[@ron1836]

Years ago I read a story in some classic car magazine where a columnist discussed an experience he had when a young man in the 1950's. He and a friend had an old car on a road trip to get home as broke college kids. They were driving a 1930's model Ford model B if I can remember right. Anyways on the trip the engine had a bad oil leak. Back in the old days service stations would sell filtered USED motor oil for a dirt cheap price. The guys stopped constantly like every 20-50 miles adding quarts of oil to replace what was being lost quickly. Finally they got sick of it and told a service station worker to pump the entire engine full of grease. The claim is after this they made in the rest of the trip and made it home just fine. Although it wasn't only maybe 50-100 miles. Back then I don't think oil filters were a thing. And I'm sure tolerences in the bearings were quite large.

[@patreynolds360]

You should drop the 3 compression ring pistons into the diesel injection pump Lada and see if it performs even better. Higher compression and better atomization can't ever go wrong.

[@dsk-xx]

We use greese + oil mixture in royal Enfield bullet gear box. Its honey like mixture and works perfectly in gear box

[@dennisford2000]

Weld a couple of fittings for heater elements in the pan running around with a 10 kw v twin to keep the grease hot . Try lard , melts lower and insulation on the pan .

[@dennisford2000]

Or maybe a few large alternators five or six ..... that would require more throttle to keep it hot a circulate . Heated dipstick too . And maybe next month when it thaws a little more....

[@generalelectricmotor9084]

6:10 that Lada doesn't look too happy

[@abyssmanur3965]

Garage 54 is a torture facility for Ladas lol, pure Lada genocide!

[@danbergthold3481]

Surely oil-based house paint would work nicely as an alternative engine oil. I wonder which color would perform best.

[@fryloc359]

red for a Soviet car of course.

[@1marcelfilms]

The one with most lead in it

[@GLH8]

Can you replace conrod bearings with ball bearings?

[@dimitar4y]

EXCELLENT IDEA. Hope to see it. But as to why it's a "bad" idea, ball bearings have significantly lower torque/impact resistance than bearings as the contact area is hundred times smaller. So as soon as ignition starts, the balls would dent the bearing surfaces and make the bearing self destruct. They'd have to use cylindrical bearings, and even they wouldn't be very happy with such high vibration, impact load. It'll work ok at start but they'll go dry due to inability to supply them with fresh oil, followed by fast wear (~1 month max usage).

[@99domini99]

Many small engines and motorcycle engines actually work like that! Especially two strokes.

[@dimitar4y]

@@99domini99 *small* engines, in which there isn't as extreme load as big engines. There's a reason old steam machines didn't touch ball bearings even though they did exist. Even modern industry doesn't even use ball bearings for big heavy equipment, they use pressurized oil film in a solid bronze/babbit/steel casing.

[@99domini99]

@@dimitar4y Yeah, you're right, I specifically mentioned small engines didn't I?

[@dimitar4y]

@@99domini99 ye and i'm being a cunt and trying to rub it in that bearings only work on small engines because on big engines they'll get wrecked. BUT I do want to see them get wrecked.

[@royx6762]

Here in the states we have a thing called a funnel. My I suggest that you get one.

[@pepsipeanuts521]

should try Castor Oil like engines from the olden days and maybe aircraft grade single weight oils both 50 weight & 70 weight oils or run an engine on Rear Differential Oil

[@ronwalsh]

I kept an old MG I had by using the aircraft 70. Great stuff that kept my car going for years.

[@AlienLivesMatter]

@@ronwalsh this should be standard practice taught to techs. I'm sure if I went to a lubricant store they would decline to sell the product to me and laugh.

[@eweunkettles8207]

castor oilis still around for racing engines best roller big end lube

[@arnoldm889]

Everyone says brake fluid will strip paint, can you try it please

[@Rudy97]

Just spill some on the brake booster and watch it start rust in the future

[@brysonshires9742]

Anytime i get calipers from the junkyard i wipe it down the paint

[@DarkLinkAD]

It will peel clear coat immediately off of rims

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Wow, bet the garage garage smelt funky after that.

[@kevinm7567]

I knew a guy in 1995 did that to his Chevy in Columbus Ohio he told me the next day after his engine froze up and I tore down and rebuilt his engine lots of damage after his stunt lol I am interested to see what happens if you stop while the engine still works.

[@jareknowak8712]

Why he did it?

[@davidjernigan8161]

Maybe try straight STP, motor honey, or other similar oil additive in an engine.

[@redlinearroyo847]

Might be hard to import to Russia but I'd be interested to see a Lada run on pure stp additive. I've seen small generators run pretty much on straight stp

[@HDReMaster]

@@redlinearroyo847 Customer States What... did a video with someone who only used oil additives and the oil pain was straight black petroleum jelly. Don't use that stuff

[@redlinearroyo847]

@@HDReMaster project farm put 2 single cylinder generators on Lucas and stp. As for using it alone ofcourse not. But it has its place.

[@genehunsinger3981]

@@redlinearroyo847 you seen a rubber ball then.

[@redlinearroyo847]

@@genehunsinger3981 ?

[@varus113]

What if you fill the engine with it. Like when you pack a barring

[@nickthompson9697]

We have Lucas Oil Treatment for this in the states. Many have accused it of being fancy gearbox oil.

[@jamesadams2333]

Well there is a reason in older engines they use a slightly thicker synthetic oil or oil in general. As engines age the pressure lowers because the clearances get wider as parts wear. Well done nonetheless and it’s possible the liquified grease gave just enough of a film between the bearings to have saved them. Usually from the oil pump, engines supply the bearings first on start up explaining the results. Most lithium greases have molybdenum in them which is a great high pressure lubricant and friction reducer. Keep up the great work.

[@nedkelly1306]

The grease probably cleaned up alot of carbon deposits and no doubt the bit left over dissolved in the oil making it thicker and lubing the piston rings I wonder how the cylinder compression went

[@therandomman6647]

Good luck getting it out!

[@shauljonah6955]

Very interesting 👌 👍. At least the engine still works 💪.

[@stepvanjoe3469]

Wouldn't adding a quart of conventional motor oil into the heated grease slowdown if not stop the grease from thickening back up?

[@crazzzymick1]

if you can get the oil into all of the system maybe the oil will be thicker as the grease dilutes the oil hence force less smoke out of the exaust

[@carpediemarts705]

Run a Lada on sunflower oil! Wait, the supply just disappeared.

[@albertdehn8381]

Thanks for sharing 👍😀

[@nickthompson9697]

What happens when you replace the oil with transmission fluid?

[@crazzzymick1]

I use to put news paper in front of radiator to get motor to run hotter in winter so the Heater was hotter for comfort might to get hotter enough to keep grease liquid

[@ryanjosef]

maybe try doing this and weld the exhaust to the oil pan or run the exhaust pipe through the oil pan (whole pipe) somehow (in a safe manner) to keep the grease liquid.

[@Velktron]

Try paraffin wax, if you are going the solid lubricant way. With a melting point closer to 50 °C, it should be way more manageable than grease.

[@jimburgess9205]

You guys are great.

[@javic1979]

Should of run the exhaust over the sump to soften the grease so it would flow to the oil pickup, put a dummy oil filter on as grease is too thick to pass through the filter paper. Fit a high pressure pump and install a very strong spring in the bypass pressure release to force the grease through the system at 200psi

[@MrLarsgren]

always heard bananas added to a noisy diff would remove the noise enough to be able to sell the car. never tested it myself tho.

[@dimitar4y]

Does work very briefly like the sawdust. They're going to test it at some point if they haven't already.

[@lartuser8415]

I’d love to see a Lada modded to look like a train with connecting rods and more wheels. Bonus points for sound effects and taking it out on the street.

[@jwalster9412]

And giant steam pistons that run off the engine exhaust fumes.

[@eliaskerlin5465]

That music makes it way more epic than it is 😂

[@Charlerdfgh]

grease mixed with oil is used in some older engines.

[@motorizedmiscreant]

*has 1 pound of oil pressure* “oh yea boy, that’s some good stuff, plenty of pressure” *has 0 pounds* “oh crap that’s not good it’s gonna blow aaaaahhhhh”

[@est780]

finally a not broken car, can you guys make some more of these videos.

[@ronamer1]

use a 12vdc water heater element to preheat the grease in the oil pan.

[@drd0114]

Try graphite and low viscosity oil! 😃

[@funnypranker34]

Project farm tried that. Didn’t work

[@DarkLinkAD]

@@funnypranker34 Graphite did work, very well iirc

[@DarkLinkAD]

@@funnypranker34 Graphite did work, very well iirc

[@2DogsVlogs]

My brother put 500ml of high speed bearing grease in his engine with 4l of oil. The engine had bad rings and it cleaned up most of the blue smoke. He then quickly sold the car to a neighbour and it still was running after a year till the lads mum drove through a brick wall.

[@diegocorradini7072]

Che idea geniale,non me lo ero nemmeno mai domandato 😲 !

[@_P0tat07_]

New meaning to high pressure grease 😂😂😂

[@DOBERSTAFFIE]

Love this guy's videos

[@fastinradfordable]

What’s amazing is seeing customer engines actually sludges up worse than this😂

[@easyspanieltraining]

Remaining at the cutting edge of scientific research...awesome

[@marbella-elviria]

with these expensive prices for gasoline and diesel in Europe you should try alternative fuels like alcohol or paint thinner or maybe palm oil?

[@scofab]

#00 Grease might work better. Fun stuff, thanks as always.

[@pauloconnor7951]

It'll run. Some bearing damage. Rings a bit already and eventually. But it'll run. Early stage.

[@sammertkoeli8281]

Love your video's!

[@dennisford2000]

Same process but use Vaseline. Much lower melting. Or maybe thread a grease pump for a shop and plumb to the central port of the filter.

[@dalel3608]

Pause prediction: With the liquid grease getting everywhere before gelling, I think the engine will be fine minus some piston scoring by the rings with no lube.

[@MrMartinSchou]

What about other types of grease with lower melting points? Like butter or margarine?

[@shadetreemechanicracing22]

Might be a good way to preserve an engine for storage.

[@Punkfool18]

I don't know my thoughts are the bearings are already smoked, being since they ride on a thin film of oil and not actually metal on metal contact itself if there is zero oil pressure I don't believe the bearings got away with it.

[@pantherplatform]

Does it snow there year round or something? That's a lot of snow for the northern hemisphere right now.

[@android584]

Often older videos are translated. If you look at the Russian channel there's many that don't make it to the English one.

[@pantherplatform]

@@android584 I'm going to _Hem and Roids_ for all my birthing person supplies.

[@HiruS22]

These videos currently being shown are from last year

[@LeonardoX86]

Hi guys. Can you test welding the broken teeths of a shot gear box? How much will it last and take abuse?

[@GD-cx1ko]

What happens if you replace the engine oil with petrol or diesel? Can you test that?

[@rogerward7780]

As good as that was burning got me wondering if it would be possible to add a second set of supper large injectors and a high pressure pump to a diesel engine to run on grease. I know they run on cooking oil so it wouldn't be that wild of an idea but a neat build tho. Especially as talented as yalls builds are.

[@karstentopp]

Marine Diesels run on bunker oil. Basically a little more liquid than asphalt. It needs to be pre-heated to pump it to the injectors...

[@charlie_nolan]

I wanna see this engine get cleaned out and experimented on further

[@thedarkknight1971]

11:15 - You're gonna need a sh!t load of diesel or loads of cans of engine flush to liquify that grease to clean out the engine hahaha 😏 😎🇬🇧

[@Holy_Moley]

Wouldn't surprise me if it ran better after being cleaned, and having oil placed back in.

[@JonAlexander95]

have they tried using used engine oil as fuel ? i know it works but whats the prosess like ?

[@ashwiensewpersad2927]

Runaway engine it is called in diesel engine

[@JonAlexander95]

@@ashwiensewpersad2927 that's not what I'm talking about ..I know what a runaway engine is and I'm talking about using engine oil filtering it and the using it instead of diesel and see how they compare

[@98976h]

Put piston rings backwards we want to see what happens.will it pump oil in compression chamber.

[@-A-Hybrid-Skunk-Productions-]

At time stamp 12:43, my prediction is once the engine is cleaned up and refilled with oil, I'm calling rattling, lots and lots of rattling followed by tons of smoke and a none pleasant scent exiting the exhaust.

[@genehunsinger3981]

you LOOSE!

[@NVMDSTEvil]

Diesel as engine coolant?

[@victoryfirst2878]

WHAT about using half oil and half grease. A grease that does not have fibers will have a better chance to flow.

[@indy1234567891011]

interesting video. thanks guys

[@glenbjack]

You guys are funny and entertaining

[@bradzv8crazy]

Hi Guys at Garage 54 from Australia! This video gave me the thought... Can you run an engine on degreaser in place of the oil or grease? To flush and clean the internals of an engine? And what would be the outcome? Would it cause excess wear on the bearings, cylinder walls etc. And would it actually flush and clean the internals of the engine???

[@kirkc9643]

Degreaser is mostly kerosene so it should work well

[@jwalster9412]

Now you should try running a car on a mix of ethenol and fine magnesium dust.

[@sambo2891]

Perhaps a heating element on the oil pan would have kept it in a liquid state longer

[@newagetemplar6100]

One year later and we’re still in turbulent times guys . Soon we’ll all be living like yourselves, battling against the dictators and winging it ❤🇬🇧

[@CikaGrma]

How about turning Lada electric garage 54 style?

[@sweetcarbro]

I agree with some others, using Vaseline to replace engine oil would be great experiment!

[@mentalleevoid]

Heat the oil pump and a heater in the oil pan.

[@NIGHTOWL-jf9zt]

Next you could try Chocolate Pudding with a little extra water mixed in to keep from globbing. That's slippery stuff.

[@edstenson7764]

What if you do the same test, but on a hot summer day and with a hotter thermostat?

[@azriuswilliamson6097]

I think that the engine will definitely stall

[@Stig007]

Have they done bacon grease.... pork belly or pork back fat ?

[@gabrielv.4358]

Its going to have life left because those engines are really good

[@JOHNKESSLER88]

Put anti seize in the oil and see if the engine can seize up.