Wyoming Oil Well Hit Miss Engine

Hit and Miss Engine in on an oil well in Eastern Wyoming.

[@EATSLEEPDRIVE2002]

I think that muffler actually makes it louder

[@pettsonochfindusdvd4787]

Yes yes it do (engine sound) s

[@Schrasma]

fuck the people living 100 miles in that direction :D jup makes it louder

[@peteraugust5295]

its definitely a loudencer

[@gabrielvieira6529]

Its not a muffler, its a loudffler

[@StarHunter28]

Yeah I'm running the 16" straight pipe, pretty bangin

[@royrice8597]

Rod heavy. Weights, counter balances, need to be cranked further out. 👍👍👍( pumper for 32 years in west Texas)

[@vinceseymour1644]

I remember falling asleep at night listening to those in my youth, long, long ago.

[@arthurpeterson246]

I remember that sound as a kid in the 1960s we lived on a farm way out in the middle of no where east texas l would go to sleep with that sound 😊

[@illbeyourmonster3591]

Somewhere there some kid with a sub 2-liter rice burner just raging with envy over that muffler setup!

[@paublusamericanus292]

needs a bunch more counterweight, struggling pulling the pile up.

[@blackopsrocks]

agreed

[@Mystickrage]

its due to the age more likely just grim and grease build up, those things were really popular in the 70s and havent been made much sense 2000

[@kennedy796]

Likely due to the fact its an old well, likely will never get that service

[@Cheese_1337]

@@kennedy796 it probably runs on that oil what gets pumped out, so who will care about maitenance anyways

[@trainzguy2472]

This must be the same kind of muffler that my local street racers use!

[@stephenfazekas5054]

If anyone lived within 4 miles of thay thing I'm shocked they haven't torched it.

[@Acoustic_Theory]

Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom...

[@SilvaDreams]

When it's out in the middle of bum fuck no where not much of an issue.

[@scrapcash2421]

It's Wyoming. Nobody even lives within 4 miles of anything. They literally have a county there that is 4x the size of Rhode Island but only has 1k people that live there.

[@jayman4095]

After driving through the oil fields of Wyoming the next door neighbors are probably 20+ miles away... And yet I bet they probably still could hear that damn thing lol

[@mee6703]

@@jayman4095 no

[@TexasTimelapse]

I remember hearing one when I was a kid. My grandparents had a deer lease with one of these on it. It was a long ways away from the campsite but will never forget that sound.

[@trappereric7578]

Listen to these for 27 years

[@CuriousEarthMan]

this is great! Thank you for making and posting!

[@Luna_Femboy]

I'm back here for like the 40th time cause I love the sound of this, I never heard one in real life, but I hope I will and find one that sounds as thumpy as this

[@SH00T_TH3PUMP]

Lonely little machine out there still doing its job after all these years!

[@cisco-man8638]

I haven't heard a Popping Johnny in a long time

[@ronfreeze8957]

I can remimber the "hit and Miss" Engines as a youngster in Taft California

[@whataboutbob7967]

Very nice. Most of the time we get to see these engines idle, never work. She will run forever if you keep oil in it!

[@atc200xfanatic3]

Have one that sounds just like this down here in south Louisiana. Can hear it 2 miles away really good.

[@9donald_10douglas]

I'm in baton rouge Louisiana also I see a lot of them

[@Acoustic_Theory]

What a great sound. Boom, boom, boom, boom...

[@AmericanSirenProductions]

Bet it can heard for miles 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Acoustic_Theory]

@@AmericanSirenProductions It's probably out there booming right now.

[@pabloescobar3331]

Little Ajax pumping engine Maybe a C-30 or C-42 The Ajaxs are a LOT quieter than the old Fairbanks engines or Continentals for damn sure, and a hell of a lot more reliable. They need to check the rod packing and or make sure the scavenge sump isnt full of oil, or the lubricator pump isn’t wide open. it’s got a LOT of oil in the exhaust.

[@quagmiredavis4117]

I could listen to this all night sleep great .... it just sounds like your average 6.2 chevrolet trying to make it up a 4% grade .. with 300 pound girlfriend lmao 🤣

[@newphonewhodis3939]

Well designers: ''So, what are we going to do about a muffler system? we obviously can't jsut straight pipe this.'' Some guy with 2 oil drums and a welder: ''Hold my beer."

[@aganwisnu]

😂

[@electric7487]

Needs more counterweight

[@ronaldfairhurst2914]

That's what I thought also

[@MrSlehofer]

That sound is fricking awesome!

[@Atupaitea]

wow, i love the sound..💨💨

[@lineshaftrestorations7903]

Actually it's not a hit and miss engine but a throttle governed one.

[@spoonnz]

It's more of a hit engine. Not a lot of misses there.. That aside awesome seeing these engines doing some work instead of running in some shed turning nothing.

[@voxromantic3340]

Oh the old Ajax 8 1/2 X 10” 😀 E-42 in more modern “1972” configuration 🤣

[@9donald_10douglas]

I have seen pumpjacks in Louisiana I love everything about pumpjacks but I've never seen one with a muffler

[@Bill-sp8kb]

There are Ajax powered pumpjacks all around Lake St John, near Ferriday LA. All of them have huge silencers on them. I'd guess they're about 8 feet long,and 3 feet in diameter. All you can hear,is the cooling fan running.

[@explorewitharahman]

I like the exhaust sound

[@victoryfirst2878]

What size engine and how deep is the well ???

[@mobeydick37]

How much product per stroke/cycle?

[@gt1man931]

Not hit and miss, that is a throttled engine. Still cool to watch and hear though.

[@arayabuchichi3798]

Music 🎶 to my ears

[@tonioreyes]

nice sound

[@SegoMan]

Will somebody please balance that pump jack...

[@kennethwallace4338]

That thing burns rather clean

[@Jay-fb2lv]

Sounds extra loud when the microphone is put right in the pathway of the exhaust. 😂

[@fototoestelletje]

This video is satisfying af

[@bellidoify]

El sonido del escape es para avisar al operador o encargado del pozo si el motor presenta algun problema durante su funcionamiento

[@raybin6873]

Curious...how much oil does it draw up on each stroke?

[@michaelholderegger645]

It's basically the pipe radius x 3.14 x 2 x the length of stroke. So say it's a 6" pipe, and a 6' stroke, it would be 3x3.14x2x72" which would be 1357 cubic inches or 5.8 gallons. I don't know if that's close to the pipe diameter or the stroke length but that's how it works.

[@lukeoliver651]

@0:24 sounded like an 80s track was about to kick in

[@yaboileeroy3038]

I kinda thought that myself until I took my phone otit of my pocket to check lol

[@monkehbitch]

I thought, Oh great, "Intro music" Oh how I was wrong!

[@DustinBKerensky97]

1:07 That ground water looks delicious. Weird how nothing is growing there.

[@fullraph]

It's straight up oil pooling on the ground...

[@WhitfieldProductionsTV]

@@fullraph in the ground, on the ground, shit happens.

[@conner5611]

Its oil filled muffler...

[@Jackshaft]

This whole mechanism exists to pollute and make pollution happen.

[@fullraph]

@@Jackshaft Pretty much lol

Curious question: Are they running straight off the crude oil they are pumping or do they need diesel? Btw. what makes you certain this is this a hit-and-miss engine, looks like a governed engine?

[@tomcat-tango]

I think I've seen in some videos that they run on the natural gas from the well?

[@nigga7975]

Alot of wells even abondon wells produce methane aka natural gas one of the many hydrocarbons found in the deposit, the methane is then used to power the h&m engine

[@trey8543]

It’s running on natural gas from the wellhead… The tank next to the engine is feeding it motor oil to keep it lubed without adding oil by hand every single day. I work with these types of engines and it’s not uncommon for them to hold 4-6 gallons of oil and to burn/leak a few gallons a week. You can see where this one has been leaking when he shows the puddle by the muffler.. most operators will buy lots of oil before they start making repairs as parts are scarce and a mechanic for this runs $100/hr+. And you are correct- it’s not a true hit or miss, they are mechanically governed but still same basic design.

[@Bill-sp8kb]

They can burn natural gas, or propane.

[@CrArC]

Now that sounds impressive, but why so loud? So they can tell if it's working from a distance, or something? That "muffler" seems deliberately engineered to do the polar opposite of muffling.

[@Cragified]

The weight is off. It needs more counterbalance for the pile (the length of joined rods down to the pump) It's having to work to hard when pulling the pile up.

[@Mike-01234]

My in laws lived near Durango, CO by the BP gas plant they had bunch of those low RPM engines made that sound all night long you hear them at night going to sleep RPM must not have been more then 100 RPM.

[@gabrielvieira6529]

Nice sound haha

[@tomperry3071]

Whats the specs of the engine? Hp torque and how long do they run for ?

[@hochonocho18]

Omg the muffler is HUGE

[@snapshot12002]

If I remember it was filled with oil possibly? I assume its main job was to arrest any possible sparks?

[@Skoda130]

And it hardly muffles. :-P

[@trainzguy2472]

@@snapshot12002 Spark arresting must be its only job. Pretty sure it makes the exhaust louder.

[@softwerksaol]

I wonder if you could build a solar power array and power this pump with electricity?

[@coloradostrong]

Why?

[@Justin73791]

@@coloradostrong For science

[@newphonewhodis3939]

1:35 sounds like my 7.5 idling from a good distance away

[@86Ivar]

it run from the crude oil?

[@newphonewhodis3939]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crude_oil_engine Hope this helps!

[@86Ivar]

@@newphonewhodis3939 Nice! I remember now that ProjectFarm made a lawnmower run on crude oil!

[@agelec63]

Ancient machinery! No so efficient but immortal!

[@classydays43]

So why is there a giant muffler on it?

[@tommytmt]

That is MUCH quieter in person than it is in this video BTW.

[@JAWDRESS]

I love the earrape

[@LNERMallard]

Sounds like a big bass drum

[@RomeKG471]

Muffler needs an outlet the size of the engine bore.

[@peted3637]

2 stroke I'm guessing?

[@pabloescobar3331]

Correct Reed valve intake design with a scavenge chamber

[@jordanwoodcock7498]

Geez when they put that mic near the exhaust I swear it sounded like the cops were at my door

[@wafflelife6028]

What? I thought I was gonna see like a huge accident I was expecting to see like a drill pipe or something explode and go through the engine block

[@sethwatson8952]

So, it's pumping oil, ok. But where does the oil go?

[@sethwatson8952]

@Jack Fisher if you don't know, just say so. I would maybe assume a tank, but what, does a truck come every day to pick up the oil? How am I supposed to know what the situation is at this specific well?

[@Puffie40]

The oil is typically in a water suspension. The stuff the pump jack brings up is stored in a holding tank where it is collected and taken to the refinery. It can also be piped directly to the refinery via pipeline.

[@josenerys6998]

Bomba d'água

[@michaelphelan106]

petróleo crudo.

[@joshbnty984]

Damn what camshaft does this thing have? 😂

[@lonnybruce9407]

No cam; has reed valve on intake and exhaust ports.

[@jeffreysidden1832]

A 🆅🅴🆁🆈 🆅🅴🆁🆈 lumpy one, haha!

[@jayham1970]

That pump needs some more weight in the @$$end. There is a lot of weight on the downhole stroke, and there is a lot of struggle on the uphole stroke.

[@drlegendre]

Sure doesn't sound like a H&M to me.. seems to be hitting consistently.

[@WW5RM]

NOT a Hit N Miss! Looks like a Ajax. It's just a big single cylinder engine. Used all over the oilfield for decades. Hit n Miss have way more external moving parts. Governor, valves, valve springs, push rods, cams and no radiator to my knowledge.

[@chuckbear1961]

Needs more weight on the up stroke to balance the load wasting fuel having to load the engine down

[@J1978watt]

John Claymore don’t forget, everyone’s a pro behind their keyboard lol

[@bourbonfan1]

@@J1978watt right on this one

[@slosher42]

its the flux capacitor everyone knows that.

[@hapanjuuri]

Gabba gabba!

[@daryllect6659]

Sounds rod heavy.

[@k.c.lejeune6613]

NOT a hit and miss engine, tis' a governed engine.

[@HyperSpaceProphet]

Yep. THIS is a Hit and Miss.: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5S8inqCiqxrkLM

[@bourbonfan1]

@@HyperSpaceProphet fairbanks are governed too

[@tacomas9602]

Must burn a lot of oil, that old engine!

[@themomorain]

1:14 Hmmmm Muricaaaa where the oil is just seeping into the ground water nice!

[@themomorain]

@@artomix7 ???

[@specialopsdave]

@@artomix7 oil reservoirs are below the water table

[@themomorain]

@@specialopsdave Thank you. I almoast lost faith in humanity after reading all the crap he wrote^^

[@pabloescobar3331]

You really should stop watching CNN and subscribing the the tree hugger weekly

[@specialopsdave]

@@pabloescobar3331 I thought Republicans would rather burn that oil than drink it? I guess I must be wrong.

[@wickeddodgeboys6603]

Straight pipe that thing.

[@andyrix54]

headless jake

[@Oliver-kv2mm]

I want that muffler for my civic.

[@alexthemtaandr211weatherfa2]

It’s too big

[@browncheese5658]

I bet, that thing use as much fuel as it produces, sounds cool tho

[@MrEric121212]

They use natural gas that is produced by the same well it is stroking.

[@RGMS_]

guess she never miss, huh?

[@Mega1ok]

better to strait pipe that thing xD

[@Wildkat-1]

Pollution !

[@Bill-sp8kb]

Shit happens!

[@scottrayhons2537]

That would be a perpetual motion machine until the well went dry...

[@ZipperOfficial]

So.... not a perpetual motion machine then. In the most literal sense.

[@no.519]

Or until something mechanical broke

[@onlythewise1]

world runs out of oil going to be in big trouble

[@Carlos-bp1vp]

Too much ignorance for people to understand that, and hating on oil is the cool thing to do. Forget electricity or petroleum products. Most of us would probably not even be alive if it wasn't for oil.

[@KualaKapuas-wh2il]

Tora Tora

[@RoastFlea61]

there needs to be pipe off the end of the muffler otherwise it acts as a loudener lol.

[@erickellogg8532]

glass pack

[@bmaiceman]

That's not a hit miss engine. It is a counter weight governed engine... And by its struggling I say it needs more counter weight..... In any event. I couldn't imagine living any where near tgat thing. That huge muffler sure don't seem to be doing much MUFFLING... BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM

[@ballsequer]

BaSsSSSSSS

[@gaildimick1831]

Out of balance

[@londonnight937]

I'm not sure that's a hit and miss engine, it doesn't sound like it. If it is, it is underpowered.

[@GS-hg9cl]

Schalldämpfer? Überflüssig!

[@MSM4U2POM]

That poor old thing really doesn't sound very well at all.

[@snapshot12002]

Why do you say that? Sounds normal for a hit/miss engine to me. Unless you know something I don't?

[@MSM4U2POM]

It's obviously struggling, isn't it? If you look down the page, you'll see other people have pointed out that it needs more counterweight. It doesn't sound too healthy to me - unless those wierd harmonics are normal.

[@snapshot12002]

I dont much if anything about oil wells. But the engine sounds fine to me. I suppose the oil well is set up wrong? And its not loaded correctly for the whole cycle? I really don't know? It does come on hard then coast. The spark arrestor makes it sound a bit different than just an open exhaust hit/miss engine. I actually like the sound this engine produces when its working hard. Big Single cylinder hit/miss engines when under load are a pretty cool sound. But I do not know how the well should be preforming for a full cycle.

[@walkerv8530]

It's not a hit and miss it is a throttle governed engine, and the strange noise it makes under load is from the extremely overly huge homemade muffler

[@snapshot12002]

Hmmm. I guess you could be right. Just reminds me of what a hit/miss sounds like. Never thought it was a normal throttle gov engine. I'm not around them enough to know.

[@BradBo1140]

And there goes the climate.

[@dietznutz1]

Lives a very boring life

[@jackoneill8585]

polltion 24 7 thanks for that all for some measly oil

[@snapshot12002]

Dont look at anything human related. You may faint. One airplane flying over head probably creates a larger pollution footprint in one day than this oil well motor in 10 years.

[@REPORTEVERYLIBERALCOMMENT]

Cry more

[@Bill-sp8kb]

You don't have both oars in the water, do you?

[@jholotanbest2688]

I know it dosn't really matter because the location is rural but I bet that thing produces air pollution equivalent to hundred modern cars.

[@mikez650]

Oh yes modern cars are so efficient.

[@misplays_irl1261]

i'm sorry earth wyomans have failed you

[@bridgeroad9758]

pollution

[@wumbology3109]

Well, the process of making electronics and electricity you use is also polluting lmao.