.15 Nitro engine running on WD40

[losiboy454]

I do this, good way to after run it too, I just run the tank empty. fill a small bottle cap of wd40 and dump it in the tank, let it run on that for a little while

[SUPERFORMIAN]

I hope this actually works.

[ezequielcaetano95]

the engine must be very well lubricated

[calmatosport]

@ezequielcaetano95 It's about the only part of the car thats still working so i bet it is!

[starguard]

@calmatosport LOL :D

[BuggyBasher1]

it sounded like it was sick and dying but it was cool nonetheless

[drpepperman5841]

can that be healthy for it but it's cool though

[TheLawnWanderer]

is .90 a big engine?

[calmatosport]

@TheLawnWanderer In comparison with this motor it is big. But everything is relative, on my plane I have a 1.60 nitro and on another a 55cc gasser, wich is about twice as much.

[MikGruber]

Nitro cars don't have piston rings. Just use a cheap glow plug and have fun.

[snowman4839]

Eh! I think you're burning oil from all that smoke! loljk. pretty cool man

[daand12]

Kan deze ook gewoon op normale diesel rijden? Lijkt mij van wel, omdat diesel al een smerende effect heeft.

[powerking230]

dit is zo cool, maar is de motor kapot? :)

[calmatosport]

@powerking230 Nee hoor, de rest van de auto wel ondertussen.

[powerking230]

@calmatosport wel handig als je zonder brandstof zit :D

[MegaRallycar]

Hah talk about lubing

[barthoedemaker]

wd40 is veelal kerosine, ofwel diesel.. is dus een zelfontbrander. Daarom werkt dit.

[K1NGD0MDOWN]

can in use it in my car?

[MrPSPGINO]

oke ik heb het ook geprobeerd het werkt wel

[calmatosport]

I tried sunflower oil but that was too thick for the carb I guess. Mixing with ethanol does work, but not very well.

I can try LPG next time, it only needs heat to ignite wich is normally provided by a spark (wich is very hot) but 'glow' engines have a glowplug wich can also be preighty hot so maybe if I increase the compression it will work.

[JimmyFarina97]

hmm...i know how diesels work so dont explain it lol, but i wonder if this would fire on gas? gas is formulated to NOT ignite in these conditions, only with a spark, so probly not. but vegetable oil? that would be interesting...

[MrPSPGINO]

omg doet ie het echt op WD-40

[calmatosport]

@MrPSPGINO Jep

[fireworkfreak100]

kun je dit niet nog een keer doen? en dan het gas vol open trekken?

[calmatosport]

@fireworkfreak100 De auto is nu dood helaas, het motortje doet het nog wel!

[fireworkfreak100]

@calmatosport haha da's nie zo heel mooi dan xD

[DobermansRock]

A glow engine will run on most anything that burns. Much like a turbine. It just won't run as well. Cool video.

[ahmedtheking123]

u fuck the motor

[losiboy454]

It can't hurt the engine, maybe glow plugs but wd 40 probably lubricates more than nitro I've done this before it's pretty fun

[This0is0pointless]

these engine will run on pure wd-40,the glow plugs dont like it but i've done it lol

[slimjay26]

its slow

[leef0324uk]

there goes the piston rings

[calmatosport]

@leef0324uk It doesn't have piston rings ;-)

[motomex79]

HAHA I CANT BELIEVED IT WORKED

[AcousticNRG]

that cant be good the the motor :/

[calmatosport]

It's a long time ago I don't know exactly but it did smell funny

[dogwafter]

does it smell like wd40?

[thercpoop]

@dogwafter no when i did it it smelled like burnt ruber

[ytpme05]

piece of junk!!!

[SC00TERSanders]

Good Lubricant , Lot of smoke- Work to evrything :)

[specterbuggy]

It hasn;t nay power :D

[losiboy454]

This actually works!! I tried it myself!

[tylerhmmng]

lots of upper end lube!!

[richardarichter123]

here comes smokey cool vid

[calmatosport]

@cameramonkey2 preighty well mentioned, I normally run it on 80% Methanol and 20% oil, like my airplanes. I don't like to have different fuels. So it's a nitro engine that has never seen any nitro!

[123punkymonkey]

great video, you should try that thing on deisel, I had a kyosho running on pure deisel, sorry no video evidence, just heat cylinder and leave on plug charger until it has heated up, oh and add 2 stroke or cooking oil for lubrication

[123punkymonkey]

great video, you should tyr that thing on deisel, I had a kyosho running on pure deisel, sorry no video evidence, just heat cylinder and leave on plug charger until it has heated up, oh and add 2 stroke or cooking oil for lubrication

[robot797]

use my fuel

lampoil ether and castor oil

runs great same power

[calmatosport]

@robot797 But isn't that fuel for 'diesels'?

[robot797]

@calmatosport yes

but when your glow plug is hot (thicker glow wire) enough it will run like normal

and great

but you need less cooling it needs to be 50+ or els it will stall again

[Henriquecrlima]

@calmatosport

Actually nitro engines run in a "diesel like" cicle. It is not two stroke since the glow plug is only needed in the starting process. Another sign of the diesel process is the flywheel, two stroke engines don't require fly wheels.

[calmatosport]

@Henriquecrlima These engines need the metal in the glowplug to act as an catalyst for the combustion. The plug keeps glowing after you take the power off becouse of the heat of the combustion. The compression alone is not enough to ignite methanol, maybe it does with a diesel like fluid (like WD40). These engines theoreticly don't need a flywheel but becouse there isn't enough inertia in the crankshaft it just won't run on low RPMs (<10.000)

[Henriquecrlima]

@calmatosport You know you are right. Think a bit about what you said. "The plug keeps glowing after you take the power off becouse of the heat of the combustion", exactly, combustion makes the plug glow, not the other way arround. Of course the engine has to be hot for that to to happen. Also if you take the flywheel out your engine will not run. I'm not saying that this is absolute right or that I read it in the manuals. That's what I SUPPOSE happens in nitro engine by study and observation.

[calmatosport]

@Henriquecrlima You are right that the glowplug does not have to be hot to ignite the mixture, but it needs to be there. The coils in the plug are usually made of materials like platinum that act as a catalyst. They don't take part in the reaction but they help it start or speed it up. That makes the glowplug an essential part in a methanol engine. Like all chemical reactions they go faster when there hot. If you replace the plug with a bolt (or something) the engine will not run, hot or not.

[Henriquecrlima]

@calmatosport Agreed. I'm not certain about what to call that cycle. I'm going to research some more and maybe ask my thermodynamics teacher and i hope I can know for sure, but it seems to be something of a diesel and two stroke mix.

[calmatosport]

@Henriquecrlima Please let me know the awnser of your teacher. I'm only getting lessons in gasturbines so im always curious about other stuff. There are some engines used for R/C that are really diesels. They run on kerosine, ether and caster oil. There compression can be adjusted so there the real 2-stroke diesels.

[Henriquecrlima]

@calmatosport havent talked to my teacher yet. but found some info on wikipedia. you are absolutelly correct. im sorry for the inconvinience.

[exoticg9]

lol thats strange bro^^ ;)

[exoticg9]

is that realy true or fake dude??

[calmatosport]

@exoticg9 It's true! But it only works when the engine is warm and the mixture way to rich ( when you try to tune it it runs better but stalls all the time)

[thewebmaster93]

could a os46 nitro engine run on only WD40? without taking performance into consideration.

[audiocable]

lubricating the fuck ouutta everything as it goes

[soverato3]

it wont run lean =)

[burtonkidd]

well i guess next time im at the track and i run out of byrons 30% ill take some WD40 and put that in my $400 modded motor :)

The savage with kick ass, ( in last place) LMAO !!

[reelstar01]

WD 40 FTW :D

[jeps0]

no, idont believe that

[jerbar120]

what brand is that shit man i want one

[ga2awan]

u will f*** your engine u dope

[Kartingboy1]

its cant be bad 4 the engine for it is just really oil. Its like running it super super rich. I have done this the smell is painfull and without a glow starter in it sounds just like a little petrol 2 stroke engine.

[babyface50p]

i wonder if its good for your engine lol

[tankjr85]

ahah that's amazing :) i just can't imagine how stinky that smoke it is. now try to run it on fry oil :)

[calmatosport]

The smell was not bad actually! I'll try fry oil, but i don't have a car anymore. I'm also making bio-ethanol for my .40 plane.

[whatUsaybob]

Nice, should (if it's on it's way out) drive it like that and show us how long it lasts on it :D

[calmatosport]

The wd40 didn't do any harm to the engine. But the gearbox is wrecked now. When i opened it the metal shavings came out. So í think i'll mount the engine on a plane or something.

[vwvr6t]

because wd-40 is flamable and heva lubricants on it, thats why you have a lot of smoke. kids dont try this at home.

[calmatosport]

on it self it is not flameble at room temperature, only when vaporised it will burn. Also the engine is tuned for nitro fuel, so it runs a bit rich creating more smoke.

The whole point is: It works!

[calmatosport]

yeah right, i'm not running on LPG  lol

[TheIceBullet]

Whst the hack you are going to blow your self up.