Originally published at: Car ejects astonishing amount of black goo through its tailpipe | Boing Boing
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It’s Covid. Should we kill all the cars now?
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Rollin’ crude?
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Q’s latest gadget reflects budget cuts in SIS.
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I’ve been on the internet for long enough that very little elicits me to say out-loud “what the fuck?”
This did it for me.
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I work for an engine group of an auto company. If that sludge was coming from the engine it would not be running. Does not take much fluid to hydro-lock the cylinders.
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My first hypothesis is the car was in a flood and the muffler/exhaust/catalytic convertor filled with water.
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second - off the cuff - someone used a hose or a supersoaker with de-greaser and again filled the muffler/exhaust/catalytic convertor.
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third - a badly tuned engine producing carbon and water. Still bad though.
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The comments section is probably 1/5 people thinking they were the first to make a Taco Bell joke. Way, way, down one meets the first theory.
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Car being in a flood makes the most sense.
also- thank you for using “hypothesis” instead of “theory”.
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Any which way, revving the engine harder is definitely the right approach.
/s
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As I ask myself about every weird reel on social media these days:
Are we SURE this isn’t just someone’s CG experiment/hoax/prank video?
They are everywhere.
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Well, clearly someone stole their cadillac converter.
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This wasn’t hydro lock but it was funny.
I was watching a friend trying to start his boat after winter storage, it wouldn’t turn over.
He thought the battery was dead, it wasn’t.
I said pull the plugs and turn it over but I forgot to say cover the holes with a rag. It made a pretty oil fountain and squirter all over him.
Whoever winterized it must have filled the holes with oil.
I giggled, the engine was fine.
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Senator Armstrong assures me that being full of a mysterious black fluid makes the car nearly invulnerable to damage.
Nanomachines, son, they harden in response to physical trauma.
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You’re welcome.
There are plenty of other options, oil/coolant leak into the exhaust; If it were gasoline and oil, things could get MUCH more exciting!
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I know it looks a bit gross, but this is how they breed. The first half, anyway.
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I had a diesel go down with the boat. After refloating, I did 2 or 3 oil changes with a short run to catch the water, amazing after a short run how much the oil looked like a chocolate shake.
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They don’t need a mechanic, they need a plumber!
Just not this plumber, though, I don’t know shit about cars, except where the go juice goes in.
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I’m thinking you know more about it than you care to admit.
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