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[-] Dreizehn@kbin.social 33 points 6 months ago

Next time, try that with your car.

[-] Asafum@feddit.nl 20 points 6 months ago

Lol "I followed the instructions exactly except I had my toddler vomit into the gas tank instead of using gas. Why won't it work!? 0/5 stars."

[-] sukhmel@programming.dev 14 points 6 months ago

Instructions unclear, I substituted the car with applesauce, but it failed to properly start up or support passengers boarding, ★☆☆☆☆

[-] supercriticalcheese@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

applesauce instead of engine oil will be fun

[-] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

You say this, but then I used to read r/justrolledintotheshop. People outright fail at substituting engine oil for engine oil from time to time. The kind of person that would try applesauce probably wouldn't be doing more self harm than otherwise.

[-] supercriticalcheese@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

you mean virgin olive oil instead of motor oil?

[-] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

I wanna say someone did that, so yes? Also: window washer fluid, and the occasional transmission fluid chaser.

[-] MeThisGuy@feddit.nl 2 points 6 months ago

if my car is overheated by the side of the road and I have no water, is it ok to pee into the radiator?
I have pretty good aim

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 points 6 months ago

I put gasoline in my diesel motor, wtf is wrong, it won't work

[-] grue@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

😬

(Fun fact: putting gasoline in a diesel engine is way worse than putting diesel in a gas engine. In the latter case, it won't run until you replace the fuel with the correct stuff. In the former case, it pretty quickly destroys the engine.)

[-] Raxiel@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Yeah, the fuel injection on modem diesels requires very high pressure and the pumps that form that pressure rewire very tight tolerances/clearances and rely on the fuel as lubricant. Without it, they grind themselves up, ruining both themselves and the injectors downstream with a shower of metal particles.
The entire fuel system has to be replaced.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

If I'm not mistaken, it'll kill old diesel engines, too.

[-] Raxiel@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

I think it depends, I've known of someone doing it in an old wreck years ago, and after refilling with the correct fuel it ran as well as it did before (which is to say it smoked and sounded like a bag of spanners). No idea how much it may have shortened what life it had left, but it wasn't instant death.

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 points 6 months ago

Thanks for letting me know, 8 didn't actually know that. I don't think I'll ever own a Diesel vehicle but I'll keep it in mind that it's not so simple as emptying the tank lol

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