Im surprised someone actually did this.. I thought that there was no way that I would find an actual result for "gallium on car piston".

@backyardfoundry

2 жыл бұрын

I was surprised that no one else had done it either, so I knew I needed to test it out.

@758Redwhulf

Жыл бұрын

Good thing the piston didn't come out the block while you were injecting it i to the carb lol..... granted you didn't get hurt that would have been one awesome video!

@lucasvaldezdimaria5025

Ай бұрын

Actually yes, can search gallium inside the cylinders from garage 54

@jwalster9412

Ай бұрын

@@lucasvaldezdimaria5025 wasn't that uploaded after my comment?

I’m honestly impressed the engine was able to withstand that much gallium. Really informative video.

the oil and fuel is most likely protecting the aluminum from the gallium. gallium has to touch clean, un-oxidized aluminum for the reaction to work.

Hah. I have been wanting to do this for 20 years! Thank you Thank You. I keep suggesting to do this very motor vs gallium experiment to the Project Farm yt channel for several years now - but no luck yet! Really love that you did this. I suspected it would be hard getting the gallium to take to the aluminum. I have seen people struggle to it only working on a very fresh scratch. Again - Huge thanks for trying this!

@backyardfoundry

7 ай бұрын

I bet project farm would do this concept justice! I want to redo this video at some point in the future and really try everything to get the motor to fail.

@patricksquires77

7 ай бұрын

@@backyardfoundry 2024!

Neat experiment!! Mayby try gallium in the oil?

I really like the background Gallium background information.

Good video mate! I really hope you continue making videos and I'm glad to be here early on in the beginning. Be careful reading the comments! If you haven't already gotten some, you will eventually get some negativity and it can really knock your confidence early on and often stops new creators. Good luck!

@backyardfoundry

2 жыл бұрын

Hey man I appreciate the positivity it really does help! I hope to continue to improve so the early adopters such as your self will continue to be entertained.

@spackerinternational6131

2 жыл бұрын

@@backyardfoundry no worries! Would you like an absolutely bomb idea for a video that no one on KZread has done yet? A subject that gets billions of views per month?

@spackerinternational6131

2 жыл бұрын

@@backyardfoundry if you do, put your email here and I'll send it in private

Super informative and interesting video, really hoping to see a rematch because right now it’s BYF: 0 Engine: 1

@backyardfoundry

2 жыл бұрын

Trust me. BYF is not finished. The engine will pay.

Great vid. Sand paper the the top or drill small holes and do it again.!!!🎉

@backyardfoundry

2 ай бұрын

I hope to redo this video at some point and incorporate viewer suggestions so I appreciate the idea!

Nice!

You need raw or a surface where the gallium is able to penetrate, such a scratch

All the aluminum in an engine is either coated with petroleum or an oxide layer. If you sand down a spot to bare metal, it'll creep through the entire part, but probably won't migrate past the next oxide layer on the adjoining part. Not sure about this engine, but a lot of small engines have a steel or cast iron cylinder sleeve.

Thanks bro

@backyardfoundry

Жыл бұрын

Anytime brotato chip

It wouldn't be in the lower half of the motor like in the crank case cuz anything that goes in the intake stays above the piston n rings unless the rings are completely junk but then it would be spitting smoke and oil out the exhaust

Nice Video!! Keep going. :)

I’m impressed! I thought the engine would fail, with the piston rings chewing the cylinder to hell. Could you do it again by just mixing the gallium into the fuel?

@backyardfoundry

2 ай бұрын

I plan to redo this video in the future using viewer suggestions, though given that gallium is much denser than the fuel I am not sure the carberator would be able to suck up the gallium. I will have to test that and see!

Im glad someone besides me tried this I did this to a old wore out harbor freight go kart engine that was still runnjng but junk it ate up the head piston cylinder all the aluminum and steal I put it ghrough the motor and poured it ontop of the motor as well lol

@backyardfoundry

Жыл бұрын

I was really surprised there arn't more videos like it. Cause I had been wondering this for a long time!

nice

I'd guess the reason the gallium didn't eat the aluminum is the coating of soot. Even a thin layer of oxidation can protect against the reaction of galium from what I've seen in videos. Often people have to scratch up the surface to start the reaction if the metal isn't freshly cleaned beforehand.

@backyardfoundry

7 ай бұрын

Yeah, I was worried that may be the case, I was kinda hoping that since it is an old engine the friction would have worn the oxides away enough for it to work.

The aluminium was not agitated or scratched for the gallium to combine with it. If you scratched the outside of the motor and put just 1 gram of gallium on the scratch it would have eaten the entire motor in an hour

Steel sleeves for the cylinder walls and valves, springs etc. + aluminum has an oxide layer protecting it. Then you have the oil which coats the surfaces everywhere the galium goes. The galium might have been vaporized but I haven't checked the boiling point.

@virtualtools_3021

Жыл бұрын

It has the highest boiling point of any element, no chance

@keegentilley578

Жыл бұрын

@@virtualtools_3021 oh damn

@Pygmyz06

Жыл бұрын

4,352°F 2,400°C As the guy above said 😂 no chance

@jondubois5315

10 ай бұрын

Gallium boils at 4000*....

Thank you for doing this so we didn't have to

@backyardfoundry

Жыл бұрын

I'll be expecting a peace prize for my work

I was thinking it would be in the crank case

Plot Twist! Somebody sold Mercury to him instead of gallium! Dund dun Dahh.... and he been handling it...☠️

@Geneo-en5km

9 ай бұрын

I hope not tho!

@backyardfoundry

2 ай бұрын

My backyard is now an EPA super fund site

it wil just mix with all the oil. you need to scratch the outside metal, then put galium all over it and let it soak in for 2 hours or more. then start the engine and see if it breaks apart

Bud take the head back off, scrape a layer off the piston, and bead up the gallium on that location! Test every 5 to 10 min youll get a result!

@backyardfoundry

7 ай бұрын

I plan to try this again in the future (not in the winter again) and will do the concept justice. So I appreciate all the ideas!

The Gallium didn't come into contact with aluminum, it's on the oxide.

@backyardfoundry

Жыл бұрын

I was hoping that perhaps the small amount of wear an engine experiences per cycle would be enough, but as you saw you are probably right!

Try it in a water cooled engine with it in the coolant..

@backyardfoundry

Жыл бұрын

That would be super cool, I will look around for a smaller water cooled engine in my price range for a potential future video.

You have to scratch whatever alloy you put the gallium on incase of any enamel etc

@andrewfrancis7079

Жыл бұрын

Enamel in an engine? Cool yarn

I didn't think it was going to start that second time.

@backyardfoundry

7 ай бұрын

This engine surprised me with how resiliant it was. If you want to see its final start, check out the video when I put thermite through it.

What would hsve happened if you had put it directly into the engine oil and ran it ???

@backyardfoundry

2 ай бұрын

It is likely the oil would protect the engine from harm, but I dont know for sure and will test this in a future video.

I would think of you out the gallium in the oil let it run the gallium will melt and mix with the oil leaving little gallium crystals all over the place when it cools. Then starting the engine cold might scratch the surfaces it is in contact with causing it to start reacting then leave the engine a few days and try to start it again.

@backyardfoundry

2 ай бұрын

I will definitely incorporate this idea in the sequel video!

Maybe putting the gal in the coolant circuit would be more effective.

@backyardfoundry

2 ай бұрын

This particular motor is air cooled, It would be very cool to try this experiment with a water cooled motor though!

The gallium needs it to be warm …. It probably solidified due to the cold weather

@backyardfoundry

Жыл бұрын

Yeah unfortunately that may be a factor in the engine surviving. Perhaps I will run the test again in the future and fix some of the problems people have commented.

Won't do sht to a iron block but it will trash a aluminum block. The oil may be able to protect the aluminum because it had anti corrosive properties to stop internal corrosion from moisture in gasoline. But if you scratched the surface of a aluminum block it would weaken the aluminum and cause it to throw a rod. When the new aluminum ford f150s came out I remember a story where somebody damaged one on a car lot using gallium. They cut a small spot in the roof and dumped a bunch of gallium in it. The roof of the car disintegrated.

@backyardfoundry

Жыл бұрын

If I remember correctly I made sure the engine was all aluminum (no iron sleeve). I think the cold severely reduced the galliums effectiveness on the aluminum. Maybe if my youtube channel gets big I'll do a whole aluminum f150 like you said. Ill give you a shoutout obviously!

@askjeevescosby2928

Жыл бұрын

@@backyardfoundry I think the oil is blocking the gallium from oenetrating the block. I bet if you scored the outside of the block and bobbed it on it would ruin the engine.

You should put it around the sparkplug and into the oil. So its not out in a milisecond

@backyardfoundry

7 ай бұрын

I plan to redo this video at some point and will definitely be adding more gallium to the whole thing and making many improvements so thank you for the ideas!

The steel sleeve inside of the cylinder and head might have been protecting the block

Have to scrap off oxide on aluminum

What gave you this idea to test if gallium will destroy an engine? Did you hear someone mention something about it? Just wondering what prompted your curiosity.

@backyardfoundry

7 ай бұрын

Honestly I bought some gallium cause its cool, and was sitting in my garage and looked at this engine, and it came to me. I had to know haha!

You should put it in the oil

@backyardfoundry

Жыл бұрын

Once I make a sequel video I will. Ill make sure to do alot better.

Oil will protect the aluminum.

Damn yo hands thirsty

@backyardfoundry

7 ай бұрын

Real

man you could year the engine struggling and it sounds slower

@backyardfoundry

Жыл бұрын

Yet it still ran like a champ. I ended up killing it in another video. But its memory will live on

Use the gallium as the lubricant instead of oil.

@backyardfoundry

2 ай бұрын

I intend to redo this at some point in the future with much more gallium and incorporating the suggestions from my comments!

I thought it would foul the plug.

@backyardfoundry

7 ай бұрын

I thought so too but surprisingly not too bad!

Some day this dude is gonna get a Darwin award.

@backyardfoundry

Жыл бұрын

I'd make sure it got posted

makes 0 sense to put inside the motor you should scratch the head of the motor or the actual block and let gallium sit on it for a night to 2 then try to start it it would make more sense

@backyardfoundry

Жыл бұрын

Once I get another engine to destroy maybe I'll try that

@atomicfx6885

Жыл бұрын

@@backyardfoundry if you do make sure it’s a aluminum block should make for a great video

Let's test something that will never happen...

@SaltyRad

Жыл бұрын

sometimes you just have to know. life's little mysteries lol

The gallium probably turned back to a solid before it could get a full reaction

@backyardfoundry

Жыл бұрын

Yeah unfortunately I think that is a solid possibility