All of these transparent projects are leading up to making an entire Lada that is transparent! I want to see you combine them all! Transparent body panels, intake, rear end, transmission, and even get some transparent wheels and clear rubber tires!

@DarkLinkAD

Жыл бұрын

I beleive they have a full body on the Russian channel, IIRC.

@captainjerk

Жыл бұрын

@@DarkLinkAD Yes. But not full Lada.

@jwalster9412

Жыл бұрын

All we need is a transparent engine block and it's complete!

@andrenutbrown2284

Жыл бұрын

That sounds awesome

@gabrielv.4358

Жыл бұрын

YEAH!!!! Awesome!

Very interesting as always! Made me understand a thermostat better. What about a transparent brake booster next?

@Texas21Texas

Жыл бұрын

That would be interesting to see as well

@gabrielv.4358

Жыл бұрын

Nice idea

This is by far one of the best transparent videos yet. Even though I already know how it works, it is fascinating to see it actually work. Well done!

In North America Chrysler Built an engine called a slant 6 which was a 6 cylinder that laid on its side about 45° for multiple reasons but was a very good engine I'd love to see someone make two together and make a V12.

@lemau8458

8 ай бұрын

what are those reasons cause that just sounds like pointless overengineering to me. and yes v12s already exist

@Investment_Hedgehog

7 ай бұрын

BMW inline 6 since the 70s. My 24 year old inline 4 cylinder BMW engine is also a slant. Audi, Porsche, and others also have slant engines Slant engines aren't anything new or bespoke.

@wilco3588

7 ай бұрын

Slant 6 was designed in the late 50s and came out in 60. I'm sure the Mercedes 300 SL engine head some influence on it.

@wilco3588

7 ай бұрын

A couple of the design goals were that you could have a lower Hood line and also the slanted engine gave you a better space to make a longer and close to equal length intake manifold

@DolllarStone

7 ай бұрын

Too bad they dont have that slant 6 in Russia

One of the additives in antifreeze helps stop air bubble formation and suppresses cavitation so the cooling system will get less pitting ,since you're running straight water that's probably why you have more air bubbles than normal. At least that's my guess . Wilco

Your transparent video's should be mandatory to all auto mechanic schools! 🤩 Nice to see how the air is blowing out, mostly. To see that it works gradually, to see that natural circulation is really happening! I still don't know how an automatic gearbox works and I would like to see that, plus seeing the oil in a torque converter move!

Truly amazing to know a wax pellet & a spring makes the thermostat operate, then to get to see it happening in real life is Epic. Great Project Guys.

As a 90s kid who lived the whole transparent trend. I enjoy seeing anything and everything transparent. I hope the transparent trend comes back soon!

That was awesome! I never thought a thermostat would be interesting! You can see how vigorously the water flows through the cylinder head before the radiator is introduced. I didn't expect it to be that fast.

My compliments to whoever laid the concrete blocks in your garage. That is some beautiful work.

During the winter, when I have my heater on, I can actually feel the thermostat engaging while driving on the highway. When I accelerate, I can feel the air blowing go from hot to barely even warm, as the coolant gets diverted to the radiator. So it's really cool to see this happening in real time!

@Komeuppance

Жыл бұрын

... is your coolant low or your heater core plugged? Lol

@regan44017

Жыл бұрын

I'd say you have a lazy or failing thermostat that's not closing fully

@senorcartmenez8902

Жыл бұрын

My guy, you need to get that looked at

@jesusestrada5543

Жыл бұрын

@@Komeuppance Yeah I oughta check the coolant level, can't believe that didn't occour to me. Also I'll take a crack at getting the thermostat diagnosed.

How about a clear radiator cap and clear radiator neck with the overflow hose? It'll be interesting to see what it looks like when the pressure exceeds the cap rating causing the radiator to dump coolant into the overflow and then sucking it back in the radiator when it cools down 😁 (could be incredibly dangerous though 😬)

I was yelling at the screen, "IT IS FLOWING THE WAY!". 😂 Then he pointed it out just as I started typing 😂 Love the see thu stuff! So many cool things we don't normally get to see

loved the explanation about coolant circulation after shutdown

@whoknows8225

Жыл бұрын

outdoor fire heated hot-tubs work this way as well

And at the heart of it all, is wax, yep, wax, the brass bit in the middle is called a "wax motor" and provides the actuation force as it heats up, as wax expands quite readily, forcing out the plunger that shoves things open... :)

@glowiever

Жыл бұрын

and the wax is trapped inside?

@twocvbloke

Жыл бұрын

@@glowiever Yep, baiscally a compressed pellet of the stuff that's shoved in with seals and crimped tight, it's when those seals fail with age and the wax squirts out that the things stop working...

watching technical videos about automotive cooling systems, and things like that always use basicly depections of how fluid is "supposed to pass through an engine" with your transparent thermostat housing you actually make it extremely clear how the system works in an actual working engine, very cool experiment and quite a bit of useful knowledge, stay safe guys, and i hope we can get more content like this in the future

Automotive Engineer here, that type of Thermostat design is a tempering valve setup, The reason the valve is opening and closing all the time is to maintain a target temp for the water going into the engine. We learned years ago that having the water straight from the rad is very bad, especially if the water pump shots that very cold water (relative to the cylinder temp) right on the outer cylinder wall jacket. The old Ford inline sixes were very bad about having cracks on the number cylinder because of this very thing, as the water pump shot the water right onto the front lower side of number one cylinder. Think about were you are in Russia and the temps y'all see in the winter. A radiator is nothing more than an thermal battery, so if the air out side is at X temp and you let it in it's full temp run straight into the engine (Like on a -30*C day) you could imagine the stock the engine will have once the thermostat opens. So what your watching is the thermostat metering the cool water from the rad into the inlet of the water pump to maintain a operating temp with in X degree's of the engineer design. This keeps the engine from seeing very cold water that may be setting in side the rad on extremely cold days. And on the flip side on very hot days (like were I'm at in South Texas we can see 48*C days for weeks on end) the valve will more than likely complete close off the small loop and run completely off the rad to keep everything in check. Love the videos guy's, y'all keep them coming.

The top port is not being closed as it would in a normal housing. It's only opening the bottom. That disc that moves up when it gets hot would seat on a surface to close the bypass port. You get the idea here though. I would like to see if it sets a particular rate of flow on a highway drive.

@nicholasweiss4662

Жыл бұрын

But it does. Theres an inner tube in the housing that the top plate pushes against.

@micheskillz

4 ай бұрын

correct jason!

@micheskillz

4 ай бұрын

@@nicholasweiss4662 no.

@jasonbirch1182

4 ай бұрын

​@nicholasweiss4662 interesting. You are correct. Not sure how I missed that.

if nothing was proved here other than the work put into making the enclosure it still was fun kudos to you guys that make these videos . so Vlad keep up with the fascinating videos.

Always good! How about doing one that features your crew they seem like a great bunch!

@TheMrSlavjan

Жыл бұрын

Garage54 Live

Thank you guys for this. It was awesome to watch.

The thermostat was upside down. The wax plug side of the thermostat needs to be in the hot side. A thermostat is a wax motor.

@Highstranger951

Жыл бұрын

Spring goes to hot

Your videos are always a Lada fun!

@johnwalker194

Жыл бұрын

A Riva, A Riiva ! Underlay !!!

Very good video, educational. I also watched the transparent window gearbox too 👍

Thank u so much for making this video. I never really knew how the thermostat actually worked .like how it looks as it flows. Its so cool to see how engines operate. 👍🙂 you guys are the best.ur videos are always fun and great.i learn new things and ur videos are also very enjoyable

Excellent demonstration, thank you.

Thank you gentlemen, I have educated today. You should now make a transparent carby and mount it in the trunk to see if you can make it run like that.

the most fascinating part was the after the engine shut off part, where the fluid kept flowing. all my years around cars I never stopped to think that after shutting it off that there might still be any flow. I wondered how the engine never ran into thermal runaway once you shut it off and that mechanical pump stopped. I always wanted to buy a electrical pump to keep the flow going for a bit after shutting off the engine but thanks to this, I now know that would not have mattered all that much. awesome.

the machining of the plastic parts is very good . talent at its best.

Clear water pump next? Or brake calipers and master cylinder? Have to prove that the main seal does NOT twist or rotate but rather squegee the piston and pull it back very slightly after relieving pressure. All the way to a clear engine block!

@christicristian06

Жыл бұрын

Well we know that the piston doesn't rotate at least not on front brakes, it does on the rear ones. They did something close to i think a transparent engine head.

Another great video I love the visual ones as well as some of your more silly stuff haha. Wilco

The shimmer was a great touch! 👌👌🤙

Very informative experiment, thank you! Now I know that the coolant still moves for a while after shutting down the engine. KZread is a place where wonderful people from all over the world can meet, experiment and educate themselves. Who needs those who speak of peace and understanding and ignite chaos and war? Viele Grüße aus Deutschland, vereinigt seit 1990, zerstritten seit 2015! 🇩🇪🤝

Now get clear coolant and a DYE that changes color based on temp

@jameshedrick605

Жыл бұрын

That would be cool to see then you would be able to know what the coolant temp is without a temp gauge

The open and closing of the thermostat is happening because of the sudden flow of fresh cool water from the radiator. As soon as the thermostat opens and enough cooler coolant from the radiator passes the thermostat to cool it off it shuts again.

@DarkLinkAD

Жыл бұрын

Not so sudden, even at 50x. Its just gas within a diaphram.

@skurblord3401

Жыл бұрын

Exactly. After a long enough time the radiator will get heat soaked and it will remain open without the pulsing.

@CotyRiddle

Жыл бұрын

@@skurblord3401 that usually happens in hot weather after sitting for a long time in traffic. Under normal driving conditions you should never have a heat-soaked situation unless the radiator is undersized.

@volvo09

Жыл бұрын

@@CotyRiddle correct, while driving it should be fairly well closed to maintain engine temp, the radiator isn't fully hot and circulated unless under a tremendous load or you are stopped.

@Mrshotshell

Жыл бұрын

@@DarkLinkAD Thermostats actually use wax that expands when melted to open it. It's called a wax motor and is used in quite a few temperature control applications

Like a boatpropeller make bubbles due to the difference in pressure on the opposite sides of the blades, the waterpumpimpeller make the same effect. The more the engine revs, the worse the effect will get! Eliminate the surface tension will help a little, but optimal coolingfluid aviable is in fact a special oil. This will also help the engine get to a more efficient working temperature as it's not limited to a certain temperature to avoid more bubbles that decrease efficiness. A aluminiumhead for example does not warp at 120 degree celcius, but there is only air in the waterjacket that allow a higher temp on the combustionside of the head than the camshaft side that create the tension that warp. Cast Iron does not warp, so there the clearings of fittings decrease and pinch (if oil gets hot enough to make itself solid) camshaft or (most likely) piston. You should test and put oil in coolingsystem to check it out!

Incredible stuff!! Never knew this worked like that!

All of the transparent parts are so cool

Wow thank you! Great video guys!

Great video! Useful and informative, and fun as hell to watch. For some reason, in my mind, the flow always seemed much more sluggish. This was great to watch.

Still fun seeing the workings .

Great video guys!

I'm a retired heavy truck mechanic. I knew exactly how this was going to go. Really really entertaining watch. Great content!

Great job! Great video!

you have it backwards. Upper radiator hose and lower hose. Hot engine water heats up the bottom of the the thermostat and lets the hot water go into the upper hose and down the radiator to cool the water. Looks like you have hot water at the top of the thermostat.

Man to always know how a thermostat operates to be able to see it in action, this is sic🔥

That’s amazing! Thank you!

Great experiment, thanks guys

Awesome. Ty for your service to society and keep up the good work!!!

Very educational, thanks!

Like the transparent projects, seeing things work in real time is good stuff that said my thoughts are to remove the thermostat and mechanical water pump and replace it with an electric pump which can double as a thermostat just by not turning on until desired temperature not to mention HP gains from losing the mechanical drag of the mechanical pump. Plus, you could control the coolant flow rate, thus allowing the coolant to stay in the radiator longer, which would drop the temperature even more if need be due to ambient temperatures as well as engine loads.

Looks like pert shampoo! You should monitor the temp on all 3 hoses.

Fantastic creative engineering skills.

the top hose is blocking off too soon also your little contraption is a little to smushed. you could see when the tstat opens it literally is trying to push the whole thing apart. Be careful hot coolant aint no joke!

Make a lada fast response fire or bilge pump using lada water pumps. How far/fast can a Lada pump water?

They should combine all the clear parts on one car

what a fantastic KZread channel this is. Only Vlad would do these things.

Amazing! Thank You!

This is some cool ass stuff right there

I Like the Idea 💡 to view the thermostat functioning

very cool, thanks for showing us

Really cool, thanks for sharing.

Great job!

Excellent job

The right circulation is when the big circuit opens, the small should close. This is how it is on a stock Lada thermostat. Otherwise as you can see the water flows primarily from the small circuit as it has less resistance to flow.

This is very cool, thanks!

He did a fantastic job on that housing.

That's a weird way for a thermostat to work. I thought it kept water in the engine and let it get to temp then sent it through the rad to cool down while closing off to keep the engine hot. This one seems to do it different.

Awesome video and invention

I can't be the only person that wants a transparent engine block.

You should try to make as many transparent parts as possible on an entire Lada! Keep making videos and adding parts till you get a really unique Lada in the end !

Pretty cool! I believe the reason it closed is because cold liquid was added and dropped the temperature down causing the thermostat to close up

Great Idea Guys

When car gets overheated, I usually put it in pot with water then heat it up. If it opens up and close then its okay. If it doesnt then i just replaced it.

You guys really trust that glue! I would have been standing well back.

that shimmer was a great damn idea.

Next episode..... see trought pistons and block :D davaj davaaj

Can we see clear timing cover on an engine with variable timing and tensioner?

I did away with the factory thermostat and installed a thermostat into the top radiator hose on my diesel powered Lada Niva, used the same thermostat arrangement when I fitted the Fiat twin cam engine into it, worked well.

Transparent clutch, Transparent gearbox, Transparent fuel pump, Transparent engine block.

Great project, just a thought, the continuous air bubbles appearing in the flow could be from gases in solution / dissolved in the fluid, like when boiling water, bubbles appear on the surfaces of the container being heated, was the radiator cap left open during this exercise?

I think it will be a gradual motion. Not an instantanious switchover. A gradual changeover will allow a perfect ratio to settle. For example, on a cold day idling 100% may be in bypass. But on a hot day idling maybe 90% bypass and 10% radiator. Just my hypothesis.

How about a video with a transparent lower radiator tank, showing how the water flows around the atf oil cooler in there?

Open the garage door Vlad!

Just wondering, couldn't you have just mounted the larger clear plastic pipe with thermostat installed in the upper rad hose, no heater hose ports needed. Great video, 👍👍👍

this is all working towards a fully transparent car. i support this lol

Great video

This is awesome video

Magical video. 😊

When are you doing a complete and perfect restoration and upgrade of a Lada 4-cylinder and turbo or super charge it? These cars seem to be very good cars and I think the viewers would like to see a beautiful and perfect example of this wonderful car.

Next Vlad /garage 54 makes transparent pistons. All the blokes out there and VW will soon ask for a license to build them. lol

Well, what thats all about its, One thermostats have a tiny hole in them to allow some bypass. They also, open and close depending on the temp... So if you were riding the thermostat specification line, that would be why. Given the Odd way you incorporated it, Its possible the unnatural flow is having something to do with that. OR its just how a Lada operates. Ive never seen one of these cars in the states, much less had to work on one.

I don't know who is doing the music but it's excellent

WoW. you can buy those. Several companies make them for reals.

Amazing video

Vlad and his team are the best teachers

Very cool one.

My friend actually bought a see-through distributor cap so I guess you can see the sparks you guys should try that also

That is super cool

Intro reminds me of those "How it's made shows"