Put regular oil back in. See how it acts.

@jesses1589

9 ай бұрын

That should have been done to wrap up the video IMO

@timewa851

9 ай бұрын

@@jesses1589 I like how they actually took it out on road test. very good!

@digi3218

9 ай бұрын

It probably would have been fine but it seems they probably took some life off the engine.

@Anonymous..VQ3.5Lg35

9 ай бұрын

15-40? If regular oil doesn’t shut the light off

@jjhack3r

9 ай бұрын

​@@digi3218possibly but it may burn less oil if the oil rings were clogged up and not moving around properly.

I love how the BMI Russian guy translates in a walkie talkie voice when they are talking to each other in the cars 😂 Nice touch! ❤👍

@DUKE_of_RAMBLE

9 ай бұрын

I _think_ they were chatting via cellphones, but, either way, I agree! A very nice touch and worthy of recognition! 👍👍

@chincemagnet

9 ай бұрын

💩 👁️ 🇷🇺

@MrVsbt1

9 ай бұрын

BMI russian guy 👍

@Vicus_of_Utrecht

8 ай бұрын

He's the hero we need but don't deserve

@chincemagnet

8 ай бұрын

Nobody gets the, BM as in bowel movement 💩, I as in eye 👁️, Russian 🇷🇺, joke?

Pull the spark plugs and check the cylinder walls.

@markscheutzow3446

9 ай бұрын

...And the bearings!

@leerusch7392

9 ай бұрын

The hone marks are probably 100% gone.

@Tom_Baldwin

9 ай бұрын

Why 2oule they be gone 7nless you were putting an abrasive compound down, and brake fluid by itself is not abrasive. So again, can you explain your theory , because my opinion brake fluid can still have some lubricating properties, I would think but hell, I've seen it spilled on a hot exhaust manifold and flash on fire so fast, and it's a really Brite yellow flame.

@Jagermonsta

9 ай бұрын

@@Tom_Baldwin brake fluid isn't a lubricant, of course there is going to be more wear

These guys have the craziest ideas for cars bur it's cool to see them expermenting

@fireblow6842

9 ай бұрын

Essentially car science

@mikehunt3987

9 ай бұрын

These are all the things me and my friends would talk about in middle school at the lunch table. Lol

@connoisseuroftigolbitts

9 ай бұрын

Do not try this at home! You’ll blow your engine!

@javierhernandez1140

9 ай бұрын

Diesel fuel will clean it for sure

@user-wv1pj6wh4h

2 ай бұрын

@@javierhernandez1140 ohh yes

A compression test before and after would have been interesting

@joanfrellburg4901

8 ай бұрын

Same goes for an IQ test.

@donnymcgahan1158

7 ай бұрын

​@@joanfrellburg4901jeez

@user-wv1pj6wh4h

2 ай бұрын

@@joanfrellburg4901 europeans

There is a screen filter on the Vtec solenoid that can plug. Its something you can check in junkyards when looking for an engine. If the vtec solenoid is filled with swarf, its probably an engine to avoid.

@dapperdingo

9 ай бұрын

Yeah man, always avoid the swarf. Otherwise, 'May the Swarf be with you'.

@Ratkill

9 ай бұрын

I hate it when my vtecs all swarfy

@bobbobson1605

9 ай бұрын

I had something similar happen on a friend's Hyundai (1.5L 'gamma' engine), the cam phaser solenoid had been clogged by plastic-like tar, completely blocking it. Let it sit overnight in B-12 chemtool (toluene is a great solvent), replaced the molten o-rings i forgot to take off before putting it in there, and then it was more or less good as new.

@5roundsrapid263

9 ай бұрын

I’ve seen the same thing with GM VVT solenoids. People don’t change their oil, and it fills up with sludge, or worse yet, swarf.

@bobbobson1605

9 ай бұрын

oh god how could I have forgotten about swarf?! @@5roundsrapid263

I wanted to see what happened when they put fresh oil back in, took it for a drive then dropped that oil too (to see what the oil was like after the brake fluid had cleaned the engine) and if the VTEC still worked with the fresh oil. 🤔

@larryloyd2989

8 ай бұрын

I agree

@DarkAttack14

8 ай бұрын

It should continue working after the fresh oil bexause it seems like they were able to clean out a clog! They really should have ran fresh oil for a final test though!

@KenFullman

27 күн бұрын

Me too, I was surprised when the video ended. It's like a serial on the TV when they end on a cliff hanger.

A true testament to how good Hondas engines really are.

A little bit of brake fluid in the oil used to be a dirty trick to reduce oil smoke, at least until the car sold. It would swell up seals and reduce how much oil got past, but not for long.

I appreciate that they even translated through the radio for extra immersion instead of just voiceover. Nice touch

I worked at an oil testing lab. Every once in a while we would get samples where a Jiffy Lube type place would put motor oil in the brake fluid reservoir. It would destroy the seals in the brake system resulting in no brakes.

cut the oil filter to see what inside ;)

Run an engine on transmission fluid. An old idea is to add a quart of transmission fluid to old oil before you change it. Let it get hot and drain it in each oil change. It’s supposed to clean deposits so long term it stays cleaner.

@fastinradfordable

9 ай бұрын

@@79huddyused to… Til you ran out of pathfinders😂😂

@timewa851

9 ай бұрын

@@fastinradfordable cleaned lifters? I guess? Who knows.

@nahimgudfam

9 ай бұрын

You go ahead and do that.

@foojub6907

9 ай бұрын

trans fluid has less detergents than oil by a lot...transmission fluid doesn't have to deal with combustion gases

@joelbusch6084

9 ай бұрын

Tryed that on my girlfiends '08 honda accord. Works just as good if not better than seafoam

Thanks for running this experiment. Your videos are interesting. Some people here in the States use kerosene to clean an engine's insides, allowing the engine to idle. They drain, change the filter and refill with regular oil. I don't recall anyone telling me if the engine ran better afterwards.

You should of checked compression before and after!

You guys just keep the fun going on, now change the filter and put fresh oil in and test drive it. this is down to earth good fun kudos guys.

I think it would have been a great idea to change the oil filter, pour brand new oil into the engine and check for oil pressure and general performance

@wmden1

16 күн бұрын

My thoughts also. I suspect that all rubber seals are pretty much destroyed.

Try ATF next time, I use it on very dirty engines to flush out the sludge without hurting any critical components. Love your channel.

I'd like to see it filled baup with oil and see if it smokes less now being your valve seals are conditioned. Wonder video as always.

9:17 Guy in passenger seat is like : "This is a bad idea. WTF am I doing here..?"

Can you make a video when you drive a car with diesel in the oil? Like 40% diesel in the engine oil for 10 days and see how clean the engine got after that time.

@bobbygreenjr4114

9 ай бұрын

I have a 1975 gmc truck 4x4 gasoline . The only oil I use is 15-40w diesel oil.

@Frrlas

9 ай бұрын

I did this almost as you say in my volvo b230f. it was bad before, and after it was like new inside.

@justinriley8651

9 ай бұрын

​@bobbygreenjr4114 that's not what he means 😂. he wants to put diesel fuel in the oil.

@justinriley8651

9 ай бұрын

it'll work that's an old farmer trick my grandpa did it .

@Lassekongo24

9 ай бұрын

@@Frrlas I have tried it to but only 10%. For 10 minutes, poor man's engine flush. But would be nice to see what would happen if you took more diesel for a longer time.

Dude the coms translation always gets me😂 such a master of the voice over craft

Would be interesting to see how it does on a head gasket replacement oil change schedule from this point: replace with motor oil and then replace again after 500 miles and see how it reacts. Love to see the experimentation, thank you for sharing.

Good job man Hello from Florida USA Much respect to you

Do a series of tests with different additives (kerosene, lacquer thinner, paint stripper, brake fluid, transmission fluid, etc) added to at a 1:5 ratio to the oil like regular additives. Put each mixture into different engines with similar amounts of deposits. Then endurance run the engines for a week and see what mixture does the best. It interesting to see the extreme end of these tests that I love watching you for, but it would be really nice to see a few tests that I can apply to my daily driver.

@cmte.brazinazzo2061

9 ай бұрын

Acetone, ketone

@larryloyd2989

8 ай бұрын

If you add a quart of transmission fluid to your oil on your next oil change it will clean out your engine very well. My dad told me that trick and he's a mechanic for 21 years.

@wrecksandtech

8 ай бұрын

@@larryloyd2989 I’ve heard it for years too and done it myself. But this channel has the unique ability to put theory to test and actually show the results side by side.

I would like to see the same experiment but use lacquer thinner. Only don't drive it, it'll surely die, but try to clean the engine without killing it

@martinda7446

9 ай бұрын

They certainly used to sell flushing oil, which was not quite as low viscosity as thinners, but I remember using it to flush out a straight six Triumph engine many years ago... Didn't make much difference as far as I remember, except it made a lot of smoke as expected.

@dangeary2134

9 ай бұрын

I cleaned the lifters of a car with pure kerosene, once. Drained the oil, put in a new filter, and ran it for a timed five minutes. Drained it, new oil and filter, and the lifter noise vanished. We did it to ONLY clean the lifters, and it seemed to work! Kerosene is a very poor lubricant, that’s all we knew. As far as being a cleaner, it was good. We knew that too. We were literally trusting our luck when we did this stunt.

@anthonyf3253

9 ай бұрын

@@martinda7446every car I’ve bought I drain the oil, fill it up with fresh white diesel, leave it idle for 30 mins, drain, fill with cheap oil for a days use, then drain and fill with premium stuff, diesel strips sludge and all sorts of crap out the system

@Casal70

9 ай бұрын

I have tried WD-40 in two engines, new small can divided in all cylinders through spark plug hole (total 250ml WD-40). Check with a light the drainage and refill the dry cylinders daily over 2 weeks. Then drive 20 km. And replace oil efter that. Rings estimated clean and 1-2 lifters tick is gone. The engines does not need to have oil toped up between service at all.

@austinsmith6714

9 ай бұрын

I've done that. Mixed with oil of course. A few ounces of thinner. Don't do it much. It will swell the seals and eventually destroy them if over done. Can reduces an oil leak temporarily though and certainly cleans it but there are better products for that.

Put the brake fluid into a radiator instead of water. Brake fluid is heatproof too... Who knows what happens

@davidhenri2722

9 ай бұрын

I've put engine oil in the cooling system dirt track racing. Does not boil when the rad plugs with dirt. Your hoses do go for shit after a while.

@thedude7726

9 ай бұрын

@@davidhenri2722 thats wild. But good idea. Back in the say they used high proof alcohol

@jwalster9412

9 ай бұрын

Probably would overheat as I assume brake fluid doesn't pick up as much heat.

@slec-wz1db

9 ай бұрын

@@jwalster9412 that is correct. nothing cheap beats water for specific heat.

@JJFX-

6 ай бұрын

​@@slec-wz1dbHell, there's hardly any practical expensive alternatives that beat water for this.

Hi from America and I always find your video entertaining. You just do anything what most of people wanted to do and couldn’t afford LOL.

Two fluids to always be carried. Trans fluid can be used anywhere oil is used in a pinch, but not for brake fluid. Water is best in a brake fluid system as it won't destroy seals.

Scrub the inside of the oil pan thoroughly, and clean out the oil pickup screen and the screen inside the vtec solenoid. While the brake fluid has cleaned up the deposits, those deposits could very well get stuck to the oil pickup screen causing low oil pressure, and the vtec screen which will cause the sluggishness and no vtec.

I never thought of it but now that you mention it, yes, I want to see what happens.

Fully synthetic oil has a simular effect. As an apprentice I destroyed a few neglected Honda engines. Thinking I was doing the right thing, the high detergent thin oil would get past the rings and turn it into an smokey oil burner. One of the old guys used brake fluid to decoke carburetor engines. Just hold the revs up at 2-3000 rpm and dribble the fluid down the carb for 5 mins, smoked like crazy untill you stopped with the fluid, even the plugs would come out cleaner, welcome to the motor trade🙂

Interesting.. less obvious damage than I was expecting, but I would have liked to see if there were metal shavings in the fluid, & if the oil filter was getting clogged w/ any kind of goop

@dapperdingo

9 ай бұрын

Swarf in the oil filter and oil pan.

I wanted to see how much it smokes after putting oil back in it. Maybe the rings got freed and it may seal better.

My '07 Honda Fit has over 140k miles and is still going strong. Keep up on oil changes, throw some injecter cleaner in it every other month or so, it'll keep running for another 140k no worries. Honda makes good engines.

I was hoping you'd put oil back in the engine and see how it did on its performance and oil burning after the brake fluid.

@76mkdubbn

9 ай бұрын

Me too

get some crude oil, do a basic filtering of said crude oil to reduce it to just liquid particles, run the engine with crude oil in the sump.

Keep it rockin guys 🎸

Adding 1qt of brake fluid is an old used car lot trick to get valve stem seals and other seals to swell up slightly and seal better. You only run it long enough to get it circulated well, then just let it sit for a few days while it softens things up. Warm it up and change oil after that. It helped on my buddy's rsx commuter car with 200k+ and leaky valve stem seals

@kekko3785

9 ай бұрын

just use stop oil leak additives, they help a little too

Solid! Top KEK! peace be with you.

Could have used transmission fluid as well and it's an oil so you would maintain oil pressure and have to be careful with the brake fluid being in contact with the crank, rod and cam bearings depending upon what they are made out of and if they are zinc coated.

2:50. Anybody notice the smile face on his light bulb 😂

and now put some good oil in it and see if everything is fixed..?

@lazermcdanger1370

9 ай бұрын

That's what I wanted to see. I have an odyssey myself with 255k miles and this video has me wondering if I should try this

@tabcreedence6553

9 ай бұрын

compression check too would be interesting

@mra3149

9 ай бұрын

Yeah, I wanted to see what happened when they put fresh oil back in, took it for a drive then dropped that oil too (to see what the oil was like after the brake fluid had cleaned the engine) and if the VTEC still worked with the fresh oil. 🤔

Damn it clean the hell out of it I wonder how it will run with oil now way to go y'all just knew it will get it fire

2:58 "VTEC gets a golden shower from 4 mechanics"

Wow nice performance. Thanks. I enjoy this video so much

Best car channel, ever... Sink into that Knowing...

Next run should be an attempt to completely clean the inside of the engine! Try several cleaning products like degreasers or oven cleaners, vinegar, detergent, brake cleaner there’s a plethora of possibilities although you might have to add some sort of clean oil like break in oil or Lucas additives or stabilizer. Obviously the engine will need some sort of lubricant or not I’d still love to see what will eventually clean that dirty girl lol

I ran a small amount of brake fluid in my 92 Toyota forerunner with a 3 L V6 made it to 340,000 miles before the head gasket blue. It kept the engine clean and the lifter quiet. I ran that engine super hard all the time hitting the rev limit. I did have seals go bad on the cam. After 340,000 miles that was gonna happen anyways. This engine was also ran with vegetable oil. I definitely put thousands of miles on it with just vegetable oil in it. I did not treat it nicely and it held up.

You guys are amazing. Automotive Destructive Testing Artists.

This are really fun to watch

I bet the critical oil clearances are HUGE now that its smoked the rings valve guides cam and crank bearing, no doubt it was really hard on the metal to metal surfaces

I'm quite sure the main reason for the oil pressure light is a completely clogged oil filter. If the bearings were gone, you should have heard it already.

Of course the VTEC would work as long as there is enough fluid in the system to work the actuator. The reason it's burning so much smoke is because the viscosity of the brake fluid is too thin compared to the oil and it's getting past the rings, also why you can't get any oil pressure

Would have liked to see what the bearings looked like after the experiment.

@volvo09

9 ай бұрын

I seriously thought that engine would have blown up!

What about the bearings, rings, and valve guides?

A serious attempt at a repair involving this stuff is DEFINITELY gonna need a 50% oil portion or more; I would also submit my guess that a heavier oil would be a good idea.

I didn’t think I would make it to the end but this was super interesting.

When I was a young boy we would go to the school parking lot turn our bikes upside down, away from us and the building, we would get the back wheel moving using the peddles and drop a marble or a steal bearing between the tire and the rim to see how far we could get them to fly! One was 235 feet that was a bearing. So rig up a system to a Lada and drop steal barring's or marbles and see how far you can get them to go!

I wounder if the caustic nature of brake fluid is not 'cleaning' things up inside, hence oil pressure light going on and off.... brake fluid has more than likely removed sludge from inside of the engine

@yambo59

9 ай бұрын

and really caused accelerated wear on rings, cylinder walls, cam lobes bearings etc. brake fluid is way too thin and not engineered to handle the compression pressures and tight clearances

I think the paint has clogged the oil filter, explaining why higher rpm is needed for adequate oil pressure

Used transmission fluid next as it’s also detergent, so it might work really well to clean the motor internals

@larryloyd2989

8 ай бұрын

It does have already done it my dad told me about that trick a long time ago

I wonder what it does to rubber gaskets and parts in the engine.

@StaticVapour590

9 ай бұрын

Nothing probably

@phantom240

9 ай бұрын

Brake fluid can cause significant softening/swelling of rubber seals, depending on what exact compound they're made of.

@Davidautofull

9 ай бұрын

@@phantom240 the brake system uses rubber seals.

@ruben_balea

9 ай бұрын

@@Davidautofull And engine oil damages those.

@phantom240

8 ай бұрын

@@Davidautofull no shit eh? You know what happens to brake lines as they age? They swell internally and eventually become one way check valves or stop passing fluid altogether.

Comrades basically Brake Fluid is a Solvent so I'm not surprised your internal parts got De-sludged... if i were you guys i would put motor oil back in the engine & drive it to see if it still smokes

Can you make a video about putting a torque converter in manual trasmission with manual lockup. How it affect the smoothness during changing gears and power going uphill with out stalling the engine

Ha ha! Smelling oil is the same as inhaling it! But I knew what you meant. Don't ever, EVER put an extension hose through the trunk , get in and roll up the windows. 😅ha ha.

Bottoms Up. Other than the paint, what ever happened to the head gasket, and Valve covers.

Was waiting for standard oil test after cleaning, that should be interesting.

Could you replace it with iso64 hydraulic oil and see if it overheats or does damage. thanks for video

Fantastic experiment ❤💪👏👏👏👏👏

I was looking for drones when you was out driving.

It's amazing the bearings didn't take a crap lol

I enjoy this channel, many thanks. How about putting diesel instead of motor oil 😝

My grandpa always added a quart of diesel into the oil and ran it until it got hot before changing the oil if he wanted to clean out gunk.

My Silverado brake master cylinder leaked a bunch of brake fluid into the booster and got sucked into engine. So I replaced Master cylinder and booster along with a oil change and filter. Still a bit of smoke out tailpipe. How long will it take for to smoke to clear up?

I just wanna know why the odyssey never looked that cool here in the US ;_; I had a first-generation Fit back in the day, and the first-gen odyssey looked like the same thing, only bigger... this looks like an original odyssey with a fantastic facelift, and that purple is absolutely killing me, I want it.

@irgant

9 ай бұрын

This is the Japan domestic version

@tynewlin

9 ай бұрын

First Gen Odyssey in the US was a rebadged Isuzu.

The crankshaft oil clearance is also clean and larger

Initially the brake fluid cleaned stuck piston rings, gaining compression but further driving with low-lubricity fluid wore out rotating and sliding surfaces. The oil pickup screen is probably also plugged with paint, carbon and oil residue.

I had a thought today of what would happen if you replaced ac compressor oil with brake fluid. It would probably be fine for a long time and only fail on lubricity properties

You guys should try a bunch of Brake clean Fluid in the engine and see how clean it gets.

@dropageardisappear5552

9 ай бұрын

Really harmful to breathe and evaporates quick

Try transmission fluid wornder how the engine would run

Thank you. Mick Australia 🇦🇺

I am so impressed by the stuff you guys do. I need to learn Russian.

Back in the Day cars would sometimes get carboned up and develop a Knock .. Some People would use a mixture of brake fluid and water dumped thru the Carb at High RPM .. The Old School Seafoam ..We would run some trans fluid thru the carb afterwards to restore lubrication to the parts that were cleaned ..

Ive been waiting for some one to try this for

Did you ever put regular oil back in it to see if it has good oil pressure? i cant find the video.

The smoke is probably etching the cars paint behind them 😂😂😂

Im curious how itll do when mixed eith oil. To be used as engine flush. The reaaon the brake fluid got thicker was it mixed with the oil still in the engine. There will always be oil still in the engine. And the deposits

Pull the VVTi Solenoid Module at the back of the Cylinder Head and clean out the Oil filter Mesh /Screen on same, removing any blockage in same... this should allow the Oil to flow better on that module, and activate the VVTi locking the Cam in that position when it calls for same... Put Normal oil back ...

Honda is the best engine producer ever.

Now that it is clean, I wonder what got trapped in the oil filter.

6:43 It is hilarious watching a guy wearing a NY hat with a Chicago t-shirt...while crazy Ivan drives an car with an engine lubricated with brake fluid. Sovetsky Soyuz.

Brake fluid is a great cleaner for rubber and plastic hoses under the hood. Renews rubber quite well. Burns like hell when it gets in a cut hahahaha

What did the bearings look like???

I really enjoy this show or channel whatever you guys do some great stuff and come up with great ideas 💡

I started laughing when it quit smoking 😂

Curious what will happen if you put a mixture of 50%/50% gasoline/diesel in the engine as lubricant. Will it wash clean or blow up?

Diesel does a good cleaning job too with one quart of oil. Just let it idle for 10 mins, drain and add oil.

Awesome Video

I put 1 liter of trans fluid in the oil a day or 3 before I do the oil change because the trans fluid cleans the system,

@TuneStunnaMusic

9 ай бұрын

Did it clean it like how the head turned out in this video?

@ImigrentfromMars

9 ай бұрын

I never took it apart but it's a 2005 f150 with the 5.4 that people say are junk. I have 200,000 klm on it and use it daily and it doesn't have the ticking or smoking problem I see with others here with the same or less miles. So something is keeping it clean, I dot us any other treatment in it so either I have been super lucky or the transmission fluid is still working, I first seen a guy do this trick back in the 70s and ive been doing it ever since, Just like putting water in the old carbs to clean the motor and other parts of the system worked great back then,