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bob the builder
in bobville
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Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 | 01:56 PM
the drano eats away at the aluminum engine parts causing a leak, and it also creates hydrogen because it is caustic and aluminum is reactive. The leak=hydrogen=flame in the engine causes an explosion |
gdawg
in california
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Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 | 06:38 AM
i had a draino and comet mixture poured in my gas tank unknown to me. when i started it seized after about 2 minutes. i removed the gas tank and dumped all of the gas out and put more in. my truck still does not start. any clues what i can do? |
Tru
in Other Words
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Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 | 03:45 PM
The only thing I found online was "Common table salt and drain-opening compounds like "Drano" will cause corrosion inside an engine." Doesn't sound like it would cause an explosion though.
That came from this site..
Whether its a trustworthy site or not, I don't know. But that part makes sense. |
MadVlad
in my head
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Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 | 10:08 AM
The Mythbusters on Discover Channel actually tested this at some point; Drano is extremely corrosive, but it did not make the engine they were using explode. I can't find a link, but it was tested, and no, nothing exploded. |
Maegan
in Tampa, FL - USA
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Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 | 10:58 AM
I'm not too keen on mythbusters. They don't really investigate the how or why of the myth, they just set to see if they can do it. So, even if it has never been done ever up to that point, they try it, and if they can get it to work, they say it's true.
Example? "Officers use coke to wash blood off of the hwy." Well, they didn't ask any police officers, they just dumped some animal blood on the rdwy, and then poured coke on it to find out if coke would wash away the blood.
They don't really look into the is this MYTH true? They look into can this myth be executed? |
Winona
in USA
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Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 | 11:13 AM
Well, that method does work when you're disproving something. If it can't be done it can't be true. Mostly though, I've taken the ones they've stamped "true" as the ones being possible, not that it is absolutely done.
I actually love Mythbusters. I'm one of those who wonders if these things are true (read possible) without the wherewithal to actually try some of these things. They do it for me, in really fun ways. |
Accipiter
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Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 | 09:45 AM
If your gas tank or fuel lines got corroded enough, it could result in a leak, and that could cause an explosion. I doubt that Draino would be enough to cause that, though, unless you either used a lot of it over a long time, or else the gas tank was already in bad shape. Even so, maybe that's where this whole idea came from? |
Maegan
in Tampa, FL - USA
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Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 | 12:51 PM
I know a girl who had a Camaro, and her ex-boyfriend tried to torch her car. Well, he lit a rag, and shoved it into her gas tank. The only problem was, was that the tank was full. So the liquid actually was able to extinguish the fire, before it lit the fumes.
That's one way to blow up a car (with less gas of course). |
ChemGuy
in Loss Angeles
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Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 | 12:28 PM
It looks like this recipe only mixes compatible agents. The Draino is caustic with hypochlorite (NaOH/NaOCL) and the Comet is simply hypochlorite Ca(OCL)2 with calcium carbonate. I don't predict any reaction if the two are mixed in any porportion. Now, can the hypochlorite cause an explosion if mixed with gasoline, that is very doubtful. There is a phase compatibility issue here, the components will not mix well. It would certainly screw up the engine though.!! |
Some Dude
in Somewhere, I'm Sure
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Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 | 12:53 AM
Well, one of my army friends told me that gas and drano combust immediately, so the trick is to make a sort of "water ballon" with drano and a condom. Stick that into the tank, and the drano should eat right through the condom and mix with gasoline. How the two of them combine, or what happens afterwards, as far as I know, say bye-bye to the car! Do not try at home! |
bombsquad
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2006 | 12:16 PM
what u guys are talking about is a draino bomb. You make this bomb by taking a film canister and putting in 3/4 comet and 1/4 draino and put the lid on the film canister. when it is placed in the gas the draino eats through the film canister and in 5 minutes the draino mixes with the gas causing an explosion |
Hello
in here
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Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 | 10:47 PM
When you mix aluminum metal and draino (acurately pointed out to be an alkalai aka a base), they produce hydrogen gas which is explosive in the presence of oxygen. Tetrahydroxo aluminum III is also produced but it just stays in solution. Be careful with hydrogen gas because with the right amount of oxygen, even a bump can set it off. Good luck. |
chem mom
in gray maine
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Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 | 12:03 PM
Drano is hydro chloric acid which is the reason it reacts with alumium because aluimium has a higher activity level so a single comination takes place making alumium chloride and hydrogen gas if the gas tank is alumium. |
Anthony
in WA
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Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 | 07:43 PM
My dad told me once how to make a "car bomb".
Im not sure but he said he tried it out in the woods on his old car, and it blew like in the movies. Instead of a film canister, he used a ping pong ball that he waxed up after putting the drano in. I cant tell if hes lying though. |
Bryan
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Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 | 03:30 AM
You guys are retarded Draino is highly corrosive but it is a strong BASE not an ACID. acids eat metal, not bases. If draino did eat metal why the hell are you douchbags pouring it down your drains? huh? stupid fucks |
jimmy
in ON
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Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 | 12:48 PM
you guys are fucking stupid
drano is a base, strong base, and it reacts with Alu to give H2. and no it won't do shit if you put it in the gas tank. you need to add water for the reaction to start. and most engine parts are made of cast iron. at least th shit ass american cars. |
Fred the mail man
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Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 | 10:02 PM
Drano is a mixture of sodium nitrate, aluminum powder and of course sodium hydroxide. the sodium hydroxide will react with the aluminum to create hydrogen gas, when exposed to water.
comet contains a whole whack of chemicals among them are this random one 'sodium dichloro-s-triazinetrione dihydrate'
a mixture of comet and Drano could theoretical ignite gasoline with the aforementioned random and the sodium nitrate providing oxygen. once heat is liberated it's possible that other chemicals could begin to oxidise the gasoline, like the sodium nitrate.
while lye and many other chemicals are compatible with gasoline, it's possible that some chemicals created between the comet and sodium hydroxide would be highly incompatible. and while yes both are bases, ammonia and bleach are both bases. what happens if you mix those?
No idea if it actualy works though, seems unlikly to me...
oh and note most of the silicon made today goes towards making engine parts... in the form of silicon aluminum alloys... |
Fred the mail man
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Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 | 08:49 PM
Nope does not work what so ever, so says many tests.... |
weasel
in in yo arse
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Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2007 | 03:23 PM
your all a bunch of dumb arses with responses lik that.. apparently you all dont know shiite |
Joe Blow
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Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 | 06:36 PM
Ok yes Bryan you are right that draino is a BASE but drains are not made of metal they are made of PVC pipe which is plastic. A strong base or acid will degrade metal. |
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