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Draino in gas tanks
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Posted By:
Dany
in Waco, Texas
May 05, 2005
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Like I posted on another thread I heard this from one of my english teachers. She told me that if you put draino and put it in someone's gas tank after thye drive about a mile their car will blow up. Has anyone else heard this? Also has anyone heard of this happening?
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The_Anarchist
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Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 | 02:53 AM
I've heard of it, not sure if it'll work, once I get back to the mainland I'm sure to go to the middle of the desert and attempt it.
I have a thought, wouldn't you think the bucket might not work because its not enclosed as well (I think...) but maybe be cheap and go to a scrap yard grab a gas tank and try that? I plan on it I just need to figure a few things out.
Ok can someone give me a link to what comet is?
Also a link to Draino? Because I've heard of Draino Bombs, and Drano Bombs... |
Joe Zamboni
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Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 | 12:13 AM
Gas in a gas tank will not explode without warning. However, If the gas is boiling hot it could explode. |
--Joe Blow Response
in Texas
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Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 | 12:39 PM
Hey Joe,
Not sure where your from but here in america there are plenty of sink drains, bathtub, well, any drain really that are metal. Especially older homes. |
Jpoopdog
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Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 | 10:55 AM
You can store draino in a aluminum cup ,it wont do squat,add gasoline?, nada
As a hydroxide it does nothing unless in the presence of water, now add a bit of water and youv got an exothermic reaction, and gasoline thats hot ,under pressure and has in the reaction given up a few carbon atoms, making it under pressure and unstable, two things that a key things to a bomb.
Also, sodium hypochlorite + naoh + water= 2(nacl) + ohh(re forms to water)
If the gasoline blows, sue the petrol station, it would mean they mixed water(0.1-1%) in the fuel, i guarantee you and they do to that the standard grade(water free) fuel is unreactive with drano,
It should not even corrode the engine,ifso use a diferent gas station |
jpoopdog
in australia
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Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2011 | 09:01 PM
Draino contains aluminium shavings, and sodium hydroxide, which makes it turn really steaming hot when it combines with water, almost enough to combust!.
in a gas tank with standard american crappy waterlogged gas (in remote paces), the petrol will have water in it, enough to allow a reaction with the soda and aluminium, which liberates hydrogen and massive amounts of heat, and hydrogen as we all know must be under -100 ceclius to begin compacting or shrinkiing due to tempurature, so theres no chance of it being compressed.
now, hydrogen is explosive, and caustic soda is corrosive, and if the soda were to eat its way through say the engine itself allowing direct access from the inside of the piston to the fuel tank, which is now full of explosive hydrogen, then the hydrogen would sqirt into the engine, explode, then blow up all the rest of the hydrogen remaining in th e fuel tank, generally causing an explosion.
aside form that, the massive pressure generated by hydrogen in the fuel tank, along with the insanley hot exothermic reaction is causes, which only draino does, then maybe the gasoline will detonate, as it very well is capable of doing! |
jpoopdog
in australia
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Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 | 07:59 AM
mythbusters ran draino through a V8 whilst running, and it did nothing if not clean the engine.
Draino will only blow up an engine if it has poor quality fuel with water, as draino has all it needs along with gasoline for fuel. aluminium, sodium hydroxide, sodium hypochlorite.
chlorine and hydrogen make for a high;y explosive mix, and can block a piston with rust cousing it to misfire or a number of things that will detonate the explosive gas |
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