Charybdis
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Posted: Thu May 05, 2005 | 11:20 AM
This seems to be a very common belief. That doesn't make it true. So basically, I don't have any idea. I wouldn't recommend trying it however. |
Papazombie
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Posted: Fri May 06, 2005 | 09:02 PM
I did not realize that cars can run on drano...
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Papazombie
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Posted: Fri May 06, 2005 | 09:07 PM
...Draino...
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Dany
in Waco, Texas
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Posted: Sat May 07, 2005 | 11:06 AM
They don't. The draino mixes with the gas and makes the car blow up. |
Accipiter
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Posted: Sat May 07, 2005 | 08:34 PM
Hmm, I've got some Draino, I have a car. . .if you don't hear from me ever again, you'll know that it is true. . . |
Accipiter
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Posted: Sat May 07, 2005 | 08:35 PM
Actually, if anybody's really curious enough to find out, why not get a bucket full of gasoline and some Draino? Buying a new bucket is cheaper than buying a new car. Just don't try the experiment indoors. |
Dany
in Waco, Texas
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Posted: Sun May 08, 2005 | 10:28 AM
If you have a gas powered remote control car you can try it. |
Maegan
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Posted: Mon May 09, 2005 | 10:15 AM
...So, just the mixing of the 2 chemicals causes an explosion? Or does it have to have some sort of combustion? |
Terry Austin
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Posted: Mon May 09, 2005 | 12:51 PM
Didn't Mythbusters debunk that with the rest of the "stuff in the gas tank" myths? |
Accipiter
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Posted: Mon May 09, 2005 | 12:57 PM
I don't know why they would explode spontaneously. Draino does have some strong corrosive powers, but would it really provide enough energy to start combustion just by reacting with hydrocarbons? Or is it supposed to mix with the gasoline and lower its flash point and make the whole thing explode when the spark plugs light it? |
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Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 | 05:38 PM
I think I did see this on mythbusters a while back.... hummmmmm...........
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Dany
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Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 | 10:49 AM
I'll check the Mythbusters site to see if they did. It's just something I've been wondering about for awhilre. |
Andrew
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Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 | 02:54 PM
I think its possible, but not a "big" blow up. I think its more of a... seized engine blow up. Is Draino like bleach? If so it would seize the engine due to increased temperatures in the engine, and the bleach/Draino stopping the engine oil from doing its job properly.
It'd also wear away at the aluminum in most engines today... which is usually bad. |
Dany
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Posted: Sat May 21, 2005 | 02:33 PM
I did know that Driano eats away at metal. I think it would just mke the engine blow up. |
Andrew
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Posted: Sat May 21, 2005 | 03:16 PM
Well, if it's a corrosive substance, which it is, then it's very likely that it would eat away at the aluminum. |
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Posted: Sat May 21, 2005 | 05:27 PM
draino is an alkali, by the way, and im pretty sure its not a bleach, considering it is just sodium hydroxide (Na-Oh). It would probably eat away at metal and anything else it can react with (maybe gasoline) which MIGHT cause something to blow, but probably only becuase it creates hydrogen when it reacts with some things, which could blow in the spark-plug area. |
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Posted: Sat May 21, 2005 | 06:43 PM
Draino is a class 8 corrosive substance, and I do international DG shipping, and happen to know that it is compatiable with gasoline, which is a class 3 flamable liquid. Don't know if this really help, or proves/disproves anything, just the first thing to pop into my mind.
If there is danger of a reaction the chemicals would need to be segragated, and in this case they do not. |
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Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 | 02:35 PM
such a coincidence, i searched "draino" thru google cause i wanted to know what "draino" actually is, and i found not what i was looking for, instead i found this forum and a page that explains how to make a "draino" bomb wich i think is what you are talking about, you seem to be on the right track, but not quite... what you need to make an explosion is a mix of "comet" and "draino" and then put that on gasoline... still, now i am more confused than before because i not only dont know what "draino" is but i also dont know what "comet" is... funny thing, the info i found is not what i wanted to know, but it may clear things up for you... anyway here is the link:
http://mlcastle.net/raisethefist/draino.html
I would really appreciate if anyone here could tell me what draino is... |
Boo
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Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 | 02:42 PM
Well, according to wikipedia, 'Drano' (also spelt Draino) is a product of SC Johnson & son.
The official website is http://www.drano.com/
I can't be arsed looking over the site to see if it mentions what it contains. |
me
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Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 | 03:29 PM
thanx man |
bob the builder
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Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 | 12:56 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 |
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Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 | 05:38 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
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Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 | 02:45 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 <a href="http://www.omnipresence.mahost.org/ch5txt.htm">this site.</a>.
Whether its a trustworthy site or not, I don't know. But that part makes sense. |
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Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 | 09:08 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
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Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 | 09:58 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
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Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 | 10:13 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. |
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Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 | 08:45 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
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Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 | 11:51 AM
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). |
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Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 | 11:28 AM
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.!! |
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Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2005 | 10:53 PM
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! |
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2006 | 10:16 AM
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 |
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Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 | 08:47 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. |
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Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 | 11:03 AM
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. |
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Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 | 05:43 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. |
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Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 | 02:30 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 |
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Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 | 11:48 AM
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. |
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Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 | 09:02 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 | 07:49 PM
Nope does not work what so ever, so says many tests.... |
weasel
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Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2007 | 01:23 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 | 05:36 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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Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 | 01:53 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: Sun Feb 15, 2009 | 10:13 PM
Gas in a gas tank will not explode without warning. However, If the gas is boiling hot it could explode. |
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Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 | 10:39 AM
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. |
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Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 | 08:55 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 |
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Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2011 | 08:01 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
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Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 | 06:59 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 |
