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I had an International Scout II way back we used for off-roading. It had an oil pick up in the front and the rear of the oil pan. Never a problem with oil starvation.
@@kentworch They were great. I had a Scout during high school and traded it for a new 1973 upon graduation. Remember when you went into the dealership, sat down and went through all the options/extras with a salesman? I ended up owning five all together. Should have kept one. It would put my Jeep Grand Cherokee to shame off road. Thanks for the reply.
Not sure about more modern cars, but older 4x4 have a lot deeper oil pans to compensate for cases like this - so I guess angles will be greater than those from the video
i followed without subscribing actually these guys from day one, since then i never opened me tv to watch discovery channel. these guys are pure educational and sensational. these vids should be a good additive to some mechanical schooling. keep on going guys ! great job once again hero BMI russian. EDIT by the way, if these guys CANT fix your car, then no any other company could.
The difference between Europe/US and russian. Someone asks: How much pitch before loosing oil pressure. Europe/US Engineers: Well my high technic computer simulation program says up to 45 degrees. Russia: We dont have that lets test it! Well i love the russian way. All the question we wanted to now get answered
The Russian's planted a space craft on planet Venus in 1954, they also planted an object on the moon before USA landed on the moon. The Russians invented the camera tube for television camera's, to name a few. they are by no means stupid, just their culture is different. Now they are competing with Rolls Royce, Bentley.
I believe the pilots learn to fly in ways that keep the fuel and oil under positive G force most of the time. If they keep flying at -G's then even the pilot is wanting to come out of the seat.
i was wondering if these fellas could help me settle an argument. i thought i have seen a video of someone bending steel rims in a hydraulic press in a way that it changes the wheel offset from positive towards negative for more aggressive stance. someone said this couldnt be done. Ive searched all i could and this is my last resort. lets go garage 54 !
I had a shortage of oil pressure in my old 70 Chrysler Valiant Pacer, from oil going to the rear of the engine too suddenly when accelerating a bit much, but it was an even older engine from a Dodge that had no windage tray/baffle, also it only started doing this after I replaced the differential with a limited slip type.
Saalute. Been a minute. Is a free floating motor out of question? And if it is possible why haven’t auto makers designed it. Or the motor/engine being glued to the vehicle matters? But I dig the innovation!!!
"first we connect this chunk of metal to this chunk of metal, then this chunk to this chunk, and then this chunk of metal to this chunk... or maybe start by connecting this chunk to this" 😂chunk"
I hope there are other engine mechanics here to confirm what we see here. Both this and the overfilling video imply that an engine can easily survive too high and too low oil levels. Yet every engine manual, manufacturer, and mechanic will tell you that precise levels of oil are critical. Seems not. I understand all of the variables, but the results shown on both videos suggests the fear of too little/too much oil are wildly overblown. Am I wrong?
Omg we need better communication. As a woman all I want to know if it is more than a liter low and if I put liter too much. You start I don't know where and keep doubling it then I guess you drop the oil from the proper level so I love the see through but have no idea where the proper oil level is and I liter less and 1 liter more. That was like very frustrating.
45 degrees is basically 1G......most road cars can't hit 1G. Race cars are about the only thing that has to worry about Gs and they use dry sumps anyways.
@@SageJMP i don't know how you arrived at that conclusion, but many wet sump cars have blown engines on track days due to oil starvation. Around fast long corners that pool of oil will slosh vertically and leave the oil pickup due to high g forces
in regular cars it doesn't mater that much because eve if it was violently thrown to one side, it would only be for a few/less than a second, and engines can work perfectly fine without begin supplied with oil for a few seconds, just with the thin layer of oil that remains in between parts, think about when you start your car and that few moments when the pump hasn't yet managed to push oil all the way through but your engine IS turning. It matters most for constant turning like in a race, which I think is faithfully represented in this setup.
I guess I don't have to tell you guys, but many cars are designed to have the oil level filled and checked while the engine is running. Specifically because running the engine drains quite a bit of oil out of the pan. Also, although engine oil is probably the most important thing to maintain longevity of the engine, some car engines can run fine with *very* little oil in them, or run a short time with no oil at all. I had an old 1998 Toyota Camry and the thing used to leak and burn oil. I used to run the dipstick dry quite often. I know this is very bad, but the car kept running! I also used to put whatever oil I could get my hands on in the engine. I believe the car called for 5W-20, but I used to put 5W-30 or 10W-30 in the thing all the time. I think Toyota cars are just made to last! And the whole time, I never had the oil light come on. I'm pretty sure the sensor was bad. But I never had any problems with the engine. The car was finally junked at 190,000 miles when I moved out of state. But was still running mostly fine. It had a bunch of problems. It was pissing out coolant and I was putting water in the radiator. Also, 3rd gear was going. It would grind at just the right speed. I figure I had around 10,000 miles left. I had another experience with a 2011 Toyota Camry 2.5L I4. The idiots who did an oil change on it used a power tool to screw on the oil filter. This stripped the treads out on the engine case and caused all the oil to leak out. My dad was driving the car at the time and was just a few miles from home grocery shopping. The oil light came on and he drove home and checked the oil. The dipstick was dry. He refilled the oil and drove back to the shop quite angry. They fixed the damaged engine case (for free of course which would have been quite expensive on their part) but the damage was done. It took another 8 years and 35,000 miles before the engine damage became apparent. The car started making lifter ticking noise. Then the check engine light came on and the car didn't want to move. It had a lack of power and refused to drive faster than 70MPH. The mechanic I took it to said cylinder 3 was completely out. No compression. And cylinders 1 and 4 were misfiring/not sealing. The camshaft bearings were seized and some of the valves were stuck. Cost $8700 for an engine swap for a used engine with only 26,000 miles on it. I decided to do it because the car was in great shape otherwise. No rust or damage to the suspension or frame. Now the car runs fine. My point is, don't mess around with engine oil! Keep it filled and change your oil people!
I think all these tests were at idle or slightly higher. But when driving a car on hills and such the rpm is usually 2-3 x that of idle which su is up a lot MORE oil.
the oil sloshes around in the pan as the car moves. You can't simulate that, you have to put the clear oil pan on an engine in a car. That would be a fun experiment.
If you look at the design of the engine, you can see how the engineers already accounted for all of this. The pan/pickup is situated so as to ensure the engine maintains pressure at any angle the car can be expected to be at. At the angles the pump loses pressure, the car would be sliding on the road, and in the case of uphill/acceleration, where the design allowed for oil loss, the car can't generate enough G force under its own power to make it happen. The sump is situated to the front because braking induces stronger forces than acceleration. Sloshing is reduced by the baffle Vlad mentioned in the beginning, but when it happens, has the effect of only slightly lowering the average level. In other words, a properly filled engine in a typical passenger car will never lose oil pressure from extreme operating angle or pedal/steering induced G force effects.
Not that this channel tests things with any level of accuracy, but using the stock oil pressure is not a good way to see if the engine has enough oil pressure. Pretty much all of those switches are designed to turn on the light at like 3-5 psi. Your engine might survive for a little while at idle with that kind of pressure, but it will survive mere seconds if it is under any kind of load with that kind of pressure. That’s how people end up losing oil pressure and destroying their engine during track driving or even just doing donuts in a parking lot, and often the warning light will just flicker or not even come on. An actual pressure gauge would have been far, far more useful in this test.
Super excited for this video haha I made a comment on the oil level post about this exact test as I off road a lot so thanks so so much for this it’s exactly helpful
All of the oil experiments I’ve seen in here are teaching me that you should always run at least one litre above the max limit. It won’t hurt, but will guarantee no starvation even more.
Honestly this would differ depending on the engine. One engine i have can get down under a quart and it still picks oil and has pressure. Another one if its at 1 quart it dont pick up properly.
I am both mortified and anxious about what they are doing this to this engine, but intrigued about the information they are collecting. Very cool video.
In an Alfa Romeo 164 TS the oil pressure gauge is at the same time an 'engine remaining lifespan indicator'. When the oil pressure drops is when the engine blows up. Instantly 😅 Tested it 2 times 😜
