Will Bananas work as Engine Oil? Let's find out!

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  • Is it a myth that bananas were once used successfully as engine oil by JC Baudot and Jacques Seguela in their Citroën 2CV as they crossed the Atacama desert in 1959? Let’s find out! We’ll run several tests to include a 30-minute engine run with banana “BW-30” as engine oil to see if the engine will survive.
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Комментарии • 9 тыс.

  • @michaelbross5687
    @michaelbross5687 4 года назад +1580

    “Okay I’ve removed the engine oil now I’m going to add the bananas.”
    You can add that to the list of things I never thought I’d hear

    • @ProjectFarm
      @ProjectFarm  4 года назад +92

      LOL!

    • @mibunredman8009
      @mibunredman8009 4 года назад +20

      " I'm going to add some water to the crank case see if we can get her spinning over. I think it just dried out on us!"
      thankyou haha!

    • @CommanderMouse72
      @CommanderMouse72 4 года назад +6

      Also ",before we add bananas to the crankcase of this engine"

    • @lawrencepatrick2486
      @lawrencepatrick2486 4 года назад +2

      r/BrandNewSentence

    • @jimmyjames8573
      @jimmyjames8573 4 года назад +4

      @Bill Williams still has more compression than my mower lol
      Sitting at 50 psi and still starts 1st pull didn't think itd even run that low

  • @kingedwin
    @kingedwin 5 лет назад +3896

    This channel needs two playlists: "Useful Information" and "Hold My Beer."

    • @ProjectFarm
      @ProjectFarm  5 лет назад +377

      lol. Great point!

    • @Ides385
      @Ides385 5 лет назад +9

      lol

    • @mymorristribe
      @mymorristribe 5 лет назад +36

      I don't see the difference. lol

    • @kingedwin
      @kingedwin 5 лет назад +65

      @@mymorristribe "Which oil should I use? Amazon Basics? Super Tech? Amsoil?"
      PF: "Oh, I've got great videos on there that you can use to compare their merits, but have you ever considered...BANANAS?"

    • @adamschaeffer1436
      @adamschaeffer1436 5 лет назад +5

      The video would be a lot better if the guy narrating didn't sound like a used car dealer trying to sell me a Suzuki

  • @TheExactlyatmidnight
    @TheExactlyatmidnight 5 лет назад +1567

    "Can bananas be used as engine oil?"
    I don't need sleep I need answers...

    • @ProjectFarm
      @ProjectFarm  5 лет назад +60

      lol. Thank you!

    • @konstantinoscrete2963
      @konstantinoscrete2963 4 года назад +9

      You need one answer because its one question. And you also need sleep because you confuse it and you won't understand the answer anyway..

    • @7382467834
      @7382467834 4 года назад +18

      @@konstantinoscrete2963 nigga you gay

    • @konstantinoscrete2963
      @konstantinoscrete2963 4 года назад +3

      @@7382467834 get lost idiot

    • @Linkophere
      @Linkophere 4 года назад +12

      @@konstantinoscrete2963 dont act like an idiot. It's a joke and fyi nobody thinks you're interesting cause you act like the typical social stunted genius on TV

  • @jrodificator1
    @jrodificator1 4 года назад +199

    "amazing temperature difference between the two products"
    it's bananas

    • @ProjectFarm
      @ProjectFarm  4 года назад +15

      Thanks for the feedback.

    • @Oblithian
      @Oblithian 3 года назад +20

      Sometimes I wonder if it's just a bot replying.

    • @christopherarendt3531
      @christopherarendt3531 3 года назад +11

      @@Oblithian thanks for the feedback.

    • @pixely_ninja229
      @pixely_ninja229 3 года назад +1

      wouldve been so much funnier if you'd make "bananas" *bold*
      if you don't know btw, put a * at each end of a word

  • @michaelfixedsys7463
    @michaelfixedsys7463 5 лет назад +806

    This man actually uses the scientific method and doesn’t just shove things into an engine. I love this channel already.
    You’ve earned yourself a sub

    • @ProjectFarm
      @ProjectFarm  5 лет назад +27

      Thank you!

    • @jkenkane6188
      @jkenkane6188 5 лет назад +19

      Yes, though I'd probably watch even if he did just shove things into an engine, personally. I love watching people throw things into machines that aren't supposed to go there just to see what happens. Pretty awesome that he goes through all of the testing and everything beforehand though.

    • @GrzegorzDurda
      @GrzegorzDurda 5 лет назад +1

      His test rig is highly flawed. All samples run dry about half way in.

    • @mrtechpat
      @mrtechpat 5 лет назад

      Grzegorz Durda tell him
      And how to improve

    • @GrzegorzDurda
      @GrzegorzDurda 5 лет назад +3

      @@mrtechpat I already did. Otherwise he's pretty good and tries hard.

  • @Birky_41
    @Birky_41 5 лет назад +735

    'The banana level is full' really made me laugh more than it should've

  • @chrisofelt6427
    @chrisofelt6427 4 года назад +668

    when my lawn mower acts up I make them watch your videos and threaten to send them to you

    • @ProjectFarm
      @ProjectFarm  4 года назад +51

      lol. Nice!!

    • @macho6596
      @macho6596 4 года назад +6

      Hilarious

    • @InfernosReaper
      @InfernosReaper 4 года назад +4

      It's the mower equivalent of sending someone to The Ranch

    • @volunteertn1702
      @volunteertn1702 4 года назад +4

      InfernosReaper expect they don’t come back from his ranch

    • @jameshunt1648
      @jameshunt1648 4 года назад

      @@ProjectFarm bruh is all u say lol

  • @WSADKO
    @WSADKO 4 года назад +75

    "BANANA W-30" freaking lost here LMAO

  • @thenickfurst
    @thenickfurst 5 лет назад +724

    You’re answering questions I didn’t know I had

    • @justsoicanfingcomment5814
      @justsoicanfingcomment5814 5 лет назад +15

      THE OIL IS IN THE BANANA PEELS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOT THE EDIBLE PART.

    • @bryanmartinez6600
      @bryanmartinez6600 5 лет назад +5

      @@justsoicanfingcomment5814 CHESTNUTS COME FROM WATER ITS IN THE NAME!!!
      WATER CHESTNUTS!!!

    • @transkryption
      @transkryption 5 лет назад +2

      @doodr you mean "grass" ie cannabis.

    • @chelarestelar
      @chelarestelar 5 лет назад +1

      @doodr I DUNNO KNOW EXACTLY BUT I'VE READ THAT STEAM DISTILLATION IS USED TO EXTRACT ESSENTIAL OILS FROM PLANTS SO MAYBE THAT'LL WORK

    • @buckyrichardsonii2533
      @buckyrichardsonii2533 5 лет назад +1

      Those bananas looked so good tho after you blended them

  • @RevAldea
    @RevAldea 5 лет назад +69

    I am now 80 years old and have personally seen Bannan peals used to stop an engine rod knock, used as rod bearings to boot, these have lasted for nearly two hours under an oil pressure feed system in automobiles on trade-ins'. Granted this was back there when I was in high school and shortly in my very early twenties when worked for a Used car lot dealer. This is a real and fully truthful statement.

    • @TheDeadMan3848
      @TheDeadMan3848 5 лет назад +2

      I’ve heard it being used in a noisy rear end as well

    • @BiggusDickus2
      @BiggusDickus2 5 лет назад +1

      And if you believe that, I've got a golden gate bridge in Arizona to sell you.

    • @esskay2014
      @esskay2014 5 лет назад +1

      X 2 on the differential noise

    • @philiprowe2147
      @philiprowe2147 5 лет назад

      Heard of saw dust in differential to quieter

    • @dougn2350
      @dougn2350 5 лет назад

      My dad used strips of leather soaked in oil as rod bearings.
      I'm talking about in the 1940s when it was easy to drop the oil pan and get access to the crankshaft

  • @stuart959
    @stuart959 5 лет назад +141

    My favorite quote at 6:42 ,"The banana level is full."

    • @ProjectFarm
      @ProjectFarm  5 лет назад +6

      Thank you

    • @DuctTapedGoat
      @DuctTapedGoat 5 лет назад

      TLDR ty

    • @keylincote3673
      @keylincote3673 5 лет назад +1

      Or banana weight 30 Haha 😂🤣

    • @jmanthackdaddy
      @jmanthackdaddy 5 лет назад

      I feel like this could be a sci-fi movie where fusion cores are run off the potassium of bananas. "Captain, banana levels are full, we have warp core available"

    • @stuart959
      @stuart959 5 лет назад

      @@jmanthackdaddy Bananas are mildly radioactive as I recall. So artificially forming a high decay, high energy isotope of potassium in a reactor may be possible. Could you imagine a radioactive pile of glowing Bananas! That would be hilarious!

  • @TCON42499
    @TCON42499 4 года назад +137

    I’ve been going through a tough time and these videos make me smile and give me a good laugh on the tough days. Glad I found this channel

    • @ProjectFarm
      @ProjectFarm  4 года назад +26

      Glad to hear they cheer you up! Thanks for watching.

    • @juanpaVlz
      @juanpaVlz 4 года назад +6

      And he stills answering comments after 10 months! I would give him a hug if i could

    • @Safarihunt122
      @Safarihunt122 3 года назад +2

      Hang in there my friend. May you only have joy from now on

    • @donellmuniz590
      @donellmuniz590 3 года назад +3

      It's now late March 2021, and I hope you're doing better.

    • @ryansimpson3074
      @ryansimpson3074 3 года назад

      Hang in there Mr. Nick. Better days are coming

  • @leohughes6921
    @leohughes6921 5 лет назад +54

    Just when i thought i had seen everything you could run in a lawnmower, I get a notification from Project Farm.

  • @Gruntsworth
    @Gruntsworth 5 лет назад +481

    I put bananas in my Mitsubishi Mirage. Now it has a bunch of extra power and totally peels out when I give it the gas!

    • @clayson187
      @clayson187 5 лет назад +18

      As a Dad, I appreciate this.

    • @louf7178
      @louf7178 5 лет назад +2

      Lol

    • @DkpProductions
      @DkpProductions 5 лет назад +4

      That's bananas

    • @jeremypilot1015
      @jeremypilot1015 5 лет назад +1

      You were supposed to use rice.

    • @res1492
      @res1492 5 лет назад +4

      "Peels out" ba dum, tsssh!!! ..... i see what you did there!!

  • @ninjaisland007
    @ninjaisland007 5 лет назад +444

    Oil is slippery. Bananas are slippery.. Bananas = engine oil!

    • @mywifeisfromthephilippines6693
      @mywifeisfromthephilippines6693 4 года назад +3

      Shane1228Earth no

    • @emilychb6621
      @emilychb6621 4 года назад +12

      Bananas (including the peel) work as a low temperature lubricant. If you get it hot enough to boil of the water, it won't work.
      Like it works in old truck differentials if you just stuff it in.

    • @MSTRnBTCto-the-moon
      @MSTRnBTCto-the-moon 4 года назад +5

      This should be a Project Farm T-Shirt. I would buy one.

    • @ModernGentleman
      @ModernGentleman 4 года назад

      Makes sense

    • @whitecunt6903
      @whitecunt6903 4 года назад +1

      You forgot soap

  • @circularpizzabox2134
    @circularpizzabox2134 4 года назад +38

    “Okay let’s add the water to the banana”
    Adding water into the block and listening to it sizzle back-up the funnel 🤣🤣

    • @blazeandcyrus
      @blazeandcyrus 3 года назад

      gold

    • @0991ekul
      @0991ekul 3 года назад +2

      how dead pan nonchalantly he said that is what cracked me up haha

    • @jonasuebel9125
      @jonasuebel9125 2 года назад

      I expected that he would add more banana instead of water?

  • @worldcrap12
    @worldcrap12 5 лет назад +120

    You should do an episode comparing different hand soaps and their effectiveness on greasy hands! (Gojo, Lava, Dawn, etc!!!)

    • @ProjectFarm
      @ProjectFarm  5 лет назад +19

      Thank you for the video idea!

    • @ericrundgren7257
      @ericrundgren7257 5 лет назад +31

      Thumbs up if you've ever showered with Dawn dish soap

    • @jesseserfling6807
      @jesseserfling6807 5 лет назад +7

      @@ericrundgren7257 any time you do a transmission for a buddy on his garage floor because the boss won't let you do it on the shops hoist. Lol cherry bomb by zep works the best and u come out smelling like cherry

    • @Colorado_Native
      @Colorado_Native 5 лет назад

      @@ericrundgren7257 You come out squeeky clean.

    • @outbackcountry512
      @outbackcountry512 5 лет назад

      One of the best grease and grime removers I use is Vim with Bleach ,

  • @InJasonsGarage
    @InJasonsGarage 5 лет назад +160

    "BW-30" Ha! Thanks for busting the myth, Todd.

    • @ProjectFarm
      @ProjectFarm  5 лет назад +6

      Thank you!!

    • @calebhuddleston8714
      @calebhuddleston8714 5 лет назад

      More like BW-10 ... bad temperature protection

    • @DS-kn4bs
      @DS-kn4bs 5 лет назад +2

      Looked like he proved it... it did run on banana lol

    • @ethank.6602
      @ethank.6602 5 лет назад +2

      Its not a myth tho... truckers use this in africa. You can find a video on youtube where it works from a documentary

    • @athhud
      @athhud 5 лет назад

      Busted? That engine ran for 30mins even after seizing. I bet you could get a lot more run time if you had a constant/regulated flow of water. Maybe even enough time to make it back to base camp.

  • @prestonprince3406
    @prestonprince3406 5 лет назад +36

    It’s 1am. I have to get up at 6 for school but watching bananas as engine oil is apparently more important. Love your videos haha

  • @tahamohamad9359
    @tahamohamad9359 4 года назад +95

    “Hey man your car runs smooth. What kind of engine oil do you use?”
    “Bananas...”

    • @coreyt4006
      @coreyt4006 4 года назад +1

      that's bananas

    • @incognito827
      @incognito827 3 года назад

      Gotta lubricate those bananas with some extra water..

    • @donellmuniz590
      @donellmuniz590 3 года назад

      "Chiquita"

    • @danieljohansson839
      @danieljohansson839 3 года назад

      Rather:
      "Hey nan, your engine runs smooth, what kind of bananas do you use?"
      "Ergh... excuse me?"

  • @ncooty
    @ncooty 5 лет назад +608

    I switched to synthetic bananas.

    • @nickanon329
      @nickanon329 5 лет назад +17

      Mobil B Full BSynthetic

    • @Colorado_Native
      @Colorado_Native 5 лет назад +18

      That's funny. I snorted my drink. I'm sueing. My attorneys from Dewey, Cheatham and Howe will be contacting you.

    • @Jovahkiiin
      @Jovahkiiin 5 лет назад +7

      I quite like Billers Potassium Drive 5BW-40

    • @VBshredder
      @VBshredder 5 лет назад +1

      Not if you've already been using dino-bananas i hope! (while we are on the subject of ridiculous things)

    • @justsoicanfingcomment5814
      @justsoicanfingcomment5814 5 лет назад +6

      THE OIL IS IN THE BANANA PEELS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOT THE EDIBLE PART.

  • @ModernGentleman
    @ModernGentleman 4 года назад +336

    "Okay, the banana level is full."
    🤔 I can't even remember the last time I checked my banana level.

    • @ProjectFarm
      @ProjectFarm  4 года назад +15

      lol. Nice!

    • @Mikenike88
      @Mikenike88 4 года назад +3

      U need more potassium brah

    • @punker4Real
      @punker4Real 3 года назад +2

      this is the second time he added water to the crank case

    • @Oblithian
      @Oblithian 3 года назад +1

      (O_O) !!!

    • @justsomeyeti5814
      @justsomeyeti5814 3 года назад +1

      I usually get my wife to check it

  • @shonzee5018
    @shonzee5018 5 лет назад +258

    Bananas as engine oil? I think someone is yanking your plantain.

  • @walttrotter535
    @walttrotter535 4 года назад +3

    I'm a retired firefighter and over the course of my career I have pretty much seen it all. Along comes PF saying "Lets Find Out!" proving me wrong. This was hilarious, thanks for putting this together along with all your other very entertaining videos.

  • @kennethwright8081
    @kennethwright8081 5 лет назад +337

    Sentence that I never thought I would hear. Let me just add a little water to the crank case.😂

  • @narlycharley
    @narlycharley 5 лет назад +259

    Test the best food grade oil as engine oil. Examples: olive, coconut, canola, soybean, avocado, peanut, sunflower, palm (please purchase sustainably farmed), etc.

    • @ProjectFarm
      @ProjectFarm  5 лет назад +50

      Thank you for the video idea!

    • @Turbogto_guy
      @Turbogto_guy 5 лет назад +12

      Now this is a good idea!

    • @Jamesvandaele
      @Jamesvandaele 5 лет назад +13

      Great idea... except for spending more just for a label...

    • @tomhardware2254
      @tomhardware2254 5 лет назад +8

      Some of those oils have a pretty high smoke temp might work.

    • @Fridelain
      @Fridelain 5 лет назад +9

      avocado has the highest smoke temp.

  • @abhishekgourav6144
    @abhishekgourav6144 4 года назад +109

    The moment i read the title i was like
    "May the lord help this poor engine"

  • @jakem6783
    @jakem6783 4 года назад +25

    Hey it was running at the 30 minute mark. It might make you home. I think having a gear-driven oil pump versus a splash oiling type system probably would make a big difference as well as the engine probably had some amount of oil in it as well.

  • @TheMaciejW
    @TheMaciejW 4 года назад +121

    I have an idea. As we know, avocado is more "oily", has more fat in it so I really wonder how'd it work as an engine oil :D

    • @internet_internet
      @internet_internet 4 года назад +10

      Interesting
      Avocado oil also works best for high heat when cooking

    • @davonmulder5272
      @davonmulder5272 4 года назад +4

      @@internet_internet this could be good

    • @__BT-7274__
      @__BT-7274__ 3 года назад +11

      So we would be lubricating a car with guacamole

    • @rombaft
      @rombaft 3 года назад +3

      Hi, there are many lubricants on the market using 'esther'oils as part of their base oil mixture. Those esthers are sometimes plantbased, palm oil, some small crops eyc... and avocado's could work fine for this but osn't an option due to the low yield of avocado's, it can't be mass produced at the levels we would use it for lubricating engines or machines.
      Fyi ofcourse they add additifs to the oil to give it wear protective properties, anti oxidation, etc

    • @larrypatterson3839
      @larrypatterson3839 2 года назад +1

      Make a suggestion hell it's got to be better than bananas🤪

  • @RubenKelevra
    @RubenKelevra 5 лет назад +128

    6:36 "When I drained all the engine oil I'll go ahead and add the bananas."
    Sentences no engineer like to hear 😂

  • @mottorcycle2559
    @mottorcycle2559 5 лет назад +117

    I think you are supposed to use the whole banana, peel and all .

    • @ProjectFarm
      @ProjectFarm  5 лет назад +128

      I think you're right. I'll have to redo this one if there's enough interest.

    • @AlfonsoCasasOropeza
      @AlfonsoCasasOropeza 5 лет назад +10

      @@ProjectFarm I'm interested. Great Job BTW love your videos. Also, avocados for engine oil would be an interesting one.

    • @sickjawa
      @sickjawa 5 лет назад +9

      Project Farm do the one with the peels! I’ve heard of stories of banana peels in manual transmissions and rear ends to quiet up gear noise.

    • @Worrsaint
      @Worrsaint 5 лет назад +7

      @@ProjectFarm I would absolutely watch it.

    • @TheKajunkat
      @TheKajunkat 5 лет назад +11

      I'm thinking the oils in the peels would have a lot more lubricity. I wonder if straight banana oil would work. I know it has a really light viscosity. It will make your whole shop smell like banana candy!

  • @MongooseTacticool
    @MongooseTacticool 4 года назад +45

    "Measure the film strength of cooked bananas" had me laughing :)
    How about avocado?

    • @ProjectFarm
      @ProjectFarm  4 года назад +13

      Great suggestion. Thank you.

    • @blazeandcyrus
      @blazeandcyrus 3 года назад +4

      honestly Avocado oil is very good... I mean for food but it stands to reason(?) that it would be somewhat good as a lubricant

  • @keenanleetodd
    @keenanleetodd 5 лет назад +123

    I should have watched the whole video before jamming bananas in my car.

    • @jusb1066
      @jusb1066 5 лет назад +5

      youll be fine

    • @ProjectFarm
      @ProjectFarm  5 лет назад +4

      lol

    • @SeanBZA
      @SeanBZA 5 лет назад +1

      @@jusb1066 Was common to add the peels to differentials to stop the while for a time, as they made the oil inside a lot thicker and more of a gap filler, stopping gear to gear contact till they disintegrated.

    • @twarken5078
      @twarken5078 5 лет назад

      😂

    • @googleuser8448
      @googleuser8448 5 лет назад +1

      Lol Good one!

  • @villho
    @villho 5 лет назад +245

    I'm a simple man: I see someone using bananas as engine oil. I watch.

  • @jeremypalon8327
    @jeremypalon8327 5 лет назад +115

    Has exams tomorrow
    Me at 0032AM "Will Bananas work as engine oil" ☹

    • @ProjectFarm
      @ProjectFarm  5 лет назад +9

      lol. Thank you. Hope all goes well with the exams

    • @jasonjr2500
      @jasonjr2500 5 лет назад +1

      @@ProjectFarm its 12am for me and I got get up for school at 6am I always watch your video

  • @bunkerbuster0118
    @bunkerbuster0118 4 года назад +5

    I will say this, I have seen this lawn mower chew up some gnarly stuff on this channel. The fact that this thing runs at all still is a testament to this guy's skill in small engine repair.

    • @Oblithian
      @Oblithian 3 года назад +3

      Or he is just a mad scientist with a cage full of test subjects and a backyard strewn with their lifeless corpses.

  • @plumbingstuffinoregon2471
    @plumbingstuffinoregon2471 4 года назад +275

    I'm thinking this one is a partial myth. My guess is that they were just low on oil so they added the bananas to get the level back up, but the engine still mostly had normal oil in it.

    • @jax1411
      @jax1411 4 года назад +40

      My thoughts also....surely the engine didn't use 100% of the oil!

    • @fullysent4109
      @fullysent4109 4 года назад +4

      Agreed

    • @101Volts
      @101Volts 4 года назад +26

      The way I heard it, they used Banana _Peels,_ not Bananas.

    • @WimsicleStranger
      @WimsicleStranger 4 года назад +25

      Also if they actually used bananas it most likely just put off the death of the engine juuuuust enough to get to civilization

    • @aarontuplin
      @aarontuplin 4 года назад +3

      Or banana drain plug

  • @boreduser12
    @boreduser12 5 лет назад +189

    A banana a day will not keep the mechanic away.
    Clearly shouldve used apples.

  • @TonyyStarrkk1994
    @TonyyStarrkk1994 5 лет назад +17

    I love that you've switched up from just comparing different brands to this sort of "mythbusting"! Probably one of my most favorite channels lol.

  • @adamscott5175
    @adamscott5175 4 года назад +60

    Did anyone else laugh all the way through this video?
    Furthermore, how many books were read before finding an article on two men using bananas as engine oil?!
    This dude is awesome!!

    • @ProjectFarm
      @ProjectFarm  4 года назад +3

      Thank you very much!

    • @RaDrumba
      @RaDrumba 4 года назад +4

      I feel like he did the process entirely wrong I think they would have cooked the banana and squeeze the oil through a shirt. And Putting it into a cup. To remove the wax solids. They would also cook the peel as well to extract more oil.

    • @juanpaVlz
      @juanpaVlz 4 года назад

      Me too, i laughed a lot

    • @lesleyghostdragon3149
      @lesleyghostdragon3149 3 года назад

      @@RaDrumba Next time, he's "gonna test that" : )

    • @VintageCars999
      @VintageCars999 2 года назад

      Yeah I think they used the banana fluid not the actual bananas

  • @JacobMueller
    @JacobMueller 5 лет назад +54

    Banana W-30 is now part of my lexicon. Thanks so much for this!

  • @charlieaddison8343
    @charlieaddison8343 5 лет назад +23

    "Ok, the banana level is full"
    New tattoo 😂

  • @robertgantry2118
    @robertgantry2118 5 лет назад +245

    Every time you say "Two explorers" I think of two ford SUV's both losing all their oil in the desert.

    • @justsoicanfingcomment5814
      @justsoicanfingcomment5814 5 лет назад +8

      THE OIL IS IN THE BANANA PEELS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOT THE EDIBLE PART.

    • @mikehoncho658
      @mikehoncho658 5 лет назад +5

      Robert Gantry damn I thought I was the only one

    • @stevenvanheel3932
      @stevenvanheel3932 5 лет назад +3

      I mean fords do have the tendency to randomly throw rods

    • @The_Mimewar
      @The_Mimewar 5 лет назад +20

      Imagine if they were in Norway, they might be Fjord Explorers.

    • @transam8607
      @transam8607 5 лет назад +3

      Great comment with two explorers you had me on the floor with that one

  • @qx4n9e1xp
    @qx4n9e1xp 4 года назад +4

    That thumbnail was an absolute riot in my recommendations.
    This channel is a real treat Todd.

  • @SheldonBeldon
    @SheldonBeldon 4 года назад +42

    "hey man can you check the dipstick?"
    "banana level is full, let's hit the road!"

  • @goldeneye45935
    @goldeneye45935 5 лет назад +43

    This is the only channel I have the subscription bell turned on for.
    Also...
    This concept is just nuts.
    Wait, I meant banan- whatever.

  • @operator8014
    @operator8014 5 лет назад +53

    Fully synthetic Vs. fully organic.
    FIGHT!

    • @ProjectFarm
      @ProjectFarm  5 лет назад +2

      Thank you

    • @johnchappell4492
      @johnchappell4492 5 лет назад

      Well, Synthetic oil is still made mostly from crude oil, and crude oil is definitely organic. So it's really organic vs. organic.

    • @101Volts
      @101Volts 5 лет назад +1

      Fun fact, we already have Bio-friendly motor oil. Renewable Lubricants Inc. (RLI) and Green Earth Technologies' G Oil are two varieties. There are probably more but those are the ones I'm most familiar with. RLI uses veggie oil as a base, G Oil is beef tallow based. I used RLI for 2k miles over 6 months once, it worked fine. I poured new and used RLI on my lawn and the grass died in a day but re-grew in a week. Very good.
      www.renewablelube.com

  • @Kineth1
    @Kineth1 3 года назад +2

    I am glad that you specifically mentioned the difference in the engine oiler method, oil pump in the story vs oil slinger in the test, it was one of the concerns I had regarding the comparison, and I am glad to see it mentioned, even if you weren't able to test the same oiler type.

  • @gentoolive
    @gentoolive 5 лет назад +46

    Welp, there's a video i thought i'd never see.
    Thanks brother

  • @Loebane
    @Loebane 5 лет назад +152

    If we're going to try food products, why not butter?

    • @ProjectFarm
      @ProjectFarm  5 лет назад +50

      Thank you for the video idea!

    • @kg4boj
      @kg4boj 5 лет назад +19

      Don't temp him, He'll do it!

    • @lloydprunier4415
      @lloydprunier4415 5 лет назад +3

      Makes me remember "Last Tango in Paris" movie with Marlon Brando.

    • @cockindoodoo
      @cockindoodoo 5 лет назад +4

      Or other things you might have in your car in a Roadtrip.

    • @fernandoleamshake7031
      @fernandoleamshake7031 5 лет назад +3

      @@lloydprunier4415 I thought it was last mango in paris....

  • @dutchymon
    @dutchymon 5 лет назад +50

    Project Farm has gone bananas! "OK the banana level is full"

  • @blazedgamingkr1438
    @blazedgamingkr1438 4 года назад +9

    color me impressed that it even started back up the second time. thought it was toast right there.

  • @009SOUNDSYSTEM1
    @009SOUNDSYSTEM1 5 лет назад +308

    Ah yes. Bananas. Just as good as castrol oil

    • @richterman3962
      @richterman3962 5 лет назад +9

      Lol I read that colasteroal

    • @arbez.nation
      @arbez.nation 5 лет назад +7

      Not as good as Castrol but maybe as good as Quaker State.

    • @Freekniggers
      @Freekniggers 5 лет назад

      @The TacomaKid you're welcome 🌮

    • @scotthall8850
      @scotthall8850 5 лет назад

      Ya! Bananas. Way to go

    • @armageddonsengineer3182
      @armageddonsengineer3182 5 лет назад

      LoL, is supposed to be mashed up skins. They did that for a differential case on this one show in Africa.

  • @NoNonsenseKnowHow
    @NoNonsenseKnowHow 5 лет назад +29

    I thought the idea was to add banana peels to the engine oil so the strands come off and wrap around journals or bearings. To temporarily fix a rod knock or leaking seal. Never heard of using them for an oil substitute.

  • @ItsOutdoorsalright
    @ItsOutdoorsalright 5 лет назад +41

    Thumbs up before I even watch. Y'all know it's gonna be good

    • @ProjectFarm
      @ProjectFarm  5 лет назад

      Thank you

    • @deadeyedsam850
      @deadeyedsam850 5 лет назад

      i did as well lol, i see the usual short bus seat warmers have been here down voting the video all ready.

    • @rarbiart
      @rarbiart 5 лет назад

      i knew from the title that i will face difficulties to watch the episode without laughing out loud. And i was right....

  • @annenoname3442
    @annenoname3442 3 года назад +9

    At first, this whole idea seemed Crazy.
    Then after a little while I realized:
    It was Bananas.

  • @kix3d569
    @kix3d569 5 лет назад +58

    1980 : I bet there's gonna be flying cars in 2019
    2019 : "using banana as engine oil"

    • @ProjectFarm
      @ProjectFarm  5 лет назад +2

      Thank you!

    • @kix3d569
      @kix3d569 5 лет назад +2

      Project Farm technology has gone too far

    • @CentralArkansasHomesteadandOff
      @CentralArkansasHomesteadandOff 5 лет назад +4

      2019: They'll have figured out the problem with electric car batteries by 2050
      2050:How many lemon batteries does it take to power a Tesla?

  • @rykson161
    @rykson161 5 лет назад +42

    I have seen it done before. You need to use the peel too

  • @TroubleMakerVlogs
    @TroubleMakerVlogs 5 лет назад +159

    Banana W-30 😂 ‘ since 1820 !

    • @TERRORoftheLORD
      @TERRORoftheLORD 5 лет назад +4

      More like... Since creation day 3!
      Genesis 1:9-13
      9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. 10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good. 11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth †grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. 12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good. 13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.

    • @shawncordeiro1150
      @shawncordeiro1150 5 лет назад +3

      is that what the banana sticker says ?

    • @smokingspitfire1197
      @smokingspitfire1197 4 года назад

      @@TERRORoftheLORD Ah yes magical sky daddy said it existed, that's when, totally didn't, you know, evolve or exist through science. Must've been your evil megalomaniac imaginary friend!

  • @vincem9095
    @vincem9095 4 года назад +6

    Can you please design some merch that has one of the many quotable banana lines from this episode. Until today, I didn’t know I needed a BananaW-30 t-shirt in my life lmao 😂

  • @eightosaurusspelunk1598
    @eightosaurusspelunk1598 5 лет назад +97

    This must be what my old neighbor used to put in his mower

  • @cflinger1979
    @cflinger1979 5 лет назад +6

    The engine test videos are my favorite. I would have never thought of trying bananas. Looking forward to the next engine test.

  • @Dazuk2023
    @Dazuk2023 5 лет назад +33

    Why didnt you use the blended banana for the friction test?

  • @diegosandre19
    @diegosandre19 3 года назад

    NONSENSE & MAGNIFICENT at the same time!!!!!simply thank you

    • @ProjectFarm
      @ProjectFarm  3 года назад

      You are welcome!

    • @diegosandre19
      @diegosandre19 3 года назад

      @@ProjectFarm mate, may take advantage of you for one question? I about to buy a drill makita or dewalt but I’m not sure as I want to buy the right “battery platform”, if you know what I mean. Starting from zero, what would you choose?

  • @UPsideDOWNworld321
    @UPsideDOWNworld321 5 лет назад +174

    avocado have alot of oil maybe that would work better !!!!!!!

    • @ProjectFarm
      @ProjectFarm  5 лет назад +23

      Thank you!

    • @mihkus
      @mihkus 5 лет назад +19

      @@ProjectFarm Coconut oil as engine oil?

    • @asvarien
      @asvarien 5 лет назад +2

      I'd like to see it tried!

    • @bradtaylor9479
      @bradtaylor9479 5 лет назад +5

      He needs to use olive oil for italian cars

    • @benpar8120
      @benpar8120 5 лет назад

      NOOOOOOOOOO

  • @aaronchristman6627
    @aaronchristman6627 5 лет назад +5

    As always fun video! Thanks for the work you put into these videos!

  • @goldeneye45935
    @goldeneye45935 5 лет назад +108

    Huh...
    So potassium prevents cramps in people, but CAUSES cramps in engines.
    Now make a loaf of Banana Bread using Mobil 1.

    • @ProjectFarm
      @ProjectFarm  5 лет назад +7

      lol. Great point

    • @lightdark00
      @lightdark00 5 лет назад +4

      A white potato with its skin has more than double the potassium. Mash potatoes with skin engine oil replacement needed!

    • @lewiemcneely9143
      @lewiemcneely9143 5 лет назад +2

      @@lightdark00 With butter, sour cream and chives to be safe!

    • @skunkjobb
      @skunkjobb 5 лет назад +1

      Well, potassium is actuallu used as a substitute for lead in engines that were made for leaded gasoline so I would say that it by itself does not cause cramps in engines.

    • @ThePrufessa
      @ThePrufessa 5 лет назад +1

      Emmm I could use a slice of chocolate chip banana loaf from Tim Hortons right now

  • @dlcarburetor
    @dlcarburetor 2 года назад +7

    Still catching up on your many videos, fun stuff. Would be interesting to see a test of a similar engine running with just water as the lubricant to see how much of the engine surviving this was improved by the bananas.

    • @ProjectFarm
      @ProjectFarm  2 года назад +2

      Thanks for the suggestion.

  • @animalmother556x45
    @animalmother556x45 5 лет назад +54

    ......you know.....we've all had that time in our lives when some small-engined machine that we own just wouldn't run. Replace this, replace that....little guy just won't work. Frustrating.
    ...but project farm runs an engine for 30 mins with water and bananas in the crank. FML

  • @Chris__K
    @Chris__K 5 лет назад +48

    What about testing personal lubricants ;-)
    Water-based, oil-based and silicone-based

    • @ProjectFarm
      @ProjectFarm  5 лет назад +14

      Thank you for the video idea!

    • @MrLongshot762
      @MrLongshot762 5 лет назад +10

      I'd love to see this lol. "We ran out of oil but luckily we had a few quarts of KY left".

    • @GodWeenSatan
      @GodWeenSatan 5 лет назад

      Water based would burn up instantly

    • @manytrickpony695
      @manytrickpony695 5 лет назад +3

      Ummmm... what exactly did you have in mind for the cylinder and piston?

    • @justsoicanfingcomment5814
      @justsoicanfingcomment5814 5 лет назад

      THE OIL IS IN THE BANANA PEELS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOT THE EDIBLE PART.

  • @electronicsNmore
    @electronicsNmore 5 лет назад +21

    You may have had better results using Chiquita red bananas. :-). In the early part of the video, I thought I was watching a cooking channel for banana bread. LOL Great video as usual!

    • @ProjectFarm
      @ProjectFarm  5 лет назад +2

      lol. Thank you. You've got a great channel. Looking forward to your next video.

    • @justsoicanfingcomment5814
      @justsoicanfingcomment5814 5 лет назад

      THE OIL IS IN THE BANANA PEELS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOT THE EDIBLE PART.

    • @Kineth1
      @Kineth1 3 года назад

      Curse you!!!
      Now I want banana bread.

  • @TheLastAlexander
    @TheLastAlexander 4 года назад

    you have the most organized channel and process of setup i have ever seen.
    amazing job

  • @EpicLPer
    @EpicLPer 5 лет назад +10

    "What are you doing for a living?"
    "I put Bananas in an engine"

  • @ExperimentalFun
    @ExperimentalFun 5 лет назад +17

    Try a gallium based liquid metal, I have heard of them being used as lubricants is some cases, they have high thermal stability and conductivity, would be interesting if nothing else, just be sure to use an engine that doesn't have aluminum :)

    • @ProjectFarm
      @ProjectFarm  5 лет назад

      Thank you for the video idea!

    • @David-xo8ci
      @David-xo8ci 5 лет назад +1

      Isn't gallium toxic though? Might not be the best idea to vaporize it out of an exhaust.

    • @christopherhurley2570
      @christopherhurley2570 5 лет назад +1

      @@ProjectFarm +1 Gallium or any Gall-oy like galinstan would be cool af to see in an engine. Galinstan is apparently reasonably cheap to make DIY versus the ridiculous amount charged for it premixed. But I've never used a better thermal compound for my CPU/GPU since finding liquid metal.

    • @vincentrobinette1507
      @vincentrobinette1507 5 лет назад +2

      I hate to say it, but Briggs and Stratton, Tecumseh, and Honda are aluminum block engines, with aluminum pistons.

    • @ExperimentalFun
      @ExperimentalFun 5 лет назад

      @@David-xo8ci its not toxic

  • @pdavidp4563
    @pdavidp4563 5 лет назад +72

    Thanks for using metric measurement! :)

    • @ProjectFarm
      @ProjectFarm  5 лет назад +4

      Thank you!

    • @jabbawok944
      @jabbawok944 5 лет назад +5

      Project Farm god yes! I’ll never understand why you guys still use old English imperial, you have thought it would have gone when you got your independence.

    • @rmkscrambler
      @rmkscrambler 5 лет назад +2

      @@jabbawok944 USC Measurement SYSTEM is far superior to metric. (FYI I'm referring to the system not the units which are all equally defined in this day and age)

    • @isaackarjala7916
      @isaackarjala7916 5 лет назад +1

      @@jabbawok944 metric didn't exist yet, Thomas Jefferson proposed a decimalized version of the foot-pound-second system of measurements but it never saw adaptation....

    • @cpufreak101
      @cpufreak101 5 лет назад +1

      @@jabbawok944 it's a complicated history. officially the US is metric via different treaties, however when we did actually try converting in the 1970's people just refused to learn it and the effort was abandoned. However metric is taught in schools these days so a lot of the younger generation can use both systems (such as myself, i even leave my phone temperature in Celsius lol)

  • @dougjb7848
    @dougjb7848 4 года назад +7

    “In the next test we’ll measure the film strength of cooked bananas.”
    🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @palemacaroon4836
    @palemacaroon4836 5 лет назад +75

    TO SHOW YOU THE POWER OF FLEXTAPE, I SAWED THIS ENGINE IN HALF; and ran it on only bananas

  • @WarpedYT
    @WarpedYT 5 лет назад +8

    LOL... you went bananas on this one ! 🤔😁

    • @ProjectFarm
      @ProjectFarm  5 лет назад +2

      Thank you! Mythbuster videos like this one are fun. Looking forward to your next video!

    • @WarpedYT
      @WarpedYT 5 лет назад +1

      @@ProjectFarm exactly what I was thinking, the myth busters stuff is a blast for sure !!!.

  • @slugerknot
    @slugerknot 4 года назад +31

    Love this stuff, can we just take a moment to commend the makers of these engines you torture? Bravo to them too.

  • @jcsrst
    @jcsrst 4 года назад

    Glad there is someone answering all the pressing questions I didn't know I had!

  • @FrequencyOfThought
    @FrequencyOfThought 5 лет назад +9

    Myth busters but better LOL, really loved this one man!

  • @oscarsantos2608
    @oscarsantos2608 5 лет назад +10

    Project farm has gone bananas!!

  • @andygrew4832
    @andygrew4832 5 лет назад +10

    So, I take it BW-30 didn't make it to the showdown? Very entertaining, thank you!

    • @ProjectFarm
      @ProjectFarm  5 лет назад +4

      lol. No, it did not.

    • @DENicholsAutoBravado
      @DENicholsAutoBravado 5 лет назад

      I so forgot about the showdown on this one! By the way? I'd call it 5w-BW as the viscosity matching was figured out cold.
      Hot banana viscosity. So very curious and unanswered. Not trying to be suggestive!

  • @skippy1239
    @skippy1239 4 года назад +2

    I just cracked my first beer of the night and I'm fucking hyped for this.

  • @Dr.Westside
    @Dr.Westside 5 лет назад +11

    This is absolutely bananas . Nothing has beaten bacon grease yet .

    • @rc300xs
      @rc300xs 5 лет назад

      The battered bacon might disagree but I see your point.

    • @ProjectFarm
      @ProjectFarm  5 лет назад

      Thank you

  • @texastalk1412
    @texastalk1412 5 лет назад +17

    Regular people: you can’t use bananas as oil
    Project farm: hold my banana

  • @drewtramp1577
    @drewtramp1577 5 лет назад +23

    I figured the sugars in the banana would of crystallized in the cylinder. And if they were in the desert, water would of been very valuable. So it got a be myth. Good work tho. 👍

  • @papawheely3627
    @papawheely3627 2 года назад +2

    I think this may have been done with the more popular and now mostly extinct variety of bananas, the Gros Michel. They were known to be more oily and slippery than the Cavendish variety, which didn't rise in popularity until the Gros Michel were pretty much eradicated in the 1960s.

  • @MostafaElSakari
    @MostafaElSakari 5 лет назад +112

    No one:
    Project Farm: Can bananas be used as engine oil?

    • @justsoicanfingcomment5814
      @justsoicanfingcomment5814 5 лет назад +1

      THE OIL IS IN THE BANANA PEELS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOT THE EDIBLE PART.

    • @DENicholsAutoBravado
      @DENicholsAutoBravado 5 лет назад +1

      Yeah. But you could say he did a mythbusters episode minus finishing the engine entirely off. Lol

    • @stevenvanheel3932
      @stevenvanheel3932 5 лет назад +3

      DE Nichols if the mythbusters would’ve done it, they would’ve put a small nuke in the crankcase and send the crankshaft through the wall of someone’s house to finish off the episode.

    • @The_Mimewar
      @The_Mimewar 5 лет назад +3

      That’s the PRECISE reason I’m subscribed to his channel. Questions I didn’t know I NEEDED the answer to

    • @DENicholsAutoBravado
      @DENicholsAutoBravado 5 лет назад

      @@stevenvanheel3932 lol. Yeah. He's blown up enough engines. This one just developed a knock knock joke that's on the engine!

  • @s980845
    @s980845 5 лет назад +23

    Video Idea. Can Marvell Mystery Oil restore that banana engine to a working condition?

    • @ProjectFarm
      @ProjectFarm  5 лет назад +2

      Thank you for the video idea!

    • @werefox18
      @werefox18 5 лет назад +1

      @kopfgeldjagar I'm curious if that would help at all as well. LOL

    • @s980845
      @s980845 5 лет назад

      @@ProjectFarmYour welcome. That engine was pretty damaged. This would be a good test to see how it performs.

    • @werefox18
      @werefox18 5 лет назад

      @kopfgeldjagar legit

    • @lawnfascist4890
      @lawnfascist4890 5 лет назад

      i think it can.

  • @Ben-iy2cw
    @Ben-iy2cw 4 года назад +15

    1980: We'll have flying cars in the future
    2019: Using bananas as engine oil

  • @jeffreyyoung6885
    @jeffreyyoung6885 2 года назад +1

    This is so funny, I love it!! The sparks where great. A another great video! Thank you again for making time to do these videos for us, I can see it is a lot of work. I have a lot of fun watching you do these videos! Great job!!

  • @tomasgutierrez6954
    @tomasgutierrez6954 5 лет назад +58

    Most likely, its a myth. I’m from Chile and we don’t grow bananas, they have to be imported. Specially with the closed, locked down economy we had on the 60’s , and also on rural, poor areas, bananas should have difficult to come by. Maybe they used another fruit. (I heard about this story as a kid.)

    • @justsoicanfingcomment5814
      @justsoicanfingcomment5814 5 лет назад +1

      THE OIL IS IN THE BANANA PEELS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOT THE EDIBLE PART.

    • @tykjpelk
      @tykjpelk 5 лет назад +3

      @Yuck Foutube The engine would probably run hot if you tried that.

    • @greensteve9307
      @greensteve9307 5 лет назад

      DID HE PRONOUNCE CHILE WRONG?

  • @Not_Sure_
    @Not_Sure_ 5 лет назад +106

    Banana peals.
    You eat the part you blended, and you're supposed to use the peal.

    • @Newzchspy
      @Newzchspy 5 лет назад +23

      A B now that's an appealing thought. And to think you were trying to give us the slip.

    • @davidsmith6859
      @davidsmith6859 5 лет назад +8

      I didn't know that bananas made a bell sound and even if they do I suspect that sound will not act as a good engine oil.

    • @charles8060
      @charles8060 5 лет назад +13

      I was thinking the same, Most of the oil is in the skins.

    • @rcnelson
      @rcnelson 5 лет назад +2

      @@Newzchspy On no, a bunch of puns.

    • @GRPABT1
      @GRPABT1 5 лет назад +14

      And it's meant for diffs. Legit it's an old trick to quiet down a worn diff...usually for sale lol.

  • @OuchMyNeck
    @OuchMyNeck 5 лет назад +34

    I feel like coconut needs to be tried as well.

  • @woahkudros
    @woahkudros 4 года назад

    Very cool how you show the thermal and frictional differences between using bananas and using oil, makes it easy to understand how it’s going to behave in the engine, though I didn’t expect it to work as a lubricant

  • @65bug519
    @65bug519 5 лет назад +8

    So how about coconut oil next

  • @benjaminlewiscpt
    @benjaminlewiscpt 5 лет назад +128

    They do this in Africa but usually in the gear differential of big trucks. I think they shove them in there peel and all. Maybe cut the stems off

    • @SuperShiki666
      @SuperShiki666 5 лет назад +28

      Theres a vice documentary where the trucker did this

    • @Range-X
      @Range-X 5 лет назад +5

      The Raisin lol wonder what kept them from putting actual diff oil in. It’s not very expensive

    • @xenofastiq
      @xenofastiq 5 лет назад

      @@Range-X Maybe they just had some extra bananas

    • @ebolele
      @ebolele 5 лет назад +8

      There are some used car sellers in Poland putting honey with oil in the engine and sawdust in the gearbox, the sawdust actually doesn't do much of damage, just makes the gear changes "sticky", the honey in engine makes a lot of carbon deposit.

    • @upnorthviking823
      @upnorthviking823 5 лет назад +3

      @@ebolele you can use very old used atf into slipping automatic trans it will fix them..like they say if it never got flushed leave it in there...i did the test and ended up with slipping gears

  • @victorloubser8486
    @victorloubser8486 5 лет назад +18

    Hey project farm. Think you should revisit this one. Arent banana peels supposed to be the slippery part. 🤔

    • @ProjectFarm
      @ProjectFarm  5 лет назад +9

      Thank you for the video idea!

  • @peterbiere9384
    @peterbiere9384 3 года назад

    Did anyone notice how he had a straight face the entire video? As ridiculous as this video was, it was well worth my time!
    I agree, avocado would be a great idea to test.
    Always great content. I usually come for the background music and end up staying for the content!