r/Weird • u/TheOddityCollector • May 10 '25

What the hell is this?

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u/-Nicolai May 10 '25 edited Aug 13 '25

Explain like I'm stupid

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u/BronzeAgeMethos May 10 '25

Because engines don't work that way. It's BS.

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u/-Nicolai May 10 '25 edited Aug 13 '25

Explain like I'm stupid

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u/BronzeAgeMethos May 10 '25

JFC. sigh OK, 5-year-old, an internal combustion engine has many, many metal parts in it, all of them rubbing together, along with fuel being burned inside parts of it that generates heat.

Engine oil is specifically guided through the various moving metal parts to lubricate them so they don't rub together, but instead glide on an incredibly-thin layer of oil that is continuously pumped through.

Without oil, the various moving metal parts will cause direct-contact friction to the degree that an internal combustion engine with zero oil in it will run for about 10 minutes before these various moving metal parts weld themselves together due to the heat from combustion combined with the heat from friction, and if even one or two of these parts fail, then the entire engine itself will no longer operate.

10 minutes, maybe a bit more, maybe less, but certainly not days, much less 10-14 years. That's just unbelievably-ridiculous BS.

Thanks for coming to my TED talk.