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

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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[michaelbross]

“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

[kingedwin]

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

[TheExactlyatmidnight]

"Can bananas be used as engine oil?"


I don't need sleep I need answers...

[jrodificator]

"amazing temperature difference between the two products"

it's bananas

[michaelfixedsys]

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

[chrisofelt]

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

[Birky_]

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

[WSADKO]

"BANANA W-30" freaking lost here LMAO

[thenickfurst]

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

[RevAldea]

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.

[InJasonsGarage]

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

[tahamohamad]

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

“Bananas...”

[ninjaisland]

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

[leohughes]

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

[worldcrap]

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

[circularpizzabox]

“Okay let’s add the water to the banana”

Adding water into the block and listening to it sizzle back-up the funnel 🤣🤣

[prestonprince]

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

[shonzee]

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

[jakem]

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.

[abhishekgourav]

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