This kid looks like he’s deep in thought. And, he probably is, considering what he’s doing there in the first place. The first step to the “WD-40 in my car” experiment is to go and pick up enough of it to replace the engine oil. Because maybe they’re thinking that if it’s full it actually has a chance of working? Little does he know he’s about to have a really, really bad day.
But here you can see the optimistic innocence on his face as he thinks about what he and his friends are about to do. Standing in the aisle at the Home Depot, he gets ready to grab as many bottles as they’ve got in stock.
Stocking Up
The next step in the plan was, of course, getting the necessary supplies to pull this thing off. But where is a teen to go to get enough WD-40 to fill up their tank? Home Depot, of course! He and his friends entered the store, cameras ready.
Luckily, they were met with a fully stocked shelf of the good stuff. It was all there – dozens and dozens of bottles of it. Before then, the plan wasn’t really…real. It was just an idea, but the second they got their hands on what they needed, it was on to the next phase.
Double Checking
While it may seem like a bunch of teenagers who decide to put WD-40 in their cars don’t like to spend a lot of time thinking, they wanted to make sure they got all of this right. After all, they were starting to believe that it may have been a bad idea. And they were right.
Plus, they were about to spend quite a bit of money buying so many cans of the oil. They decided to give the can one more read over, just to make sure that what they were doing may actually work. Sure enough, the back of the can specifically says that one thing it can be used on is engines. Of course, they weren’t exactly using it for one of the many things it says it can be used for on the front of the can – none of which reads “replacement engine oil.”
Need a Volunteer
Now that they were armed with a substantial amount of WD-40, they needed something else for the experiment: a car. The teens were thrilled about the prospect of attempting this, but none of them wanted to do it on their own cars. Eventually, one of them gave in and threw his keys in the ring.
There were still a lot of kinks they needed to work out, though. They could see the endgame, but they weren’t entirely sure how to make it there effectively. The teens knew they needed to first empty all of the old oil out of the tank in order to replace it with the stuff they’d just acquired.
Gearing Up
The boys got to work, draining all of the existing oil out of the tank. This was it! They were ready for the moment of truth. It was time to fill it up with the WD-40. That was when they realized they couldn’t exactly just dump it in and call it a day. So, they grabbed a funnel and prepared to pour the liquid.
They stood around and debated on who would get to be the lucky one who actually got to empty the cans into the funnels. Or perhaps, they really didn’t want to be “that guy,” since if anything went wrong, it’d technically be him who screwed it up. So, they checked the cans one more time, and decided that it would definitely work out. Finally, they opened the first container.