While this entire thing may seem like some pointless (and dangerous) teenage fun, there was actually a method to this influencer’s madness. Of course, him being a pretty successful YouTuber is the reason why they were able to get their hands on a test car in the first place. And that wasn’t the only one he bought while he was at it.
Viewers were thrilled when they learned he was doing a major giveaway on his channel. He revealed he had a brand-new car for them up for grabs. But what did they have to do to win it?
Inspecting the Aftermath
Luckily, after the last major explosion, the roaring flames finally started to die down until the fire had completely dissipated. They made their way back to the car to see what kind of damage had been done.
The eager teens inched closer, making sure that, even though it wasn’t ablaze it wasn’t going to explode again. Once they were satisfied that it was over, they started to give it a closer look. So, what had happened? And who had come closest to predicting it? It was time to find out.
The Ringleader
While there may have been quite a few teens involved in the experiment, there was one in particular who can take a lot of credit for it all, from its inception until the very end. Meet the face behind the camera who filmed the majority of the excitement.
This entire thing began with him having a conversation with his friends that went something like this: Camera kid: “Dude.” Other guy: “Yeah, man?” Camera kid holds up a can of WD-40 that he randomly picked up off a table. “Do you think this stuff can like…power a car?” Some questioning glances were exchanged and then the rest was history. Especially the test subject.
Orion’s Belt
The YouTuber, a teen named Orion Dajnowicz, informed viewers that all they had to do was comment on the video for a chance to win the car. Dajnowicz was offering up a Mazda RX 7, and his subscribers couldn’t wait to hear the announcement. Winning that car was bound to change someone’s life.
The YouTuber has built up quite a following on his channel, “Life OD,” and currently has 770,000 subs. One look through the content will show you that using WD-40 as engine oil is far from being the only stunt like this that he’s pulled.
Smoke and Rear-View Mirrors
You don’t get to have nearly 800,000 subscribers with so many views by putting out boring videos, that’s for sure. For many teens, it’s hard to resist the kind of content Orion puts out. But when you’re an influencer, there are always naysayers and people who will pick your videos apart and try to correct you.
In this case, however, the naysayers in the comment’s section of his YouTube channel had a fair point. Orion believed it was the WD-40 experiment that ultimately failed and led to the demise of the vehicle. Commenters, however, had a different take on things. Some said that the different oil had nothing to do with what happened and that it was simply putting the metal pipe on the pedal and leaving it that caused the overheating and explosions. But who was right?