Orion was confused when he received the backlash for the video. He thought for sure that his followers were going to love it. But after he saw all of the negative comments pouring in, it really made him think about everything a bit more. Could it really have been just the metal pipe? Does that mean that the WD-40 had very little to do with how all of this turned out?
At that point, he started to feel some regret about his decision to film the video in the first place. In fact, he even said in another video that he did, but that he was still glad he got to be a part of it. Of course he would say that. What teenage boy doesn’t want to be a part of an exploding car experiment?
Uncovering the Truth
If you didn’t already know this, the “WD” in WD-40 stands for “water displacement.” And, although it may have said engines on the bottle, it’s because it’s a penetrating oil, which is used to unfreeze parts that have become stuck. Oil that goes in a car’s engine needs to be able to withstand high temperatures, which WD-40 cannot. Does that mean it was the oil’s fault that the car exploded? Maybe.
It’s also possible that the reason it burst into flames is because they left it running with the pedal pushed all the way down. “It would have exploded under that abuse with any oil,” one person wrote in a comment under the video.
Stops Squeaks
When the teens read the cans of the WD-40 in the store earlier, they saw exactly what it was able to be used for. Among the items listed were “frees sticky mechanisms” and “loosens rusted parts.” But they must have imagined the part that said, “can be used in car engines.”
While many commenters just picked apart the video, there were others that were genuinely upset about the whole thing. They made it clear that they weren’t happy they could have been killed on the road if they’d been driving by when it had all happened.
Passion for Racing
When it came to all things racing and cars, this YouTuber wasn’t just any teenage boy. Orion has worked in a garage for several years, and actually knew his way around vehicles. Or at least – he should have, except the types of things that happen to the car in the video make you wonder.
Aside from the infamous WD-40 video, his channel is full of other stuff that makes you seriously question his ability to handle cars, like his “filling a car tire with water” video, or the ever-popular, “we made a tire out of duct tape.” Hmmm.
Haggard
Orion first got his start with Haggard Garage, which now operate under the channel name, Factory OD. Judging by the videos on their channel, along with Orion’s are concerned, it does look like Orion has some racing experience.
Unfortunately, they have faced a lot of drama just like Orion himself, and just last year, were forced to take down a number of their videos that totaled into the 40+ million view range. Nonetheless, his experience with cars at least gave him the know how necessary to deal with the oil change and other parts of the experiment. No one without such experience should ever try something like this at home.