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.
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.
Left Wondering
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?
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.
Safety First
One of the main reasons people in the comments section were so upset about the video was that Orion could have gotten someone hurt, or worse – especially if he hadn’t had the experience. No one should ever experiment with putting random oils in their car, ever. That’s a very good way to either destroy your engine or worse, depending on the outcome.
Whether the WD-40 was responsible for the flames or not, doesn’t mean it’s a good idea to use it as engine oil. You should definitely stick to using it for its intended purposes, which, contrary to what Orion may have believed, does not belong in a car engine. Still, despite the explosions and walls of flames caused by this little test, he and his friends weren’t even considering stopping. There were plenty of more experiments they wanted to do, like the madness that he pulls in this next video.