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.
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.
Predicting the Future
Of course, the entire purpose of this experiment was to see what it would actually do to the car. And, while a few of them thought that it would work, there were probably others who were rooting for it to be a failure, since it would make a better video that way.
The teens started taking bets, each making their own predictions about the fate of the vehicle before them. Some said it would work, hands-down. After all, the bottle did say “engines,” did it not? Then, there were the skeptics who thought for sure it would start smoking in a matter of minutes. But who would be right?
Ready to Go
They had all been waiting for that moment. They’d gotten the tank filled up with the WD-40 and were all ready for the next part of the experiment. Except, as excited as everyone was, they were all a bit nervous, too. No one really had a clue about what was going to happen.
They got ready to turn the keys and start the engine. Some bit their lips anxiously while others got ready to laugh and cheer in their victory over their friends in this little experiment. So, one teen nodded at another, and the one sitting behind the wheel turned the engine on. No one could have predicted what came next. Even if they had tried to go over all of the possible outcomes before they even got started.