perminant car engine disablement in minutes

[chad8]

I never knew this. Learn something new every day.

Car engine disablement

Sodium silicate solution is used to inexpensively, quickly, and permanently disable automobile engines. Running an engine with about 2 liters of a sodium silicate solution instead of motor oil causes the solution to precipitate, catastrophically damaging the engine's bearings and pistons within a few minutes.[7] In the United States, this procedure was used to comply with requirements of the Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS) program.[7][8]

 

[volk06]

Yep, "liquid glass" that they poured into good running engines during cash for clunkers.

 

[Pablo]

Look for the videos.

Cash for clunkers. Ah the good old stimulus days.....er wait.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_Allowance_Rebate_System

 

[tinmanSC]

This was part of the CARS program (cash for clunkers.) Youtube has plenty of videos about this, I would avoid the comments section if I were you.

 

[Quattro Pete]

Originally Posted By: chad8
I never knew this. Learn something new every day.

Where were you when all the cash for clunkers cars were getting destroyed a couple of years ago?

 

[Garak]

Up here, our similar program provided far fewer incentives. They didn't do anything to the engine (or most other parts). The vehicle's VIN would simply be flagged to not allow it to be registered anywhere in the country.

 

[tinmanSC]

Originally Posted By: morris
this is communism!!!!!

Correct. Sodium silicate solution = communism.

 

[ethangsmith]

I've heard from several different car dealers that Fords could some how withstand the sodium silicate for quite a long time before dying. Where I work, we had an Explorer last a good 10 minutes at full throttle before seizing up. Not too bad considering most engines locked up within 1-2 minutes.

 

[Roadkingnc]

I know of an auto dealer here that had an employee stealing bulk oil, the manager substituted some sodium silicate for part of the oil. The thief was hiding the jugs of stolen oil out back to retrieve later. Ill have to call for the results

 

[Hallmark]

Yeah, it works on the neighborhood jerk with no mufflers who transits the subdivision at 0530 every morning too.

 

[TallPaul]

Originally Posted By: morris
this is communism!!!!!


We are frighteningly close!

Now if I were King of the World I would give huge tax incentives for people to buy vehicles equiped with manual transmissions. But I would not purposefully destroy the automatic transmission vehicles, as much as I don't like them.

 

[Chris142]

Originally Posted By: ethangsmith
I've heard from several different car dealers that Fords could some how withstand the sodium silicate for quite a long time before dying. Where I work, we had an Explorer last a good 10 minutes at full throttle before seizing up. Not too bad considering most engines locked up within 1-2 minutes.
I think the record was a 318 in a Dodge van. Ran about 45 minutes I believe.

 

[abycat]

That stuff is the main ingredient in my pressure washing soaps. Some good stuff.

 

[TallPaul]

Would think a handful of borax, dishwashing soap, sand, whatever down the oil filler cap would do the trick.

 

[VNTS]

Our local DOdge dealer sent them to the local yard.

Didnt waste time pouring stuff into the engines. why bother.

I got a lot of parts off the Durangos and Grand Cherokees that people got rid of, I think of it as getting some of my tax money back lOL


Sad part is I think these same vehichles today are worth more than the measly 4K$ the people got for them.

 

[TallPaul]

Originally Posted By: VNTS
Sad part is I think these same vehichles today are worth more than the measly 4K$ the people got for them.

Sadly, enough used cars were destroyed to depress the supply curve, thereby hiking used car prices.

 

[lexus114]

Originally Posted By: Chris142
Originally Posted By: ethangsmith
I've heard from several different car dealers that Fords could some how withstand the sodium silicate for quite a long time before dying. Where I work, we had an Explorer last a good 10 minutes at full throttle before seizing up. Not too bad considering most engines locked up within 1-2 minutes.
I think the record was a 318 in a Dodge van. Ran about 45 minutes I believe.



That`s because it was already dead, and just too stupid to fall over.

 

[SwampSurvivor]

There was a Jeep 4.0 in a Grand Cherokee that refused to die until it caught the electronics on fire.

 

[Hokiefyd]

I use sodium silicate in my Hondas. Really quiets down the piston slap. LOL

 

[SLCraig]

Originally Posted By: Miller88
There was a Jeep 4.0 in a Grand Cherokee that refused to die until it caught the electronics on fire.


Being totally honest in all the C4C videos I watched I believe the 4.0 takes the cake as best trooper.

One of the videos, Jeep Cherokee, the exhaust started to catch the interior on fire, still running strong.

One of the videos, another Cherokee classic, the main bearings failed and spit 2 of the pistons and all associated hardware right through the oilpan. You could see the crank spinning as it ran on 4 cylinders.

They left it and started it up again the next day, thing still ran. Brought a tear to my eye. Why waste such perfectly good things? Really, really sad.