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to be fair it would probably just burn off immediately
The real problem would be getting them into the block.
Be fine, as long as they don’t skimp on the waterproofing.
Don’t do this.
You’re supposed to season pistons and rods like you would a cast iron fry pan. I like to use a combination of canola and beef tallow, but a 5W20 works in a pinch.
Remember kids, a happy piston is a varnished piston. Keep those oil rings in place, make sure they’re good and solid!
Can’t tell if serious or not…
Don’t listen to him. Wd40 and kitty litter is what engines love.
Along with bleach in the engine oil to keep it clean
All I saw was Sauron
They had the knots in the wood displayed as eyes in both so I think this was intentional.
I thought this was the joke, but there’s another thread about BBQ sauce, so I’m not sure.
Make sure to sand them first with a rough grit or the paint won’t stick. You can also add sugar to your gas tank to make your sick piston paint job super sweet.
Use a pickaxe to add speed holes to your hood, and stick a flaming rag out of your gas cap and you’ve got the recipe for a sweet hot rod.
Why paint if you could wrap them instead, preserving the original paintwork
You’ll need a lucite engine block to show off your shiny new pistons.
As a mechanic, make sure to use BBQ paint for heat resistance.
As an engineer, do not paint the pistons at all. If the paint stays on it adds resistance and if it doesn’t then it gums up the engine.
I know you’re getting downvoted for being whooshed but I wanted to say I appreciate the explanation on why this is horrible. This is way out of my areas of expertise lol.
Woosh.
You wouldn’t even be able to get the pistons in the cylinder with a layer of paint on them.
Not with that attitude! If it doesn’t fit get a bigger hammer!
As a non-mechanic that watches various channels working on vehicle sin various states of use and repair… It seems that half of vehicle work seems to require hammers, and the other half a hammer should never be near. And knowing the difference is a mystical art form.
Growing up I thought it was all giving as many uggas as you can dugga. I broke a lot of stuff learning a lot of it is only being as mean as you have to be. Except for suspension work. Suspension work requires pure hatred and a hammer.
Large vehicle suspension components scare the living hell out of me. Seen too many videos online.
Ha!
If you say something sarcastic you have to annotate it, such as with a /s, because no matter how stupid you think a take is there are people who unironically hold that opinion. It’s called “Poe’s Law”.
This is /shitposting, not /howtobuildanengine
What about /howtobuildathomasthetankengine are we there
Engineers, am I right? Lol
Well, I am also an engineer (I recovered) but ya, most engineers.
😆
Bro was just handling an edge case
Yeah, everyone. Listen up - we need to mark every joke so that everyone can laugh. Remember: the best jokes are the ones we have to explain.
laugh track
Wouldn’t that defeat the purpose of the joke if you had to explain it?
!Wait, wait, I’m joking! It’s a joke!! Stop rolling your eyes!<
Skill issue
I work with engineers, and this is exactly how they are folks, trust me.
Well painting them black makes your car seem kinda sad. If you’d painted them red, that’d given you at least an extra 10-15 HP per piston.
Found the Ork boy
You paint the outside, like big diesel manufacturers do. Red for speed, yellow for torque, blue for efficiency.
No, paint 'em blue, they’ll be luckier.
The piston might feel blue and lose speed there. Better keep it old and gold.
For guaranteed extra performance, get an apprentice machinist to mill Z3 vents on the tops of the pistons. Less aero drag means pistons reciprocate faster, faster pistons means more powah.
I just pour some steel Shot Peen into a oil filler after an an engine rebuild
