Exploding Carpet Cleaning Van

Spots2Stop

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What a day! I made the best of it though:)

Enjoy my pain and watch my video. Please excuse the typo in it as I try not to repost the same videos.

Update... This was a test video to see what kind of response I would get. After reviewing feedback from others I have decided that the video was not in my companies best interest. Thank you all for your support and feedback. :)
 

Spots2Stop

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The van had 130,000 miles however I used it with a pto for a couple of years. I had a main bearing go out and lost oil pressure. I could have had it fixed for around $1,000 but they usually go bad again shortly after. I can have a used engine installed for around $2,200 with low miles. Plus it just made me feel better to blow it up.
 

Jay D

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lucas engine oil treatment could have given you a few more months. it will boost oil pressure enough to give you 20 lbs at idle. Don't ask me how I know. :roll:
 

Able 1

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My buddy(he owns a landscape biz) and I blow up about 2-3 lawnmower motors a year... We drain the oil and throw some dirt in the spark plug holes,and it's amazing what they will actually take. :shock: good times at his shop! I like watching things blow up. :D
 

steve g

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I love catastrophic failure, that was cool, you should also post pics of the block after they pull it. I once took a lawnmower that pissed me off and drained the oil out of it and started it up, dang thing ran for quite a while with no oil, then finally siezed up.
 

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