This is what happens when you exceed the interior pressure rating of a vehicle...

[thevic24 5,000+ posts]

if that was a gm it wouldn't be in that good of shape. I like fj's

Give me one more 3512 and another 2k. rms and I bet I could make my S10 look like that....

 

[thevic24 5,000+ posts]

WTF is acetylene and why did touching the window button make it go boom?

It is a light "welding" gas.

And I suspect that toughing the window button caused a small spark that lit the gas.

Here is some info on the gas...

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=acetylene&source=web&cd=1&sqi=2&ved=0CC8QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FAcetylene&ei=thHhTt6_Fse4tweb7eDwBQ&usg=AFQjCNHdG0lCBbdNfbaY-0X2Br8QmGVRLg&cad=rja

 

[skylineTT 10+ year member]

it probably did burn him up a little bit but the gas itself burns very quickly and probably didn't completely burn as the cabin pressurized and ruptured. Half of it probably escaped with too much velocity to sustain ignition. The gas would fill every bit of space in the car, meaning doors too and when the window motor is switched on, it causes a small arc between the commutator and brushes. You could see the same type of arc with an electric drill when you stab the trigger.

 

[OmegaBunny 10+ year member]

LOL gimme a bottle of acetylene and we'll see if I can do that to mine. It probably wasn't static, but more likely a little spark from the window motor kicking on.

As far as Toyotas being crap, my wife and I have had three and no majors problems, well except to replace a motor but that was a mechanics fault and not the cars. I will tell you how strong the motor was. We were living in Myrtle Beach in 2001. My wife had a 1993 Camry at the time and we drove it back to WV to have the oil changed and tuned up. We drove the car back to Myrtle Beach ~500 miles and when we got there we heard a slight knock. I stopped and checked the oil and it was empty so I topped it off and drove it back to the apartment. We got up the next morning and on the way to work and the engine started making a very loud clanking noise and I knew the engine was effed. The garage we had it towed to said the oil pan plug was missing and the sensor was gone. We're not sure how far we drove it without oil but it was empty when we pulled into the gas station and filled it up. It could have fallen out when we got to MB but my guess is it fell out somewhere on the 450 miles of interstate we drove. We had the engine replaced with a Jasper and it ran like a champ until I t-boned a guy who ran a stop sign!

 

[OmegaBunny 10+ year member]

Jesus, like static electricity? How did it go boom and not turn him into a crisp critter?

I was thinking the same thing, that is a lot of pressure and gas in a small space, reading some of the posts on that thread it didn't seem like he was injured to much since the explosion happened earlier that day.

 

[sacsking916 5,000+ posts]

WTF is acetylene and why did touching the window button make it go boom?

my first question too.

 

[CAT MAN 5,000+ posts]

O_O where is the vid? lol

 

[thevic24 5,000+ posts]

A vid would be epic...

that gas, when not compressed, burns VERY fast. This is the reason for the explosion.

 

[skylineTT 10+ year member]

have you ever tried to ignite gas as it leaves a torch? as velocity increases, the ignited gas (flame) moves further from the nozzle. since he was inside the cabin, it simulates being inside the nozzle. at high pressure (i assume high because he lost his hearing so it must be a very high pressure), the gas that was ignited was probably outside of the vehicle itself because of pressure release and the velocity of the gas escaping the cabin itself. once it is in the open atmosphere, it decompresses drastically and burns up very fast.

 

[brodeisel 10+ year member]

the thread doesnt work anymore ...

 

[Ninesvnsicks 10+ year member]

The link in the first post doesn't work.

 

[brandinooooo 10+ year member]

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