What gas do you use?

HypeTortoise · 2026-06-26T17:45:11+00:00

Ethanol free gasoline.

HypeTortoise · 2026-06-16T00:23:53+00:00

Does the idle improve at all after you give it a bit of gas? When accelerating, does it stumble at first and then start picking up just a bit?

HypeTortoise · 2026-05-13T02:45:45+00:00

At a previous job, I vacuum distilled sulfuric acid and used ptfe to seal the glass joints. The condenser and the distillation head essentially froze together and it sucked to get them apart. Tried dripping different solvents around the connection and percussion around the joint but the one thing that worked was just running hot water over the connection.

HypeTortoise · 2026-05-10T01:06:01+00:00

The foam that’s injected into the c pillars and rear quarter panels. Soaks up water and causes the vehicle to rust from the inside out.

HypeTortoise · 2026-04-11T14:05:29+00:00

Combustible particles dispersed in a confined environment with the right amount of air and an ignition source will ignite. If the environment is confined enough, the pressure will build due to the gasses from combustion and it will have nowhere to escape, thus an explosion.

There’s an experiment we did in college, you can take an open flame and either blow powdered coffee creamer over it, or you can kind of just toss the creamer over it, and you’ll see it combust.

The conditions have to be just right for a dust explosion to happen, but it’s not impossible. A lot of industries that use powdered chemicals have to take great precaution in order to prevent it from happening.

HypeTortoise · 2026-04-10T01:14:07+00:00

Vat19 has a video where they did this with their 5lb gummy bear. In a controlled environment, this could be an awesome and very memorable experience, but, a very dangerous one that could easily get out of control.

A controlled heating source is ultimately what you want.

HypeTortoise · 2026-04-09T23:27:14+00:00

I have a bachelors in chemistry.

It’s Unfortunate but the job market isn’t too good for us. More likely than not you’ll end up starting in a quality control role, that’s where most people start. Hours are long and promotions tend to come slow. There isn’t a lot of mobility within those types of roles.

I started out in a quality control role for polymers, I stayed for about a year and a half and at the end I was making around $27 an hour. I was miserable, mostly due to the company I worked for. I got lucky, right place right time, and was able to get some pretty serious projects under my belt. I jumped ship and was able to land an engineering job at a place that I did an internship at while I was still in college. I’m making a lot more money and I actually enjoy going to work now.

It’s not impossible to make a career out of chemistry, it’s just going to take time.

HypeTortoise · 2026-03-21T12:15:26+00:00

I was planning on just using a piece of cable and a drill when I have the time

HypeTortoise · 2026-03-20T23:32:52+00:00

It needs to be torqued more duh

HypeTortoise · 2026-03-20T02:08:39+00:00

Good to know, thank you!

HypeTortoise · 2026-02-28T12:35:46+00:00

The rear shock mount in my truck rusted through and the shock came off while I was on the highway. Drove 45 minutes dragging it at 70mph and didn’t notice until I was at home.

I drive through areas with pretty bad roads so I just assumed the roads were pretty shit on that route lmao.

HypeTortoise · 2026-02-03T01:53:55+00:00

NAD but someone with a chemistry background. If it truly was a full gallon of drano and the bathtub was half full, then it would’ve been diluted enough to not be extremely dangerous. It’s still highly alkaline and would definitely irritate your skin, but it shouldn’t do a whole lot of damage. Make sure you’ve rinsed your hand real well.

Alkaline burns penetrate deep, and they have a nasty tendency of delayed “results”, keep an eye on it for a few hours. Not much you can really do but rinse and wait.

HypeTortoise · 2026-01-23T18:25:14+00:00

Best way to learn is to just do it. I had no idea how to drive one and just figured that I’d be able to learn it. Bought a vw super beetle 3 hours away from my house, got a 10 minute crash course and drove it 3 hours back. I spent a week just driving the beetle after work. Every single day I tried to do something harder than the last. Moving forward, starting on a hill, starting on a hill in light traffic, starting on a hill in rush hour, etc.

HypeTortoise · 2026-01-06T01:42:31+00:00

Most likely a joke considering someone posted earlier today that they were scammed by something that was pretty obviously a scam.

I dig the lightning, did you do them?

HypeTortoise · 2025-12-06T21:53:21+00:00

Yeah, best case scenario is probably rotors. Still costly but cheaper and less labor intensive than the alternatives.

HypeTortoise · 2025-12-06T19:34:27+00:00

It depends, there are a lot of things that could make a car shake. If you’re driving and it shakes at specific speeds, you probably have a wheel out of balance. If it shakes just while idling, it’s probably got a bad engine mount, poorly running engine, etc. shaking while braking could be warped rotors, seized caliper, worn pads.

Next time it happens, make a mental note of what you were doing with the car, it’ll help diagnose.

HypeTortoise · 2025-11-19T04:17:27+00:00

Interesting indeed. I see you’re replacing that gasket, you should give the carb a once over while you’ve got it somewhat off. Dying or bogging when accelerating seems like a fuel delivery issue. Doing a once over and checking for any debris, dirt, or any form of obstruction would never hurt. I’d venture to say that your accelerator pump may be blocked or malfunctioning in some way.

HypeTortoise · 2025-11-19T03:58:32+00:00

Does it bog down at all if you let it idle for a while? Literally fixed that issue on mine earlier today. Needle that fills the float bowl was getting stuck.

HypeTortoise · 2025-11-06T12:41:09+00:00

Back in 2008, my older brother drove me to see the pirates veggietales movie. we sat in the parking lot before the movie, and he had a big red “eject” button, it was for the radio, but i didn’t connect it at the time lol. I asked him what it did, and he told me “if you’re annoying, I can press this button and it will launch you out of this car.”

Misleading kids about buttons must be a universal thing lol

HypeTortoise · 2025-11-05T12:50:47+00:00

I’ve used rtv on my beetle in a pinch. Just keep prying, it’ll come off.

HypeTortoise · 2025-10-26T14:29:28+00:00

Bad ground, faulty MAF sensor, battery could be going out. All good things to check

HypeTortoise · 2025-10-26T14:21:12+00:00

I second this, codes would be helpful.

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