1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,200 Listen, do not under any circumstances try this at home. We're what you call experts. We do this for a living 2 00:00:09,640 --> 00:00:15,280 The mythbusters are leaping into the unknown in their search for scientific truth 3 00:00:15,280 --> 00:00:18,140 It's like in here very clearly under there. It sounds like a bad thing 4 00:00:18,480 --> 00:00:24,840 Could a scuba diver be sucked up by a firefighting helicopter and dropped into the middle of the flames 5 00:00:25,880 --> 00:00:29,720 What really happens when you add mothballs to your gas tank? 6 00:00:30,040 --> 00:00:38,000 They'll say warning flammable and is Hollywood telling us the truth will a car really explode if you shoot the gas tank? 7 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:40,000 You make the men firing 8 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:51,200 My missing and I drop Adam Savage. I reject the reality and substitute my own 9 00:00:51,960 --> 00:00:56,000 Jamie Heineman crack damm you. I wouldn't say Jamie's an evil genius 10 00:00:57,000 --> 00:01:06,400 Between them more than 30 years special effects experience when will the fun ever stop they don't just tell them it they put them to the test 11 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:20,560 It's big it's red it's dangerous and it's got Adam really excited 12 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:26,460 But what's it got to do with scuba divers and forest fires 13 00:01:28,520 --> 00:01:35,560 Well the story goes that a scuba diver was found in a tree in the middle of a charred forest about 50 miles inland and 14 00:01:35,560 --> 00:01:39,720 The speculation was that the scuba diver was scooped up by one of those 15 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:43,680 firefighting helicopters or airplanes and dumped in the forest 16 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:48,200 That's one of the worst ways to go I can imagine one minute. You're swimming in the water next minute 17 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:50,960 Deposit into a burning tree 18 00:01:52,080 --> 00:01:56,600 Folklorist Heather Joseph with them knows all about this well-traveled myth 19 00:01:56,880 --> 00:02:02,200 This story has been around at least since 1987 it appeared as an internet story 20 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:08,080 Attached to something called the California examiner, which is the newspaper that doesn't really exist now 21 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:14,520 This story has numerous variations. It appears in Australia. It appears in British Columbia, and it appears in France 22 00:02:14,640 --> 00:02:17,480 It shows up in a CSI episode 23 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:23,760 You have it in the 1999 film Magnolia and in Peter Mayle's novel a year in Provence 24 00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:27,760 I think the first thing we've got to do is actually research some of these 25 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:33,620 water gathering planes and helicopters used for firefighting and see if this is even remotely possible 26 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:36,280 Since the 1940s 27 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:40,960 firefighters have used water dropped from aircraft to help control forest fires 28 00:02:41,680 --> 00:02:46,000 Some fixed-wing aircraft skim water from the surface of lakes and oceans 29 00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:54,120 But the Martin Mars the biggest water bomber in the world has an intake scoop only six inches in diameter 30 00:02:54,240 --> 00:03:00,480 Far too small to fit a scuba diver. However, the myth may be possible with a helicopter 31 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:05,520 One of the most successful helicopter-borne systems is known as the Bambi Bucket 32 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:07,280 We're out here at Oakland Airport 33 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:11,840 We're actually the airport police have been kind enough to let us view their Bambi Bucket 34 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:14,120 They dangle from this very helicopter 35 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:19,960 I've heard the myth before but when I heard it he was laying on the ground and burned a dead 36 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:25,780 Instead of being up in a tree. The best way to think about a Bambi Bucket is it's kind of like an upside-down 37 00:03:26,440 --> 00:03:33,320 Parachute with a hole in the center they drop it from the helicopter and lower it into water and as they come up 38 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:36,580 It fills with water they get to a location. They want to drop it 39 00:03:36,700 --> 00:03:44,060 Actually pull a cable right here and it releases the valve and dumps 120 gallons on the fire 40 00:03:46,380 --> 00:03:52,200 So this is the Bambi Bucket. Yes, it's cute. It's tiny all the helicopters are equipped with a mirror 41 00:03:52,380 --> 00:03:56,460 So reasonably anybody should see someone in a Bambi Bucket struggling 42 00:03:57,300 --> 00:04:00,500 Oh my god, it's a scuba diver quick. Hit him with a rocket propelled grenade 43 00:04:02,220 --> 00:04:06,860 There's just no way a scuba diver will fit into this Bambi Bucket 44 00:04:06,860 --> 00:04:11,420 I think our work here is done. I think it's time to look for something bigger. Bigger is better. Bigger is always better 45 00:04:14,540 --> 00:04:18,460 Actually, you know, I was thinking about this and they have these things called Erickson Skycranks 46 00:04:18,460 --> 00:04:23,100 They're huge helicopters. They have a tank and they have a hose coming down out of the tank 47 00:04:23,100 --> 00:04:25,100 There's a pump on the end of the hose 48 00:04:25,380 --> 00:04:31,260 Conceivably there could be enough suction created on the end of that hose that it could actually suck a diver 49 00:04:31,580 --> 00:04:35,060 Onto it presumably on his torso and then pick him up and carry him away 50 00:04:35,140 --> 00:04:38,020 The Erickson is Jamie's kind of chopper 51 00:04:38,340 --> 00:04:45,140 It weighs it at 10 tons can lift 2,000 gallons of water and maybe a scuba diver 52 00:04:45,500 --> 00:04:52,040 Yeah, you know the helicopter with the pump. It is the only one with active suction. I mean, I guess it's conceivable that it could work 53 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:57,800 I'm a little dubious though. This is the perfect myth buster scenario where we have about you know 54 00:04:57,800 --> 00:05:02,840 three or four days to build something that took some engineers like ten years to develop and I 55 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:10,600 Understand that what's inside these pumps these these things that they have on the end of helicopters is actually just a propeller blade 56 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:13,240 It's not that unlike what's on the end of an outboard 57 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:18,120 So let's get an outboard and reorient it. We do a little welding. We're there 58 00:05:18,280 --> 00:05:23,600 We get to start with a trip to the boat store and go shopping you bet always on the lookout for a bargain 59 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:27,760 The myth musters have tracked down a second hand outboard across town 60 00:05:30,400 --> 00:05:35,400 225 horsepower is a lot of horsepower turning a 13 or 14 inch propeller 61 00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:42,560 You can't look he giggles like a schoolgirl. It's so cute 62 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:51,400 But the pump requires a lot more than just an outboard motor and this means a trip to the myth busters favorite junkyard 63 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:57,600 We came here last year looking for a tank for the chicken cannon 64 00:05:57,680 --> 00:06:04,160 We're here this time looking for a funnel which is kind of hard to make actually and they just have stuff like that here 65 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:11,040 Over here guys this code just saved us two days of work. It looks like it might just make it, you know as usual 66 00:06:11,440 --> 00:06:14,040 Adams impatience gets the better of him 67 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:27,360 Unfortunately the funnel is part of a much bigger lot and can't be separated 68 00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:35,600 Bummer the whole thing right here that Adams plan is stymied and he's getting irritated and you've got flanges 69 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:39,880 Yeah, we can potentially we could be done with this just by cutting that 70 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:45,800 And welding it onto one of these flanges totally agree and we're done with all pieces. I'm totally down with that 71 00:06:45,960 --> 00:06:49,000 But I can see Jamie, you know, oh well, maybe if we 72 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:51,520 cut it down on the lathe and then 73 00:06:51,960 --> 00:06:58,840 You know cast it molded into different material and then sent it away to be replicated by some military organization 74 00:06:58,840 --> 00:07:00,840 I'll be pretty simple 75 00:07:00,840 --> 00:07:02,840 One of his ridiculous solutions 76 00:07:03,200 --> 00:07:04,920 Can't believe that guy 77 00:07:04,920 --> 00:07:09,880 Adams anger evaporates quickly especially if there's a big tank to play in 78 00:07:11,040 --> 00:07:13,960 Adam did you hear the guy tell us what this was for? 79 00:07:14,960 --> 00:07:16,960 Like a fecal matter 80 00:07:18,720 --> 00:07:26,480 Last Jamie finds the right funnel, but it is separable from the other machinery and I figure like it end up about there 81 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:28,720 Looks like I have to eat my words 82 00:07:29,120 --> 00:07:31,120 Yes, I'm sorry Jamie 83 00:07:31,480 --> 00:07:36,120 Before the mythbusters build their scuba pump. It's time to hit the road 84 00:07:36,280 --> 00:07:43,220 There are more than 600 million cars in the world today and 85 00:07:43,960 --> 00:07:45,960 Almost as many myths about them 86 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:50,600 Sounds like fertile ground for a pair of myth busting motor mounts 87 00:07:59,640 --> 00:08:03,400 All right, Jamie, what's on the agenda now? What's the myth we're gonna hit well 88 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:07,600 There are all sorts of myths to do with cars and we're gonna test them every one of them 89 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:13,120 You're gonna donate your car. No, why not not putting sugar in my gas tank and shoot it full of holes 90 00:08:13,120 --> 00:08:15,000 Well, what are we gonna do there? 91 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:18,720 Actually, I got an interesting and intriguing email from a fan the other day 92 00:08:18,720 --> 00:08:23,280 And he just might be willing to donate his car to the cause so why don't we go check out what he's got? 93 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:25,600 Let's do it. All right 94 00:08:25,600 --> 00:08:32,560 But who would be crazy enough to give their car to Adam and Jamie? That's a caddy. All right, my grandma had a car like that 95 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:38,680 It's Cadillac Ben saw some TV and you figured I'll take it to them. They'll blow it up. I was hoping that 96 00:08:40,240 --> 00:08:47,080 Webster's dictionary defines Cadillac as something that is the most luxurious or highest quality of its kind and 97 00:08:48,240 --> 00:08:51,080 Since the first caddy rolled off the line in 1902 98 00:08:51,760 --> 00:08:56,840 Many consider them to be the epitome of motoring style and elegance 99 00:08:58,120 --> 00:09:00,120 until now 100 00:09:00,240 --> 00:09:07,480 Ben's caddy needs plenty of mechanical help so our resident gearhead Scotty Chaplin swings into action 101 00:09:11,880 --> 00:09:14,640 Okay sound effects may be needed if it doesn't start 102 00:09:30,120 --> 00:09:35,360 So this is sort of an historic moment, isn't it? 103 00:09:36,280 --> 00:09:41,600 Absolutely, we bought cars for the show before and you know used them for a myth and sometimes too, but 104 00:09:42,560 --> 00:09:47,040 Here we got an opportunity to see how many myths we can actually do with this one vehicle 105 00:09:47,040 --> 00:09:51,840 No, it's still around at the end of the show. Yeah, we're gonna have our sheriff fun abusing it just like Buster 106 00:09:51,840 --> 00:09:56,840 I can't wait, you know, I think we really need to christen it with a name. Oh, you got any ideas? 107 00:09:57,240 --> 00:09:59,800 Earl Earl it is Earl the caddy 108 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:04,200 It's time to put those motoring myths to the test 109 00:10:04,720 --> 00:10:06,320 What are we gonna start with? 110 00:10:06,320 --> 00:10:11,400 Well, we have all this produce that we're gonna shove up the tailpipe and see what happens 111 00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:17,920 You're gonna stand back there with a catcher's mitt. It's a classic college prank to block a car's tailpipe with a piece of food 112 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:20,200 But will the car really stall? 113 00:10:20,880 --> 00:10:22,880 That's supposed to eat the props 114 00:10:23,840 --> 00:10:29,920 I think with a big engine in this car, whatever we put up that exhaust pipe is probably gonna come out pretty quickly 115 00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:36,780 That's why we've got our high-speed camera trained on Earl's tailpipe time to fire one 116 00:10:38,640 --> 00:10:42,000 Artillery man Adam selects his ammo. That's the one 117 00:10:44,680 --> 00:10:47,380 Go ahead and start the car firing 118 00:10:53,080 --> 00:10:55,080 That was magnificent 119 00:10:55,400 --> 00:10:57,400 That's but is out of there 120 00:10:57,760 --> 00:11:03,720 But a myth buster always wants more Adam loads the potato deeper into the tailpipe 121 00:11:03,720 --> 00:11:08,440 Tato stuffed in there like a good 20 inches. I'm ready when you are 122 00:11:12,480 --> 00:11:19,400 That one is flying but there's no effect on the car's engine the banana is longer and thinner 123 00:11:19,640 --> 00:11:24,640 Maybe it'll do the job bananas fully inserted. You're ready to fire. All right firing 124 00:11:27,840 --> 00:11:30,520 That banana slips right out kill it 125 00:11:31,360 --> 00:11:33,160 It was like 126 00:11:33,160 --> 00:11:38,800 Like that looks like whatever food stuff you stuff up there comes right back out again 127 00:11:39,320 --> 00:11:45,520 Throw it about as fast as you could throw it. It's not that hard. So it's busted. Yeah, I'd say totally busted 128 00:11:49,400 --> 00:11:55,600 Coming up a crash test dummy becomes a man. We should grease him with some 129 00:11:57,200 --> 00:12:06,440 And the myth busters scuba diver pump finally roars into life push key in for full choke. What's going on board does it? 130 00:12:06,880 --> 00:12:21,880 Can a firefighting helicopter actually suck up a scuba diver an air crane helitanker is the chief suspect? 131 00:12:22,440 --> 00:12:27,960 the myth busters are recreating the helitanker's scuba sucking power by using a 132 00:12:28,680 --> 00:12:32,040 225 horsepower outboard motor and a funny hat 133 00:12:32,880 --> 00:12:40,360 The outboard weighs 500 pounds. So just moving it around is a major headache. We could try and pick this up by 134 00:12:41,240 --> 00:12:43,240 with the forks like 135 00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:50,960 Tip it up. We get six people on this. We just manhandled it up on there. It's gonna many hands make light work. That's it's possible 136 00:12:51,120 --> 00:12:54,380 David doesn't like to do anything hastily and I like to do everything 137 00:12:55,080 --> 00:12:56,760 incredibly hastily 138 00:12:56,760 --> 00:12:59,240 So there and you have the dichotomy of our patterns 139 00:12:59,960 --> 00:13:01,960 After the manhandling 140 00:13:03,240 --> 00:13:06,720 Frame for the outboard is welded together go for it 141 00:13:07,240 --> 00:13:11,400 Then the original driveshaft is removed from the outboard 142 00:13:12,240 --> 00:13:17,680 For the scuba diver pump, they'll have to build a new and much longer driveshaft 143 00:13:18,520 --> 00:13:24,040 Because it'll be spinning at high rpm. The shaft must be accurately machined on a lathe 144 00:13:24,960 --> 00:13:27,560 Seal you join is really quite a beautiful thing 145 00:13:29,640 --> 00:13:34,680 The propeller is cut down and carefully balanced to avoid vibrations 146 00:13:34,680 --> 00:13:36,680 We're adding the propeller the wrong way around 147 00:13:36,680 --> 00:13:42,040 That's so that rather than pushing the water down it'll be sucked up toward the outboard 148 00:13:42,320 --> 00:13:46,800 To control the water flow the shaft must be encased in a heavy steel pipe 149 00:13:47,040 --> 00:13:52,600 What we need to finish the scuba diver rig is a pipe with a 10 inch ID and inside diameter 150 00:13:53,240 --> 00:14:00,880 We have the leftover chicken gun barrel, which is just the perfect size and and I want to cut it up 151 00:14:00,880 --> 00:14:02,880 It takes up too much diamond room 152 00:14:04,400 --> 00:14:10,320 Adam loves his chicken can I don't think that cutting up the chicken cannon is a good idea 153 00:14:10,840 --> 00:14:17,040 We're never gonna get around to rebuilding it. No, it's ever gonna give us the time to do it and it's gone. It's gone forever 154 00:14:17,640 --> 00:14:19,640 There's chicken guts in here 155 00:14:20,400 --> 00:14:28,000 Well so much for Adam's feelings the chicken cannon is carved up in the quest for the super scuba pump 156 00:14:28,920 --> 00:14:36,840 The shaft is fitted inside the pipe and Adam describes in detail what will happen to the pumped water shoot up that way 157 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:48,280 Like that just a godly torrent of water that torrent will be vented away from the motor by angling the pipe 158 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:56,480 Scotty welds the two cut halves of the pipe together. She knows there's something not quite right. Oh 159 00:14:57,520 --> 00:15:02,720 I know what it is. It's the chicken that I'm burning that's messing with my weld 160 00:15:05,320 --> 00:15:07,320 Getting little bubbles of chicken vapor 161 00:15:08,880 --> 00:15:11,360 I just have several problems to solve 162 00:15:12,440 --> 00:15:14,440 before I do 163 00:15:14,920 --> 00:15:19,160 Before I start to triangulate man, it's just it never ends. There's a ton of little things 164 00:15:20,360 --> 00:15:22,560 A host of little things to solve 165 00:15:23,040 --> 00:15:30,040 The funnel from the junkyard has to be measured and cut down to fit the pipe. Well, I tell you if you turn this thing on 166 00:15:30,840 --> 00:15:32,840 That would be a hell of a cleansing 167 00:15:35,040 --> 00:15:37,040 I can't know on my arm 168 00:15:42,280 --> 00:15:47,600 Finally the pump is ready for its maiden voyage. It's like a pageant for my baby 169 00:15:48,400 --> 00:15:51,400 Mounted on a forklift and weighing close to a thousand pounds 170 00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:57,400 The mythbusters rig is a recreation of the water pump on a firefighting helicopter 171 00:15:57,760 --> 00:16:04,840 It's made from a second-hand outboard motor and a cut-up chicken cannon. What are the odds this thing will actually work? 172 00:16:06,040 --> 00:16:14,000 I would say we have about a 25% chance of nothing whatsoever happening about a 50% chance of something bad happening and 173 00:16:14,040 --> 00:16:21,640 And then the other 50% chances that it's gonna work Jamie. That's a hundred and twenty five percent 174 00:16:23,640 --> 00:16:28,160 Just in case nothing does happen Adam is quite happy to pretend 175 00:16:30,880 --> 00:16:33,280 And the crowd is puzzled 176 00:16:37,400 --> 00:16:40,840 It's just a simple matter of turning the ignition key 177 00:16:40,840 --> 00:16:48,480 Maybe not that simple. What's going on push key in for full choke? 178 00:16:49,040 --> 00:16:51,360 He had one job to do on this whole thing 179 00:16:52,880 --> 00:16:57,320 They gave us the wrong key. I called them up and the key doesn't match. What are you supposed to do? 180 00:16:57,320 --> 00:17:03,640 While the right key is found Bill T members Carrie Byron and Scotty prepare buster for his 181 00:17:03,960 --> 00:17:09,540 Underwater date with destiny. I don't think get these on and we're gonna get him into a scuba suit 182 00:17:10,840 --> 00:17:13,720 This sure beats busters usual treatment 183 00:17:14,720 --> 00:17:16,720 Maybe we should grease him 184 00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:23,040 This dummy has never had it so good 185 00:17:29,520 --> 00:17:31,520 But buster fights back 186 00:17:32,520 --> 00:17:34,520 Oh 187 00:17:34,800 --> 00:17:36,200 Hey 188 00:17:36,200 --> 00:17:43,120 The sun is shining the right keys being found and the myth busters super pump is ready for a test run 189 00:17:43,400 --> 00:17:45,400 Jamie fires her up 190 00:17:51,880 --> 00:17:55,300 It works yeah, I think it actually works I think we'll actually get our 191 00:17:56,140 --> 00:18:00,620 3000 gals per minute the pump works, but it's still not finished 192 00:18:00,620 --> 00:18:05,220 What we have left to do is that we have to make a rig to hold the big hose for the output 193 00:18:05,220 --> 00:18:11,740 And that's gonna be a tough job actually then we have to mount the screen on the bottom to replicate the real thing 194 00:18:11,740 --> 00:18:16,380 it's a guard to keep things from like fish from getting sucked up into it and 195 00:18:17,980 --> 00:18:22,380 Finally we're gonna paint it red so that looks like firefighting equipment 196 00:18:22,380 --> 00:18:26,700 I can't believe how long this took to build considering this is totally not gonna work 197 00:18:26,700 --> 00:18:32,260 I wouldn't want to be next to this when it's running in the water anyway because we built it and it's you know 198 00:18:32,260 --> 00:18:37,580 Just as like is not to fly apart and you know send a propeller blade through my head or something like that 199 00:18:37,860 --> 00:18:44,820 And our resident folklorist can make plenty from death by propeller people like dumb way to die stories 200 00:18:45,140 --> 00:18:49,340 Particularly in some form of accident and this seems like a plausible kind of accident 201 00:18:49,420 --> 00:18:51,820 You could just get scooped up one day and there you go 202 00:18:52,060 --> 00:18:57,460 That's why there's that familiar injunction always wear clean underwear because you never know what's gonna happen 203 00:18:58,220 --> 00:19:03,740 Coming up Buster is in for a surprise that will definitely require a change of clothes 204 00:19:05,100 --> 00:19:10,500 And Earl the catty faces the firing squad you may commit firing 205 00:19:10,500 --> 00:19:21,860 Remember don't try this at home. We're what you call experts 206 00:19:28,060 --> 00:19:35,900 Adam and Jamie have been given a car that's a caddy all right my grandma had a car like that and now they're trying to destroy it 207 00:19:36,140 --> 00:19:48,580 Firing inserting potatoes didn't stall the engine time for something more hardcore a cracked engine block can cost you hundreds of dollars in repairs 208 00:19:49,140 --> 00:19:57,900 Engine additives are designed to improve your car's performance, but myth Buster's additives are a little different let's win or feed up happen to you 209 00:19:58,220 --> 00:20:05,020 So now it's time to move on to putting stuff in the gas tank 210 00:20:05,500 --> 00:20:08,060 Yeah, and we really want to see what's going on 211 00:20:08,060 --> 00:20:11,020 So, you know, I don't think it's gonna work to just do it in the car 212 00:20:11,020 --> 00:20:15,020 I think we either need to pull the engine out of the car or get another engine 213 00:20:15,180 --> 00:20:22,820 It'll help to have a see-through gas tank to because of the fire risk the gas tank must remain separate from the engine 214 00:20:23,260 --> 00:20:32,100 So Adam welds together a gas tank stand and in case one of the explosive myths turns out to be dangerously on target 215 00:20:32,700 --> 00:20:35,060 Blast screens are erected around the engine 216 00:20:35,820 --> 00:20:37,180 Scotty starts her up 217 00:20:38,220 --> 00:20:38,740 Cool 218 00:20:38,860 --> 00:20:39,860 Nicely done 219 00:20:40,500 --> 00:20:46,580 So the first myth is that drain clog remover poured into the gas tank will make the engine explode 220 00:20:46,980 --> 00:20:47,700 Shall we do it? 221 00:20:47,860 --> 00:20:48,380 Yeah 222 00:20:48,420 --> 00:20:50,580 The drain clog remover goes in 223 00:20:50,860 --> 00:20:53,980 Time passes and the engine's still purring 224 00:20:53,980 --> 00:20:57,380 It definitely has to have sucked it up by now and I don't notice a darn thing 225 00:20:58,060 --> 00:21:00,340 I mean the idle speed hasn't changed at all 226 00:21:00,700 --> 00:21:01,780 And then suddenly 227 00:21:03,260 --> 00:21:04,460 Nothing happened 228 00:21:04,860 --> 00:21:07,500 Maybe revving the engine will do the trick 229 00:21:07,500 --> 00:21:09,140 Come on Jamie, use that aim 230 00:21:14,380 --> 00:21:16,500 But the engine survives this myth 231 00:21:16,860 --> 00:21:18,500 It's running just fine 232 00:21:18,500 --> 00:21:19,620 Kill it, I said kill it 233 00:21:23,020 --> 00:21:24,620 So liquid drain cleaner 234 00:21:24,940 --> 00:21:26,980 Uh, fully, fully busted 235 00:21:29,660 --> 00:21:37,700 Before the next test can start the gas tank must be drained and every last trace of drain clog remover removed 236 00:21:39,020 --> 00:21:39,580 Thank you 237 00:21:39,940 --> 00:21:44,060 The tank is carefully resealed and filled with fresh gasoline 238 00:21:44,660 --> 00:21:46,300 Time for some myth busting 239 00:21:47,500 --> 00:21:48,460 Okay, Al 240 00:21:48,460 --> 00:21:50,300 He never learns, does he? 241 00:21:50,300 --> 00:21:51,820 Let's move on to bleach 242 00:21:51,820 --> 00:21:52,340 Cool 243 00:21:52,340 --> 00:21:53,740 Alright, contact 244 00:21:55,940 --> 00:21:58,100 Oh, it starts up hers like a kid 245 00:21:58,580 --> 00:21:59,860 Must be clean 246 00:21:59,860 --> 00:22:01,220 Nice work on that 247 00:22:01,860 --> 00:22:04,820 And in goes the myth busters brand bleach 248 00:22:05,460 --> 00:22:06,900 Jamie revs it up 249 00:22:07,580 --> 00:22:09,260 Adam hams it up 250 00:22:09,580 --> 00:22:10,860 And everything's fine 251 00:22:11,420 --> 00:22:12,100 Until 252 00:22:12,100 --> 00:22:13,020 You got the fan? 253 00:22:13,020 --> 00:22:13,900 There we go 254 00:22:14,700 --> 00:22:15,740 We got it cut out? 255 00:22:15,740 --> 00:22:16,340 Yeah 256 00:22:16,620 --> 00:22:18,940 Alright, so the bleach just stopped the car from running, did it? 257 00:22:18,940 --> 00:22:19,780 You mean it just cut out? 258 00:22:19,780 --> 00:22:20,300 Yeah 259 00:22:20,300 --> 00:22:21,460 I'd say it's plausible 260 00:22:23,980 --> 00:22:27,100 And the bleach has another trick up its white sleeve 261 00:22:27,460 --> 00:22:33,220 Next morning the boys discover the hard way that bleach is an oxidizing agent 262 00:22:33,220 --> 00:22:36,020 In other words, it makes steel rust 263 00:22:36,020 --> 00:22:41,300 Next time you start your engine you're gonna be sucking a whole lot of rust and particles from the tank 264 00:22:41,820 --> 00:22:45,780 As a result of all that corrosion down into the engine and then you're done 265 00:22:46,260 --> 00:22:47,700 On to the next test 266 00:22:47,700 --> 00:22:50,820 And Jamie doesn't sound too enthusiastic 267 00:22:50,820 --> 00:22:53,620 I'm getting ready to put sugar in the gas tank 268 00:22:53,940 --> 00:22:58,180 So wannabe director Adam tries to get some more emotion 269 00:22:58,180 --> 00:22:59,860 Alright, Jamie, here's your motivation 270 00:22:59,860 --> 00:23:01,140 It's the middle of the night 271 00:23:01,140 --> 00:23:03,540 You hate your neighbor because he's always throwing loud parties 272 00:23:03,540 --> 00:23:05,860 You're gonna go to his car, you're gonna pour sugar in it 273 00:23:06,500 --> 00:23:07,020 Go 274 00:23:07,780 --> 00:23:08,460 Action 275 00:23:10,660 --> 00:23:14,340 Method actor Jamie passionately pours sugar into the tank 276 00:23:14,340 --> 00:23:16,020 He'll stop throwing parties now 277 00:23:16,020 --> 00:23:17,140 Let's start the engine 278 00:23:17,140 --> 00:23:17,860 Alright 279 00:23:18,260 --> 00:23:18,820 Ready? 280 00:23:18,820 --> 00:23:19,380 Ready 281 00:23:24,020 --> 00:23:30,340 Adam uses his new throttle control before embarking on another method acting fantasy 282 00:23:30,340 --> 00:23:32,340 He's driving along 283 00:23:32,340 --> 00:23:34,340 He makes a left hand turn 284 00:23:35,220 --> 00:23:37,060 He comes to a stop 285 00:23:37,060 --> 00:23:38,580 It's like a time bomb 286 00:23:38,580 --> 00:23:41,140 Careful you don't make any sparks on the ground there, big boy 287 00:23:41,140 --> 00:23:41,620 Okay 288 00:23:42,580 --> 00:23:44,820 The engine just keeps on running 289 00:23:44,820 --> 00:23:46,980 So the boys leave it overnight 290 00:23:46,980 --> 00:23:49,940 Hoping the sugar will really mess things up 291 00:23:49,940 --> 00:23:55,220 It's time to see if our engine will actually start this morning with its sugar gas tank 292 00:24:00,740 --> 00:24:01,940 Well, what do you know? 293 00:24:01,940 --> 00:24:04,900 There's more sugar in that tank than gas 294 00:24:04,900 --> 00:24:06,020 But it works 295 00:24:06,020 --> 00:24:06,660 Go figure 296 00:24:07,540 --> 00:24:09,540 I'd say sugar in the gas tank 297 00:24:09,540 --> 00:24:11,540 I think totally busted 298 00:24:16,340 --> 00:24:17,860 Gas tank myths 299 00:24:17,860 --> 00:24:19,380 Drain clog remover 300 00:24:19,380 --> 00:24:20,180 Busted 301 00:24:20,180 --> 00:24:21,140 Bleach 302 00:24:21,140 --> 00:24:22,340 Plausible 303 00:24:22,340 --> 00:24:23,220 Sugar 304 00:24:23,220 --> 00:24:24,260 Busted 305 00:24:24,260 --> 00:24:24,900 What's next? 306 00:24:25,780 --> 00:24:32,580 Well, there's a myth going around that putting mothballs in your gasoline will be like putting high octane fuel in your engine 307 00:24:32,580 --> 00:24:33,140 Really? 308 00:24:33,140 --> 00:24:33,860 Does say 309 00:24:33,860 --> 00:24:35,460 Warning flammable 310 00:24:35,460 --> 00:24:39,460 Adam pours his gas and mothball highball into the tank 311 00:24:40,100 --> 00:24:41,060 Seems steady to me 312 00:24:42,820 --> 00:24:46,740 Gradually the mythbusters notice a change in the engine number 313 00:24:47,540 --> 00:24:48,740 It's starting to sputter 314 00:24:50,100 --> 00:24:51,620 Yeah, it doesn't seem like it likes it 315 00:24:52,660 --> 00:24:55,060 Just to be certain Adam revs the engine 316 00:24:55,620 --> 00:24:57,380 The transformation is amazing 317 00:24:58,020 --> 00:24:59,700 The engine sounds great 318 00:25:01,300 --> 00:25:03,700 Actually, that does sound kind of good, doesn't it? 319 00:25:03,700 --> 00:25:05,700 Sounds much better than before 320 00:25:11,540 --> 00:25:13,940 You know barring like a bunch of instrumentation 321 00:25:13,940 --> 00:25:15,940 I'd say on the face of it 322 00:25:15,940 --> 00:25:19,700 We might have very well made put a more high octane fuel in this engine 323 00:25:19,700 --> 00:25:25,940 So the mythbusters have shown that a few mothballs in the tank seems to increase the octane of your gas 324 00:25:26,180 --> 00:25:31,220 We're not recommending it because the mothballs may have some negative effect on your engine too 325 00:25:31,540 --> 00:25:35,300 But one thing's for certain you won't have any moths in your motor 326 00:25:40,580 --> 00:25:46,340 When Cadillac Ben gave Adam and Jamie his car the mythbusters made a solemn promise 327 00:25:46,820 --> 00:25:51,460 He was awesome on tv and you figured I'll take it to them. They'll blow it up. I was hoping 328 00:25:53,140 --> 00:25:55,140 We will do our best 329 00:25:55,780 --> 00:26:01,540 And the place to try it is the strictly controlled environment of the Chabot marksmanship range 330 00:26:02,100 --> 00:26:04,820 Under the watchful eye of some local firefighters 331 00:26:06,340 --> 00:26:09,220 So Adam, what are we doing out here with all these guns in this car? 332 00:26:09,700 --> 00:26:13,780 Well, the mythbusters caddy is actually going to help us put a very famous myth to rest 333 00:26:13,860 --> 00:26:20,420 One that is constantly perpetuated by Hollywood, which is if you shoot a car in its gas tank, will it actually explode? 334 00:26:20,420 --> 00:26:29,300 In countless Hollywood movies a well-placed slug will cause the spectacular 335 00:26:29,860 --> 00:26:34,100 Detonation of an auto will Earl be the next one to explode? 336 00:26:34,580 --> 00:26:42,180 The mythbusters know all firearms are dangerous and should only be used responsibly and in a safe environment 337 00:26:42,580 --> 00:26:50,020 So do not try this at home to test this myth. Jamie will have to shoot the Cadillac's gas tank 338 00:26:50,420 --> 00:26:52,420 against fire 339 00:26:58,340 --> 00:27:04,340 There's gas in the tank and the bullets are definitely hitting it, but there's no explosion 340 00:27:05,060 --> 00:27:11,140 The waiting firefighters look almost disappointed. Look at that one two three four five all right in the room 341 00:27:12,340 --> 00:27:17,220 Yep, you punctured that gas tank quite neatly and I'll bet you went right through the other side 342 00:27:18,020 --> 00:27:22,820 Jamie's shots went clear through the tank now. There's one that's right out the bottom there 343 00:27:25,060 --> 00:27:28,340 So while shooting a car's gas tank actually set it on fire 344 00:27:29,140 --> 00:27:34,340 Actually, not like in the movies. It won't explode. You did a really nice cluster there right through the gas tank 345 00:27:34,740 --> 00:27:39,700 No problem at all went in came out the other side nothing no explosion. There you go 346 00:27:39,860 --> 00:27:48,900 Take the safeties off time to put car shooting myth number two to the test 347 00:27:49,940 --> 00:27:51,940 You make for myth firing 348 00:27:55,220 --> 00:28:02,740 And the reason for this target practice the hollywood myth that hiding behind a car door will stop you from getting shot 349 00:28:03,700 --> 00:28:09,780 The myth is thoroughly tested when 50 rounds are fired into the driver's door 350 00:28:14,340 --> 00:28:16,580 I suspect that we went all the way through the car jimmy 351 00:28:18,580 --> 00:28:20,580 What makes you think that adam 352 00:28:21,460 --> 00:28:28,100 Earl's door resembles swiss cheese and it'll take some major detailing to fix his interior 353 00:28:28,100 --> 00:28:33,700 You know jimmy I think we can safely say that unlike the movies being behind a car door if you're in a gunfight 354 00:28:33,700 --> 00:28:38,500 It's not a safe place to be every bullet that came through here came out here. It's pretty obvious 355 00:28:38,500 --> 00:28:43,380 This is not where you'd want to be. I think the best advice is just don't get in a gunfight. I'd agree 356 00:28:46,500 --> 00:28:50,420 Coming up on myth busters what's got adam so excited 357 00:28:52,340 --> 00:28:57,700 And what really happens when you crack an egg into your radiator that's far out 358 00:28:58,980 --> 00:29:00,980 I 359 00:29:09,220 --> 00:29:13,860 Because it has a pump the air crane helitanker may be able to suck up an 360 00:29:14,660 --> 00:29:19,300 unsuspecting scuba diver and drop him into a forest fire as per the myth 361 00:29:19,940 --> 00:29:24,100 Adam and jimmy have built a pump and are about to test it out on buster 362 00:29:24,180 --> 00:29:30,420 We're at one of our regular testing facilities in senile high school out in alameda has allowed us to use their pool before 363 00:29:30,820 --> 00:29:34,820 Uh, and we've dunked some things in it and done some tests and we're about to do another one 364 00:29:34,820 --> 00:29:39,380 We're about to pump 3 000 gallons a minute out of this pool. Come on forward. Go ahead lower it down 365 00:29:40,260 --> 00:29:42,260 Ah now we get to walk like an egyptian 366 00:29:43,060 --> 00:29:48,820 In order not to damage the concrete pool decks a plywood track is laid for the forklift 367 00:29:50,020 --> 00:29:52,020 It's a back breaking job 368 00:29:52,740 --> 00:29:54,740 Boring 369 00:29:55,460 --> 00:30:00,260 Next to be unloaded is the tank for testing the pump's capacity drag away 370 00:30:01,220 --> 00:30:03,860 And it's the same deal with the plywood again 371 00:30:04,580 --> 00:30:07,700 Meanwhile the star of the show waits patiently 372 00:30:08,340 --> 00:30:12,340 Outboard motor expert jay is drafted onto the myth busters team 373 00:30:13,140 --> 00:30:18,740 Finally it's time for a full-scale test run. The pump is lowered into position 374 00:30:22,020 --> 00:30:35,700 The rig works and adam's thrilled but the sun is setting and it looks like the scuba diver test will have to wait 375 00:30:38,980 --> 00:30:44,420 Meanwhile there's more motoring myths to bust so the myth is that if you have a bone drive radiator 376 00:30:44,420 --> 00:30:47,540 You can start your car safely by putting cola in your cooling system 377 00:30:48,420 --> 00:30:55,380 From the first time primitive men went out for a sunday drive our biggest automotive fear has been 378 00:30:56,020 --> 00:30:58,020 the breakdown 379 00:31:01,140 --> 00:31:05,140 Well, what do we do now call the myth busters, of course 380 00:31:12,420 --> 00:31:15,380 Any radiator, what's your prediction and I think it'll be fine 381 00:31:15,380 --> 00:31:20,180 It'll probably foam up a bit and it probably isn't very good on it because the sugar is going to caramelize from the heat 382 00:31:20,500 --> 00:31:25,140 Yeah, but it's not going to stop the engine real quick. It's going to work. You know, it'll work as a cooling 383 00:31:25,940 --> 00:31:27,940 First we drain the radiator 384 00:31:30,180 --> 00:31:33,060 It's bone dry you got some cola for me 385 00:31:33,780 --> 00:31:35,780 Oh, yeah 386 00:31:35,780 --> 00:31:41,220 I make sure this is real cola adam will make any sacrifice to bust them in I always drink myth busters cola 387 00:31:41,380 --> 00:31:43,380 Watch out for radiator reflux 388 00:31:46,340 --> 00:31:53,780 I'm now standing in a melange of cooling fluid gasoline and cola and we're only just getting started 389 00:31:55,140 --> 00:31:59,540 Time for the cola additive test. All right, ready to go. Let's start it up 390 00:31:59,540 --> 00:32:13,140 We'll let it run for a while so far the engine seems to be enjoying its cola refreshment 391 00:32:13,460 --> 00:32:16,660 But adam has obviously sampled too much 392 00:32:20,580 --> 00:32:24,660 Those cola bubbles are really building up maybe it's time to quit 393 00:32:30,500 --> 00:32:36,260 The hell was that a little back pressure so cola in the radiator, what's your verdict? 394 00:32:36,580 --> 00:32:40,900 Well, wouldn't want to do it for long, but this one's plausible. Yeah, I'd say it's plausible 395 00:32:44,580 --> 00:32:50,020 But what do you do if there's a hole in your radiator and you don't have a product to fix it 396 00:32:50,420 --> 00:32:55,420 We want to find out if you're on the road and your radiators got a leak and you got no other options 397 00:32:55,420 --> 00:32:58,580 If you crack an egg into the radiator will it plug that hole? 398 00:32:59,780 --> 00:33:01,540 Plug away 399 00:33:01,540 --> 00:33:03,140 Oh 400 00:33:03,140 --> 00:33:08,500 Hey, we got jamie. We got a leak there. Is that too big of a leak? No, I'd say that's a standard leak 401 00:33:10,820 --> 00:33:15,780 Adam wears a protective mask those eggs are real. I have never put an egg 402 00:33:16,660 --> 00:33:21,380 Into a radiator before in fact this whole method things that like seem like really silly ideas 403 00:33:22,420 --> 00:33:24,420 All right 404 00:33:30,260 --> 00:33:34,500 Gotta give it a little time. Yeah, we'll give it some time and see what it does. I mean I can see it's still leaking 405 00:33:35,380 --> 00:33:38,900 And then something extraordinary happened 406 00:33:41,060 --> 00:33:43,860 It stopped I mean it looks like it stopped right away 407 00:33:44,500 --> 00:33:47,060 Could it be that this actually works quite well? 408 00:33:47,940 --> 00:33:49,940 Better than the commercial product 409 00:33:50,100 --> 00:33:55,560 That's far out. I swear. I wouldn't want to do it as a permanent solution, but egg in the radiator 410 00:33:55,560 --> 00:33:57,560 I 411 00:33:59,160 --> 00:34:01,160 Coming up the 412 00:34:01,160 --> 00:34:06,840 225 horsepower outboard motor powered pump has buster in its sights will it grab him? 413 00:34:08,840 --> 00:34:14,760 And will the myth busters finally get to destroy that engine it's singing its death song 414 00:34:25,560 --> 00:34:35,720 Amongst engines eat gas water and oil the myth busters test engine has a diet of drain clogged remover 415 00:34:36,120 --> 00:34:41,320 Bleach mothballs sugar cola and eggs and it's still running 416 00:34:41,720 --> 00:34:48,440 Our next motor myth states if a piece of metal is tiny as a penny is dropped into an engine's carburetor 417 00:34:48,920 --> 00:34:51,720 It will fall deep inside the engine and destroy 418 00:34:52,280 --> 00:34:55,960 Penny in the carburetor only because you asked for it. Here we go 419 00:34:59,640 --> 00:35:02,920 Oh, yeah, he's tossing the penny into the carb 420 00:35:05,640 --> 00:35:10,840 All right, I'm gonna rev it a little bit the increased revs should move the penny even deeper 421 00:35:13,080 --> 00:35:19,800 Will the engine slow down or blow up? Um, nothing happened. Well, I'm gonna go in there and look 422 00:35:20,040 --> 00:35:23,560 Yeah, why don't you go in there and look take a look take a look take a look for that penny 423 00:35:23,960 --> 00:35:28,440 It's just the pennies just sitting there. You're gonna shove it in further, honey. Down she goes 424 00:35:29,240 --> 00:35:31,400 Okay, we're good to go. All right. Here we go 425 00:35:40,040 --> 00:35:44,920 That penny is taking a pounding but the engine's still running. It's definitely not 426 00:35:45,800 --> 00:35:51,080 Ruining the engine but I do swear that I hear it like knocking around in there and that can't be great 427 00:35:51,880 --> 00:35:55,320 Given that tossing the penny into the carburetor is supposed to ruin your engine 428 00:35:55,800 --> 00:35:58,440 Our engine's still running fine to call that busted. Yeah 429 00:36:05,160 --> 00:36:09,080 Well, we did a lot to this engine but I think we might have saved the worst for last 430 00:36:09,560 --> 00:36:13,080 You know bleach in the engine oil is supposed to ruin the lubrication 431 00:36:13,560 --> 00:36:17,880 It'll you know make the thing heat up really quickly and seize up as is the myth 432 00:36:20,760 --> 00:36:23,960 Putting bleach in the gas tank was meant to stop the engine 433 00:36:24,440 --> 00:36:29,640 But putting bleach in the oil is meant to destroy it. Feel like that's enough. That's nasty 434 00:36:30,360 --> 00:36:32,360 That can't be good for that engine 435 00:36:40,040 --> 00:36:41,560 Come on 436 00:36:41,560 --> 00:36:44,920 That's gotta be some nasty stuff coming out of that tube right now 437 00:36:45,560 --> 00:36:47,560 Things are starting to heat up 438 00:36:48,840 --> 00:36:54,920 Like a pair of evil geniuses adam and janey gloat over the engine's demise. It doesn't sound good 439 00:36:55,400 --> 00:37:02,280 I mean it's smoking all over the place. This engine's overheating. The steam is just shooting out of the radiator. It's singing its depths on 440 00:37:03,720 --> 00:37:08,680 As usual the prospect of imminent destruction gets adam totally wired 441 00:37:09,240 --> 00:37:15,880 A couple more miles man. We gotta get home. This is the last revolution this engine will ever make 442 00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:31,000 Well, well the engine got so hot that it started to set fire to the wooden car it's sitting on 443 00:37:31,640 --> 00:37:36,520 It's still probably pumping oil around but it's probably pretty well screwed. It may well, you know 444 00:37:37,240 --> 00:37:42,840 Be seizing itself in place right now from overheat. I think that was really hard on the engine 445 00:37:44,200 --> 00:37:46,120 You think 446 00:37:46,120 --> 00:37:51,880 Looks like they finally killed it and to prove just how hot an engine can get with bleach in its oil 447 00:37:53,080 --> 00:37:56,120 You can fry an egg on the exhaust of this thing 448 00:37:57,160 --> 00:38:02,680 Well, jaymean, we've got an engine here with bleach in its engine oil and there's a penny in the carburetor 449 00:38:02,920 --> 00:38:07,400 We got an egg in the radiator and we put sugar in the gas last night. Yeah 450 00:38:08,280 --> 00:38:12,200 We've got to love the american small block. It's a fitting end to car capers 451 00:38:17,560 --> 00:38:22,280 But will there be a fitting in for buster when he plays the mythical scuba diver 452 00:38:22,680 --> 00:38:25,080 Scooped up and dumped into a forest fire 453 00:38:25,640 --> 00:38:27,480 Adam will be right there with him 454 00:38:27,480 --> 00:38:29,480 But first he needs a wetsuit 455 00:38:29,480 --> 00:38:33,320 If you ever heard of anything that might lead you to believe this myth is possible 456 00:38:33,720 --> 00:38:36,920 First time I heard it. I didn't believe it and I heard it subsequently 457 00:38:37,480 --> 00:38:42,120 Happening in other places like in canada or in the in the midwest and I never believed it 458 00:38:43,080 --> 00:38:48,200 Believe it or not the mythbusters are putting this underwater myth to the test 459 00:38:49,560 --> 00:38:55,560 The ericsson air crane helitanker can suck up 2 000 gallons of water in 45 seconds 460 00:38:56,280 --> 00:39:03,000 The mythbusters homemade outboard motor pump must be able to replicate those figures by filling this 461 00:39:03,720 --> 00:39:06,200 2 000 gallon tank in 45 seconds 462 00:39:06,760 --> 00:39:13,240 Based on what we've seen so far. It's pretty promising that we'll fill the tank in the required time in 45 seconds or less 463 00:39:14,040 --> 00:39:20,120 The water must get from the pump to the tank via a very heavy 10 inch diameter hose 464 00:39:20,120 --> 00:39:23,640 What about irrigation pipe? Didn't we talk about irrigation pipe? Like it's really light. I could lift a length this long 465 00:39:23,720 --> 00:39:27,640 How are you gonna hold it on there? I would consider that solving the problem of holding it on there 466 00:39:28,040 --> 00:39:30,040 vastly simpler than lifting a 500 pound 467 00:39:30,840 --> 00:39:32,360 sweaty donkey 468 00:39:32,360 --> 00:39:34,360 Tensions are gonna run high 469 00:39:34,360 --> 00:39:40,120 Claws are gonna come out steam is gonna come out of ears worldwide wrestling of nerds 470 00:39:40,760 --> 00:39:42,760 Oh, it's great. Look at that 471 00:39:43,240 --> 00:39:50,680 Adam and you should probably not stand underneath that right now. I'm not sure why but our first task is to hook up the pump to the big hose 472 00:39:50,840 --> 00:39:53,320 And try to fill the tank and see how fast it goes 473 00:39:53,960 --> 00:39:59,960 If we get it going really quickly and it fills up according to the specs on the real device on the real firefighting device 474 00:40:00,040 --> 00:40:01,400 Then we know that we're 475 00:40:01,400 --> 00:40:07,400 Going to have a valid test here even if we're in the ballpark and and for all we know it may actually outperform the real one 476 00:40:08,440 --> 00:40:14,840 As adam hangs off the end of the forklift boom build team member tarry makes a shocking discovery 477 00:40:15,080 --> 00:40:19,960 Warning do not lift personnel. Do not use boom or attachment for lifting personnel 478 00:40:20,520 --> 00:40:24,200 Lifting personnel may result in death or serious injury 479 00:40:25,400 --> 00:40:27,400 It's the myth buster way 480 00:40:27,880 --> 00:40:31,800 Adam ties the pipe to the tank, but how's he going to get down from there? 481 00:40:35,560 --> 00:40:41,000 Time to find out if the myth busters pump will measure up to the helicopter original 482 00:40:44,680 --> 00:40:49,480 They need to fill this 2000 gallon tank in under 45 seconds 483 00:40:49,960 --> 00:40:55,480 But the effort of pushing the water up the extra 15 feet is too much for the outboard 484 00:41:00,200 --> 00:41:02,200 What happened she died 485 00:41:02,760 --> 00:41:08,200 So where were we that was 18 seconds it got halfway there. That's way ahead of 3000 gallons per minute 486 00:41:08,600 --> 00:41:15,640 We totally beat 3000 gallons a minute. I was going to do it in like 30 seconds a quick test to check that the outboard is okay 487 00:41:16,440 --> 00:41:20,200 All right, yeah, I think that's good. Oh 488 00:41:21,960 --> 00:41:28,040 God this is good feeling. Yeah, that's why the tank and hose are removed and buster steps up to the plate 489 00:41:29,480 --> 00:41:33,320 We know our pump is at least as strong as the ericsson air crane 490 00:41:33,880 --> 00:41:40,440 But can either of them suck a scuba diver out of the water and hold him long enough to get to a forest fire 491 00:41:41,080 --> 00:41:43,080 Let's find out 492 00:41:46,440 --> 00:41:48,440 Oh 493 00:41:50,920 --> 00:41:55,960 Adam pushes buster toward the intake funnel, but there seems to be no suction 494 00:42:04,440 --> 00:42:08,440 I got him right up under that thing under its full pressure he like 495 00:42:09,240 --> 00:42:10,760 I 496 00:42:10,760 --> 00:42:15,640 Laisley delayed a little bit and then sunk right back down. There was just not enough suction to hold him 497 00:42:15,640 --> 00:42:17,640 I mean his tank was in the way everything was in the way 498 00:42:18,040 --> 00:42:20,120 That was a lot of water coming out the other end though 499 00:42:20,200 --> 00:42:23,800 And I have to tell you if you were a diver and you heard that sound 500 00:42:24,360 --> 00:42:25,560 You go the other direction 501 00:42:25,560 --> 00:42:28,440 I think you'd go in the other direction because I can hear it very clearly under there 502 00:42:28,520 --> 00:42:30,520 And it sounds like a bad thing 503 00:42:30,520 --> 00:42:35,240 But the mythbusters are determined to see buster firmly attached to that pump 504 00:42:35,800 --> 00:42:40,840 The funnel and guard are removed from the pipe and buster is stripped of his tank 505 00:42:41,080 --> 00:42:43,080 So pulling off the cowling 506 00:42:43,080 --> 00:42:46,840 And we're gonna try him right on the end of the pipe. That's the worst case scenario 507 00:42:47,000 --> 00:42:51,320 They don't run those machines like that, but that's what we're gonna try and see if there's enough suction at all 508 00:42:52,040 --> 00:42:55,880 Is buster about to make the ultimate mythbusters sacrifice? 509 00:43:05,560 --> 00:43:16,680 It's got him buster is held fast maybe the myth is no myth 510 00:43:19,080 --> 00:43:24,120 But as soon as he breaks the surface the pump sucks air and revs dangerously 511 00:43:27,160 --> 00:43:31,400 It pulled him up out of the water a little bit a little bit short of a forest fire 512 00:43:35,720 --> 00:43:37,720 That's gotta suck 513 00:43:37,800 --> 00:43:39,800 I'm glad I didn't try it 514 00:43:41,240 --> 00:43:43,240 There's pieces of his wetsuit all over the pool 515 00:43:43,720 --> 00:43:45,720 Lots of hell of a hickeys got going there 516 00:43:45,800 --> 00:43:49,000 I have to say the the amount of suction under the pool was actually pretty impressive 517 00:43:49,240 --> 00:43:53,480 I'm looking up in the mouth of this just like satanic swirling thing of death 518 00:43:53,800 --> 00:43:59,400 And I just kind of got him near it and he went like this. I mean it was just like a you know magnet. It was incredible 519 00:43:59,640 --> 00:44:02,280 There's no way that suction's gonna carry him above the water 520 00:44:02,280 --> 00:44:03,880 It's gonna suck on to him under the water 521 00:44:03,880 --> 00:44:09,240 But once it leaves that pump needs to be primed the whole time with water and it'll cavitate it and he'll just drop off 522 00:44:09,800 --> 00:44:13,640 Yeah, absolutely. Well, I think this ends the debate once and for all this one's busted 523 00:44:26,120 --> 00:44:29,400 Coming up next three divers attempt the unthinkable 524 00:44:29,400 --> 00:44:37,320 To swim in open water alongside the world's largest and most feared predator on the world premiere of great white shark uncaged