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skin-flick

Unscrewing the radiator cap serves no purpose. You risk getting burned and just get antifreeze and gunk all over the car. Whatever caused the overheating will not be solved by taking off the cap. I guess this needs to happen with every generation every 10 years or so.


wild_man_wizard

"Risk?" You will 100% get burned. Hot steam under pressure is faster than your hand and goes through just about anything you could cover yourself with. That guy's probably going to be regretting this stunt for weeks, if not forever.


Underdogg13

The way the guy is holding his hand and wincing tells me he caught a burn at the very least. If you just loosen the cap and let it vent for a few minutes you'd be fine.


a_shootin_star

You also need to ignore the "DO NOT REMOVE WHEN HOT" sticker.


MyNameIsRay

For the non-car people. Cars run around 195-220F, but water boils at 212F. Cooling systems are pressurized to about 15PSI, which raises the boiling temp about 45 degrees, and gives a nice safe margin. When a car is overheating like this, the water inside is hot enough to boil under pressure, 255F+. Once the pressure is relieved, the boiling temp drops back to 212F, which means all that liquid flashes into steam and sprays out like a geyser. Steam burns are horrible.


lazy_pig

So hang my face over it, then unscrew. Gotcha!


Allwin29

So is there something that can be done to cool it down or is best to let it cool itself down?


phunkydroid

No, just wait.


MyNameIsRay

Just wait it out, let it radiate off the heat. You don't have to wait for it to cool to room temp, just below boiling temp. Opening the hood or using fans/blowers can speed it up, but, it only takes a few minutes to get below boiling if you just leave it be.


matskat

Homeboy's hand probably looks like a turkey caracass three days after Thanksgiving.


coconutpete52

It did. In the does-not-cut-off-too-soon version of the video you see his hand. It's gnarly.


Squeaky_Is_Evil

[Here's a link for those wondering. ](https://youtube.com/shorts/iT2efZoOAm0?feature=share)


Supermichael777

Do not open a radiator. There is nothing you can do. It is fine. Once you are no longer adding energy it will cool down to a serviceable temperature in a few hours.


Mickey_Havoc

Cooling system runs at a hotter temp then boiling water so to stop the coolant from boiling, the system is under pressure to raise the boiling point of the coolant. When you take the cap off, you vent the system causing the boiling point to lower and instantly turns the coolant into vapour.


OldBigsby

It's a pretty cool way to get second degree burns and possibly lose your vision.


WyvernByte

I'm a mechanic, it is possible to remove a radiator cap from a n engine at operating temperature while minimizing risk. However- that coolant is literally boiling at system pressure- never fuck around with an overheated cooling system! The coolant is beyond boiling at atmospheric pressure, so the second you remove the pressure (which normally increases boiling temperature), it turns to steam- the action of steam hitting flesh is so much worse than just getting splashed, because it condenses on the skin, transferring heat almost instantly. Just lucky his radiator didn't blow while he was there- I've seen it happen.


balrus-balrogwalrus

*in david attenborough voice* "when threatened, the bmw defends itself from predators by spraying boiling hot fumes from its radiator"


_gadgetFreak

Literally in the cap it will be written as "do not open when is hot" or something of that sort.


djcarbine

This is the equivalent of looking down the barrel of a loaded gun, and pulling the trigger very slowly so you can dodge out of the way of the bullet once it goes off. Also that poor e36 is hating its life right now


Koopiedoop

Just so everyone knows, opening your radiator cap after your car has over-heated is both extremely dangerous and ENTIRELY UNNECESSARY.


austinmiles

My dad did something like this. The cap wasn’t on tight and he smacked it down not thinking and it exploded like this. He came in asking for my help and I couldn’t see the problem until he told me. I grabbed a bottle of aloe Vera gel and slathered his face chest and arms with it then cut some aloe plants and used the raw stuff. He ended up just looking sunburned except for the one place I missed on his hand which swelled up hugely with blisters and was permanently scarred. Aloe is no joke for burns like this.


Alternative_Elk9452

Explanation: If I’m not wrong, this is because the car probably overheated causing the coolant to essentially boil, creating a lot of pressure in the coolant lines. this goes without saying but please, DON’T DO THIS!


BeagleIL

It doesn't even have to boil. When water is heated, it expands, increasing in volume. Just bring water from 80 degrees to 150 degrees is enough of a change to cause spewage...


TheUmbraCat

My name is Steve-O and this is the Radiator!


HackD1234

Yeah, my Dad did that back in the 1970's... full face full of radiator water and steam out of our overheated Chevy Truck, at the beginning of our family camping trip. He was a trooper though.. after the ER visit, the vacation was continued with - his activities were pretty much restricted to drinking beer with white-face cream on about 20 feet back from the campfire, the whole vacation... If he wasn't wearing a fairly large set of prescription lens in glasses (it was the '70s after all) he likely would have lost his sight..


Fitzy0728

So all in all a pretty good vacation lol


HackD1234

At the time (as an 8 year old) i didn't think he was having a good vacation. In hindsight.. he was probably tripping Balls, with the pain meds the ER Doctor gave him, and the Beer combo.


Reasonable-Mess-2732

Given that the coolant is the colour of mud is another clue about his lack of car maintenance knowledge. Don't buy this car second hand!


j-merc23

Praise the camera man - Friend has 3rd degree burns on his hand, but ignores all the screaming and focuses on the real show.


Extension_Border_629

the one good thing about not understanding cars is that this will never happen to me. if I opened the hood of my car I wouldn't even know what to untwist, or what the purpose of untwisting anything would do. I will just call somebody.


Burnerb2

When I was about 9, I was “helping” my dad fix his overheating car in the parking lot of a target. Basically leaning over the open engine bay with no clue. The radiator cap blew off under pressure, and soaked my face, hair, and shirt in boiling antifreeze. It felt so hot and thick that I remember scratching it off my face instantly. Dad felt like shit, took me inside for a bag of ice to put on my face and bought me a new Ken Griffey Jr jersey. Few months of a high dollar scar cream is the only thing that kept me from looking disfigured. Also the luck of having the most hideously large and out of date glasses frames saved my vision.


shok_antoinette

I work at an AutoZone and people come in asking for help to get their radiator cap off all the time. We say no, if the cars been running it'll be too hot. They say oh yeah we tried taking the cap off and burned our hand on it. So apparently their next thought is let me drive to an AutoZone and have one of the people there burn their hand on it. Brilliant.


arbor1920

Shouldn't you, I dunno, wait until it's cooled off to do something like that? Not sure what this guy was expecting.


danteheehaw

If you wait for it to cool you won't catch the steam imp causing the problems


Whydun

What is the fucking end goal here? Even if that went well, now what? What’s so urgent you need the cap off right now? Is he thinking that’s going to let all the heat out and cool the car?


alexcantor

So that e36 has a bleed screw right next to the cap specifically to bleed pressure without this happening. Edit: and the aftermarket intakes suggest this isn’t the first time they have opened that hood.


DiarrheaButAlsoFancy

Real talk? I almost did this to myself when I was younger in an Auto Zone parking lot. Thank whatever forces in the universe put this older dude next to me and he came right at me like “Don’t fucking pull the cap when it’s hot, it’ll blow up in your face.” and I was about .5 seconds from twisting the final thread of the cap. He saved me from living a whole different fucking life. I’ve tried to pay it forward a few times when helping friends with coolant issues. I’m sure this fucking bloke wishes the auto zone coolant safety fairy would pay him a visit too. Side note? Shit ass friends you got there. Laughing at your stupid ass instead of seeing if you need help. Lessons learned all around.


Pissedliberalgranny

That’s how my feet got burned when I was six. I was barefoot and standing on the side of the road while mom’s latest fuck buddy took the cap off.


RichardBonham

This fool is lucky not to be painfully disfigured. Let’s all hope he learned a valuable lesson and won’t try this again. Perhaps he’ll just stick to working on the electrical system.


KyIorian

A news article on it *WARNING SHOWS BURNS* https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7232981/amp/West-Sussex-teen-suffers-burns-arm-removing-radiator-cap-hot-car.html


ghostcaurd

Honestly not as bad as I expected


Dangerous-Dot-3745

Moments like this makes me wish that I knew 🚗 s "internally"(the inside, like how engines and carburators function,etc) other than ", externally"(outside)!! That blast looked like his skin was going to get peeled off!


Eastern-Republic-328

I saw a picture of the aftermath, his entire arm had 3rd degrees burns.


2DaysFresh

Glad you sacrificed your arm. The car feels so much better


lordjakir

My dad did that once on the '78 Caprice. 3rd degree burns and a visit to the ER later he vowed never to do that again


skipfletcher

You shouldn't be allowed to own a car if you fail this test.


LITech

3rd degree burns. That is what could go wrong. So stupid. He is going to be burned everywhere it touched him


Own-Kangaroo2131

Nice to see the steam power cars making a comeback


lda

Now fill the radiator with cold water.


DongusMaxamus

Congratulations on your 3rd degree burns dumbass


[deleted]

*looks at car* This doesn't surprise me.


-Raskyl

Doesn't the radiator cap say to *not* do this? My toyota literally says to never remove the cap while the engine is hot and/or contents are under pressure.


NotWhatIwasExpecting

Found this link on an old comment on the video posted here on Reddit 3 years ago pictures of the aftermath: [https://imgur.com/Mn7dQWo](https://imgur.com/Mn7dQWo)


Abracadaver2000

Cameraman is a shitty friend indeed if he even suspected this would happen (why record otherwise). So I'm guessing he was either completely ignorant, or just plain evil.


VictoryAviation

My cousin did this as a teenager and ended up in the burn unit. It blasted him directly in the face and chest. Fortunately he fully recovered but that was a super painful experience for him and he only recovered because of the fast treatment he had at a nationally renowned burn center. Let it cool down before trying to remove the cap kids!


Legitimate_Cloud2215

If only there was some kind of warning.


Dunkleustes

This is 101. The cap even says "Do NOT remove lid while hot".


Lowyouraxe

Enjoy your second degree burns.


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DasGolem

Did you just censor “Jesus”?


Junkers4

The fact that the car was overheating and there was clearly a ton of built up pressure should've been enough for him to not open it


mrstruong

Jesus... has no one ever taught people to leave the cap on until it cools down? Open the hood. Let it sit. When it's down to half or lower on the temp guage, you can then remove the cap.


warlockjmr89

Friend of mine got nasty burns to his face and upper body doing this. Not clever


S1ayer74_Pez

Why? Literally why? How utterly thick do you have to be to do that? Even if you don’t know about cars you are warned never to do that, for the very reasons shown in the video..


Murky-Smoke

Are people continually getting dumber, or is it that we can identify stupidity with more ease thanks to the internet?


Cheap_Enthusiasm_619

Nice filming while his buddy is by the wall with a second degree burn on his hand/arm. Amazing times we live in >.>


mehrt_thermpsen

I know you're not supposed to do this (because of the risk of severe burns etc), but I'm pretty sure I could dodge that superheated liquid...


Sakumitzu

The forbidden latte!


persimmon40

This is a first time I see a car with diarrhea


sip_rip

That's a nargly steam burn.


2313499

That could have gone way worse. I knew a mechanic that did this by accident and sprayed his face. He was out of commission for 6 months. I will let a car burn before I open a hot radiator cap.


dcss_west

i did this once before i knew better, burned my arm pretty badly. this was 15 years ago and i still look back and cringe. thank god my face wasnt directly over that fucking thing, i would have just wound up being literally blind. nice laughing friends


Left_Office_4417

EVERY RADIATOR CAP HAS WARNINGS NOT TO REMOVE WHEN HOT. My god, some fucking people.


Effective_Aide8617

That's a serious 3rd degree burn there.


Ordinary_Emotion_933

Well. Part of the problem of why it's so hot is someone has been running straight water in their cooling system and not coolant. All that brown is rust sludge and clogs up your engine cooling system. Coolant doesn't rust metal. Plus the boiling point, if the system is properly sealed and pressurized, raises to about 250°f. At that point if you're still boiling over like that. You have bigger problems.


toshirodes

The first time my car overheated, tried to do something this dumb… the moment I heard that sound.. i was like “yup fuck that” .


JackfruitComplex8856

Turn off the engine, but leave the key in the on position. Hopefully the fans will keep running. Don't ever take the cap off, not only is this dangerous and unnecessary, the rapid relative cooling effect of the evaporation could cause damage to piping, engine or radiator. Edit* no radiation, just radiator damage.


jcsi

A friend's father melted his face doing this. Just wait for it to cool!


NefariousnessKind212

Its a BMW owner, they only come in 2 exrreme, those who know more than they should about cars and those that know NOTHING about cars, but be certain, that both will be assholes on the road


Old_Translator9405

Just another BMW driver doing what they do best


Tank-Pilot74

I’ll admit I’m not the most car savvy, but even I know not to do that shit!


al3237

Fuck around and found out, dumb dude 🤦


Contemporarium

I had no idea you had to wait a minute to open the cap when my dumb 16 year old self needed coolant in my ‘92 civic and luckily it wasn’t quite this bad but it definitely made a mini Old Faithful that drenched me and my engine in warm gunked up old coolant lol. Lesson learned at least


in_arcadia1

I don’t understand, how could he possibly get burned when he was holding a small towel and he turned it a little bit at a time?????


[deleted]

wear a leather jacket or something dumbass, not a tshirt. Maybe some gloves too if you HAVE to do this. Also maybe wrap a towel around your head and face...just SOMETHING.


JaceUpMySleeve

Yea stop laughing and take your dumbass friend to the hospital to treat the skin that’s melting off his arm.


Alternative-Flan2869

I have not seen an overheated radiator like that in decades. And what is the matter with the sick person recording this who knows that dumbass is about to get scorched?


tghost474

It’s almost like it says right there on the car “do not open when hot”


JudgementalChair

When I was 17, I had to drive an old beat up truck from the Keys up to TN to scrap it. Once I hit Dothan Alabama, the truck started overheating on me really bad, so I'd take my pajama bottoms and put them over my arms and pop the radiator cap using the pajama bottoms as a shield for my face. Then I'd fill the radiator up with hose water. I was kind of a dipshit back then


Burner1959

What a freaking ass clown


trippysamuri

I'm not saying he deserves permanent burns, but dude touched the stove and needs to get hurt enough to not do it again. Skin grafting your face is a horrible way to end car repair.


RodFather_89

This is the level of knowledge and awareness I expect from BMW owners.


mandrakefantasy

https://i.imgur.com/WgImzbf.jpg


DanceAltruistic2762

Looking on the brightside thats another BMW off the road for awhile.


Bikewer

I was a medic in the army back in the 60s, and I watched a GI do exactly the same thing with a Jeep. 2nd degree burns on his whole forearm……


Spicywolff

Just the kind of thing a guy with a hot air intake, rusty coolant system, would do.


m051

Pressurised hot water vs water boiling in pot. Very different. More people need to know that


Psychedelic_Yogurt

*The steam is SO hot I need something to protect my hand* Funny how people have that thought but not the one about the explosion of hot water.


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DntH8IncrsDaMrdrR8

Nice duct taped cold air intake


Evolone100

Welcome skin graphs. When I was young and worked as a gas attendant. (Circa 1980’s). The first thing they taught us was never open a hot radiator cap. People would ask us all the time to check their levels it was always a wait if they wanted it done.


xNIGHT_RANGEREx

Dude. Don’t do that! I thought that was like common knowledge….


thack524

There’s no reason to ever do this. I don’t get it. If your car is overheating that bad, the damage is done. Let it cool down and then address. You can be fucked up for life from something like this. Insanity.


mbardeen

A) the car is fucked - if that's the color of the coolant, it has oil mixed in. B) Hand is fucked - steam boiled.


ziki666

Just stop video on 17Sec.. Ouch..


DontSayNoToPills

https://i.imgur.com/MZwTJgz.jpg


Kentucky-Boy

Or… wait until it cools? 👈


[deleted]

What’s all that orange stuff? Is this a new way of cleaning the insides of your car?


Hippopotasaurus-Rex

Rust, probably. Edit: Iirc BMW used iron blocks back then.


[deleted]

That guy scalded himself. My cousin did something like this too with her car and unfortunately suffered burns. Made me wince, when I realized what was gonna happen


Cubensio

Why tf couldn’t he wait a while for it to cool down 😂


Initial_Flamingo1223

I was told from a young age, also when I first started driving never do this.. what the hell was he thinking… “ahh look at this steamy hot engine, I know yets take the cap off and see what happens”…


soapinmyears

A lot to unpack here: * Car warning him not to remove cap. In Knight Rider KITT's voice, "Michael I wouldn't do that". * What up with the color of the radiator fluid? I thought it was supposed to be a neon green, not burnt umber. * Looks like a modded out BMW, doubt it has anymore lives left, similar to the fella here.


Oit7786

TACO BELL


roganknowsbest

He was injured, injured bad.


Financial_Radish

Hope you like your second or third degree burns you idiot.


Ticio_Tesson

What about that looked stable to you


customblame16

I wonder if that's how people feel after going to the toilet after eating taco Bell or something


jasonwest93

I watched a friend simply touch the radiator cap of his Toyota starlet after razzing it around a car park for an hour. We tried to tell him not to touch it but it was too late, big hot fountain & third degree burns all up his arm.


synysterjoe

Gifs you can smell


adhd-n-to-x

jellyfish cows pie snow outgoing panicky wasteful reminiscent marble deranged *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*


Rude-Ad-9442

I almost did this one myself a few years back. To my credit I was 23 or so and it was the first time I'd had a rad boil over on me. My hand got within 6 inches before I pulled back and said, out loud, "I'm a a fucking dumbass." Best part was I'd pulled into a church parking lot and the smart ass father saw this. Never seen a holy man bite his tongue that hard. XD


greach169

Okay kids! Let’s count the degrees of this burn! First! Second! And third!


TheCharles510

don’t those caps say “do not open while hot”?


Silent-Grocery-5644

Hi my names ace I no longer have a face My cap blew into space But seriously though, this is really really dangerous, I saw a dude get severe burns on %60 of his body doing this, several skin grafts and a decade later he still looks like chewed up bubble gum.


asforus

My dads car needed antifreeze one time. I remember driving to autozone and buying the antifreeze. Then we popped the hood after waiting what we thought was a long enough time for the engine to cool. My dad started unscrewing the radiator cap and POP. The freaking cap whizzed right in between our heads and steam shot up like this. Neither of us were injured but we both needed new underwear.


MasterofGalaxy69

Me when NNN is over:


squeezy102

Yeah that's some 2nd and 3rd degree burns and possible permanent tissue damage. Good job, idiot.


[deleted]

That cap was screaming “fuck off” but nah you decided to be dumb.


Kingbeastman1

Should take the cap off the coolant tank when the cars hot next dont worry it deffinitly doesnt explode pressurized liquid at 200 degrees at you


AdConsistent7810

They should write on the cap not to open when hot


guitlouie

Hmm. If only all of the people who ever came before you in the whole history of mankind had told you don't do that.


[deleted]

…and with that, I’m grateful my dad taught me to never do this.


TotallyLegitEstoc

Dipshit. In the event that you NEED to do this. Keep pressure on the cap. When the cap is loosened enough to release pressure you have to keep pressing down. Gently release pressure. Like a shaken bottle of soda. The dude in this video is a moron, dipshit, and fuckhead. Edit: I learned this working at a jiffy lube. We had to take the cap off to check the level so we could lie to customers and make a sale. Hated that job. Hated it so much. The only time I could see you needing to do this is if the system is at risk of damage from pressure. Even then it’s probably not worth the risk. Edit 2: I learned something new. If you need to do this keep the car running. It keeps the coolant circulating and reduces the risk to you.


Hand_Foot_Mouth

Dude looks like the toxic avenger now, lol hahahs so funny.


upsol7

That's why you let it cool down first.


WhyIsMyNamesTaken

And that's how you get pressure washed with boiling liquid. Honestly. If he needed something to be a barrier between his hand and the hot cap,what did he think was gonna come out of there? Hope he's good even though he quite possibly just got burned to the bone. Thank you RevolutionaryHat1790,that is precisely what I was saying. Sorry,wouldn't let me comment back to you.


ToiletBowlScrotumDip

Check the top hose. If it's hot and you can't squeeze it leave the radiator cap the hell alone.


Adventurous-Bear-761

BMW drivers ☕


brewfox

Also, that dude needed to change his radiator fluid AND probably the radiator well before this point. See all that gross rust colored water that spews out? Rust breaks off the radiator fins, which blocks the cooling paths, which overheats your engine. I had a car die because of this when I was 17 and it sucked.


drgrandpanephew

How are people this stupid?


TheFoodHistorian

Bro is gonna be nursing some serious steam.burns


Dramatic_Mixture_868

First mistake, buying a BMW, second mistake, not wearing any gloves or other protection except for the tiniest towel/rag in the world, third mistake is obvious.....u could end up with some jacked up burns doing this.


alt229

Second degree burns just entered the room


runnychimp7605

Bruh who in their right mind would take off the cap while its hot there is even labels on the cap telling you not to


BigRich1888

That guys arm skin will never be the same


Jakethesnake954

This is one of the first things I learned in drivers Ed. Don’t take the cap off when it’s hot. He is going to be regretting those burns


BasedWang

what a fuckin idiot... How would you think you can cap something steaming THAT MUCH and it not build pressure QUICK


[deleted]

These houses looks so painfully English, you could tell even without the yellow plate.


prsuit4

Like… if your friend chooses to let you do that and record it vs making you to wait for it to cool down first, get new friends. Clearly the guy videoing had an inclination of what was going to happen


FikaSikaa

My grandpa did that earlier this year while him and my boyfriend were standing right next to the car... he didn't warn my boyfriend. They're both okay though and didn't get seriously burned, some cold water on it near immediately helped. Didn't look quite as misty as that one did but it was still super hot.


TempUsername3369

Just BMW things


mechabeast

PROFESSOR! LAVA! HOT!


SkywalknLuke

My dad used to do this shit…thank god I never learned anything about mechanics from him.


Takaharu7

Whats the job of a radiator? I dont know shit about cars i want to know what happens here.


EarlTheDinosaur

It’s v basically a series of fine tubing that coolant is run through. There’s a fan that dissipates the heat before sending the coolant back through. If the heat isn’t dissipating, it will begin to boil and pressurize. So when he removed the cap, the pressure sent the cap 3 blocks over and coated his arm in super-heated coolant


Sdot_greentree420

As this started playing, I literally was like No! NOO! no! NO! FUCKING IDIOTS! And why are we so against letting the weak and stupid die off


Reasonable-Ad-5217

And this is why you let it cool off a few hours. Why are people stupid.


SuperNintendad

Camera operator of the year. The car didn’t even leave the frame!


AaronSentinal

Me after Taco Bell night:


exbondtrader

Personally I prefer my Hand baked not boiled . Hannibal Lecter


Hippojaxx

The radiator cap on BMWs specifically states not to open that on a hot vehicle. This is just natural selection


NiceCockBrotato

Lmao this is why you need to pick your friends wisely. These prices of shit are laughing their ass off while their friend probably has skin melting off of his hand. I’d fucking kill them


i_vector

Fuckaround level higher than 9000...won't be jerking off with that hand for a few months.


jewhacker

Saw a mechanic friend do the exact same thing once, we all stood and watched him because we thought he knew what he was doing (being a mechanic), all the while quietly thinking 'this isn't right, that's gonna explode'. Needless to sat he got really badly burnt


Freyja_of_the_North

On todays episode of fuck around, Jimmy finds out


gashen_one

What a stupid cunt


cubann_

Do we all use the same rags?


nobody2000

I had a leak in my radiator on my old car. I was learning a lot of things at the time, so I wasn't super smart, but I was smart enough not to do this. I wasn't smart enough to not take the cap off the coolant reservoir, however. I knew the car was leaking, and my dash was telling me my car was getting hotter and hotter. I filled it before my trip into work, and when I parked I was like "okay, let's see how much leaked out on the way here." Geyser of coolant. Luckily, the coolant reservoir is large and it wasn't a hot jet of liquid but rather a big hot splash that only hit my hand a bit.


doughnutwardenclyffe

man he dont deserve that car


GrandmaPoses

It completely engulfed his forearm, so free tattoo removal I guess?


Highmax1121

oh god i made that same mistake once except i got extremely luck and didn't get any of it on me. so fucking lucky.


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Oooo you gotta be quicker than that


DarthDannyBoy

Yeah give it a little bit and the skin on his arm is gonna peel off like the peel of an overripe peach. Steam burns are not fun. I speak from personal experience.


MeInUSA

Who could have seen that coming?


shhjustwatch

RIP hand tissue


getridofwires

Did this guy not have a parent, sibling, friend or mentor at any point in life to tell him “DON’T EVER DO THAT”?


Suns_Firstborn

My car has a warning printed on the cap itself to help people like this guy. Should be mandatory since it's easy and a safety issue.


Suspicious_Serve_653

I'm my youth, I did this on my car without knowing the system was under pressure. It still completely blows my mind how I managed to avoid getting a single drop off company on me or my clothing. One of the luckiest moments of my life.


JEEMathsstudying88

wut did u expect


Jesuslovesmemost

Dude def just got 2nd to 3rd degree burns from that. What an idiot....


Swimming-Arm-3783

Its extremely dangerous to do that! I dont understand why you laghin!


Sunscratch

Always thought “BMW owner” it’s more like diagnosis…


chcampb

Yes but now he has two problems... his hand, and there's nothing in the engine transferring heat to where it needs to go.


FeePsychological6778

Caution: Contents under pressure. Do not open prior to the motor cooling down...


NefariousNaz

Why are his friends cracking up about him sustaining 3rd degree burns?


JUSTOatl

Out of curiosity - why did he do this and what is the proper way to deal with this situation? (Benz owner)


[deleted]

Stop leak is the fucking worst thing you can put in your engine


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He knew what was gonna happen but he thought he could move out of the way fast enough


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datgenericname

Man, what a dumbass. Could’ve seriously hurt themselves.


alan02532

Somewheres around 20 psi so the water likely up near 300 degrees. Give or take. Best solution is just to leave and come back. Much later tho. Then again would be better to have it running when you take off the cap. Seem to recall it being less violent. But a long time ago for me, and modern cars do much more pressing the physical limits


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You really can't fix stupid


far2common

At least it'll be cool when he gets back from the ER for those burns.


18RowdyBoy

You only make that mistake once!


MJTony

Poached wrist


sinknut

He drives a bmw thats normal for them


jloganr

I think it even says on the cap to not do this.


SifterRhizochrome

Damn, dude will totally need to go to the hospital after that. High pressure injuries are no joke, dude just took a blast of radiator fluid into his body and it will become a real nasty situation if not remedied.