YouTuber takes risk to work out if Ford Galaxie with diesel engine can run on jet fuel

As part of an experiment, a YouTuber tried putting jet fuel in his modified Ford Galaxie instead of a diesel.

The experiment worked, and the result was – in a way – better than expected.

That’s the good part, but there’s also bad news.

Because while this might work as a temporary solution, it might cause problems in the long run.

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The guy behind the jet fuel experiment

The experiment was conducted by Cleetus McFarland, a YouTuber who clearly has a knack for trying out new things that other people wouldn’t dare.

You know the expression ‘throw ideas against the wall and see what sticks’?

Well, every idea seem to ‘stick’ for McFarland.

This, lest we forget, is the same guy who bought his own airport, and then an abandoned jet from Facebook.

So putting jet fuel in a diesel engine is probably what he calls ‘another Tuesday’.

Speaking of which, when he put the jet fuel into the tank of the Ford Galaxie, he discovered three things.

First, it actually worked and the car still ran.

Second, not only did it work, but it also made more power.

But then third, and this is the unsavory part, this would almost certainly damage the engine if it became a regular thing.

About the Ford Galaxie

Not to be confused with the Ford Galaxy SUV, spelled with a ‘y’, the Ford Galaxie was introduced in the late 1950s and remained in production for about two decades.

Ford never made a diesel version of it But McFarland did.

Some people may not like the idea of replacing a gas engine with a diesel, but the Galaxie is not rare at all.

Between 1959 and 1974, Ford built over 14 million units.

So the world will probably continue to spin even if one of those 14 million units is powered by what some people call ‘the fuel of Satan’.