If you shot a marshmallow up a car's exhaust pipe would that explode the whole car?
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from sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz to nostupidquestions@lemmy.ca on 18 Jan 2026 00:21
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No
melt, immediately burn to pure carbon. the car wouldnt even notice.
You do know the exhaust pipe is to exhaust engine combustion, not the interior of the car, right? And that it’s continually pumping exhaust out as the enfine is running.
I kno literally nothing about cars
Answer: yes the car would explode in a supernova of mallow cream. From the exhaust pipe the marshmallow would be sucked into the carburator and be injected into the pushrods. This pressure would overwhelm the PCV valves and force an explosive decompression.
I FUCKIN’ KNEW IT!!!?
Big time. They proved it on Mythbusters:
<img alt="" src="https://media1.tenor.com/m/-i8HB8oew1sAAAAC/ghostbusters-goo.gif">
ThatHappened!
Oh yeah. Jamie was exceptionally cantankerous after that one.