Water as a coolant, in the Winter.
01-09-2010, 12:56 PM
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I managed to get the radiator cap off(I wasn't twisting it enough, it's always been a pain in the ***, and the cap itself was frozen). Looked inside and it was frozen, but not solid, more-so crystalized. I can break it apart easily by just pushing on it, which is somewhat of a relief in the sense that there was enough antifreeze put in there to stop it from freezing solid. I'm going to unplug it and use a bit of warm water to melt what's in there, then top it off with some actual product. There is no thermostat in my car(went out at the end of the year, haven't replaced it yet). Should probably go get one of those and get it in there, seeing how cold it is around here..warm air will be nice. Starting a new job on Monday for the US Census and the mod bug is biting. Thanks for all of your input, and here's to hoping everything is okay. 
01-10-2010, 10:37 AM
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It's pretty simple. Straight water freeze below 0 deg Celsius. If it's been below that with no antifreeze in it with the engine off. It's been frozen.
As for freeze plugs. That's a myth. Those plugs are there to let the sand out after the block has been cast. They are called core plugs. Yes they might pop out as the water turns to ice and expands but they are not designed to save the block from, your Father.
Drain the system, you are only going to be dumping about a 1/4 of the systems capacity from the radiator drain. Then pour in about 6 or 7 Litres of antifreeze.
As for freeze plugs. That's a myth. Those plugs are there to let the sand out after the block has been cast. They are called core plugs. Yes they might pop out as the water turns to ice and expands but they are not designed to save the block from, your Father.
Drain the system, you are only going to be dumping about a 1/4 of the systems capacity from the radiator drain. Then pour in about 6 or 7 Litres of antifreeze.
01-10-2010, 03:52 PM
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I managed to get the radiator cap off(I wasn't twisting it enough, it's always been a pain in the ***, and the cap itself was frozen). Looked inside and it was frozen, but not solid, more-so crystalized. I can break it apart easily by just pushing on it, which is somewhat of a relief in the sense that there was enough antifreeze put in there to stop it from freezing solid. I'm going to unplug it and use a bit of warm water to melt what's in there, then top it off with some actual product. There is no thermostat in my car(went out at the end of the year, haven't replaced it yet). Should probably go get one of those and get it in there, seeing how cold it is around here..warm air will be nice. Starting a new job on Monday for the US Census and the mod bug is biting. Thanks for all of your input, and here's to hoping everything is okay.
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01-10-2010, 04:56 PM
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It's pretty simple. Straight water freeze below 0 deg Celsius. If it's been below that with no antifreeze in it with the engine off. It's been frozen.
As for freeze plugs. That's a myth. Those plugs are there to let the sand out after the block has been cast. They are called core plugs. Yes they might pop out as the water turns to ice and expands but they are not designed to save the block from, your Father.
Drain the system, you are only going to be dumping about a 1/4 of the systems capacity from the radiator drain. Then pour in about 6 or 7 Litres of antifreeze.
As for freeze plugs. That's a myth. Those plugs are there to let the sand out after the block has been cast. They are called core plugs. Yes they might pop out as the water turns to ice and expands but they are not designed to save the block from, your Father.
Drain the system, you are only going to be dumping about a 1/4 of the systems capacity from the radiator drain. Then pour in about 6 or 7 Litres of antifreeze.
01-10-2010, 05:23 PM
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