chimp 299 Posted December 21, 2010 Report Share Posted December 21, 2010 got a little sj here , and the fella hasnt put antifreeze in it , had a look under the bonnet this morning and the water pipes are frozen so i can only presume inside the engine will be the same . i take it there is no way of thawing it out now but just to leave it until we have a thaw? what kind of plum doesnt put anti freeze in it in this weather Quote Link to post Share on other sites
martnmagik 68 Posted December 21, 2010 Report Share Posted December 21, 2010 got a little sj here , and the fella hasnt put antifreeze in it , had a look under the bonnet this morning and the water pipes are frozen so i can only presume inside the engine will be the same . i take it there is no way of thawing it out now but just to leave it until we have a thaw? what kind of plum doesnt put anti freeze in it in this weather put on old duvet over the engine and leave it in a garage or somwher sheltered. i had the samr problem lat year with my ford maverick. it dont take long to de-freeze OR you could try holding a hair dryer over the pipes etc to try and get it done a bit quicker Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chimp 299 Posted December 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2010 im in no rush to get it done , i have undone all i can so hopefully nothing bursts. it started fine but where the pipes had frozen i got a lot of smoke from a spinning belt lol , shut of straight away and then found it was frozen . hopefully not to much damage has been done , but looks as tho we going to have the freeze for a while Quote Link to post Share on other sites
redeye jedi 39 Posted December 21, 2010 Report Share Posted December 21, 2010 ive got the same problem with the wifes motor atm, ment to go in for repair this morning but the water is frozen solid. ive put some old blankets over the engine bay closed the bonnet and put an electric fan heater underneath. should do the trick. i hope. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BI9JOHNNY 25 Posted December 21, 2010 Report Share Posted December 21, 2010 an old fashioned heat bulb or pig light underneath for a couple hours ....job sorted mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
albert64 1,882 Posted December 21, 2010 Report Share Posted December 21, 2010 be carefull it has'nt cracked the block or pushed a core plug out Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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