any one had engine freeze fail yet?

[ripley]

as above has any one had this yet? i had two corsa's freeze today 1.4 8v water pump solid belt came off and that was that. 2l 16v corsa solid, two fans and a heat gun on the block 2hrs later running again then a pipe split.........

[comptoncj]

Yeah, got my mates 20xe corsa in bits because he cluncked it on the starter and the timing jumped because the waterpump was frozen solid.

[kieran jackson]

my nova froze with the first lot of snow and freezing tempretures thawed it all out and good as new.

[John]

Nope. Anti-freeze ftw!

[kieran jackson]

didnt have enough in mine at the time :tard:

[Stanley]

Nah not engine freezing, but if i venture out of town, i cant get any heat through the heaters! Large peice of cardboard infront of the radiator is on the cards!

[blue_peg_16v]

nope anti freeze ftw checked it as soon as snow started

[Jack]

Nah not engine freezing, but if i venture out of town, i cant get any heat through the heaters! Large peice of cardboard infront of the radiator is on the cards!
Used to have all the vents on my old hatch blanked off with duct tape one winter when it refused to hold a temperature lol

Haven't checked the saloon as its been US since before we had the big freeze. No doubt thats frozen solid, but its happened once before and it survived lol

[Joe Richardson]

Not having any problems on the corsa at the moment,plenty of anti-feeze in and the strength is ok aswell :thumb:

The nova had the anti-freeze replaced last year so that is ok.

[Benn]

Cant believe people don't check that the car has anti freeze in when it starts getting chilly.

[Jack]

Ice is colder than water, so it'll cool the engine better? Right? ...right? lol

[Benn]

Ice lives in drinks, not car water systems.

[pikey1986]

my engine temp barely gets out of the blue in this weather even on the 8mile drive to work

[Jack]

Ice lives in drinks, not car water systems.
Heathen! Ice waters things down!

Dumbass bartender at the holiday park craig stayed in didn't understand the meaning of "southern comfort, straight". Should have thrown it in his face :(

[Benn]

Ah yes, but bartenders know bugger all. Pint glass, 6 ice clubs strongly* made Ribena with ice cold water... Funk it i'm having one now. Oooo i can top it off with some snow... Score.



*make it strong so when the ice melts it make its just right...

[Benn]

Ooooooo Better plan. *Runs out side in my under crackers*

Snow cones! With Ribena.

[blue_peg_16v]

lol

[Adam]

My dads corsa rad froze solid WITH antifreeze in lol

I guess down to -10c protection wasnt strong enough lol

[blue_peg_16v]

mines -16 allegedly only seen -3 though so ok so far

[Adam]

It was -9.5c here when i went work the other morning.

[Spudly]

Dumbass bartender at the holiday park craig stayed in didn't understand the meaning of "southern comfort, straight". Should have thrown it in his face :(



I told you that you shouldve done lol

[Hobbit]

Not mine but my mates cav has a leaky rad that froze solid and almost cooked it lol

He works at an auto factors and they are no longer able to do any trade discounts on anti freeze as they are running low.

[connor c]

my starlets waterpump froze and rung the 4 bolts in the bottom pully when i started i feel like a thick cu*t

[jimbob-mcgrew]

hmm.. talkin about this, i think i might have to drain a bit of mine and add some more to strengthen the mixture, not worth the risk is it.

[Plug]

mine hasnt even got an engine in lol no chance of it freezing up

[ade]

we were at miunus 18 on Friday night and after I FINALLY managed to find the adapter for my weber carb to fit my bin lid my Sr purs luike an ikkle kitten!

The only thing I had frozen was my brakes - the rear n/s drum froze solid so much so I had to pour boiling water over the hub! Now park up at home in gear and handbrake off. Also Servo unit went the other day - had no brakes at all! Swapped and all sorted.

[dougie_boi]

my jag keeps freezing over night not totaly solid but not far off when you squeeze the pipes there slushy and heater matrix takes bout half an hour circulate lol and its running abot 70%-80% antifreeze weve had -23 up here lol

[Olly755]

I had slush in the top hose and head after a -13 night on Wednesday.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/Ollly/Novafrozen001.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/Ollly/Novafrozen002.jpg

No problems, thawed it out with a heater and it fired up and ran as normal.

[Bubba]

nope anti freeze ftw checked it as soon as snow started

i checked AFTER everything had frozen. us cornish do things backwards like.lol but it was fine

[noknok]

One nearly killed off battery but still running (he prays)!