Frozen!

[breadstraw]

yes its that time of year where i realise i've forgot to put enough anti-freeze in :(
EVERYTHING is frozen solid
and i mean EVERYTHING haha
whats the best way to heat this all up and see if there's any damage done?
i've already spent about an hour with a kettle topping up the water bottle and also tried a hairdryer :\
seen as its pretty darn cold i need some clever options guys and gals
help me out i need my nova back on the road :D

[Ernie]

good luck and a warm day mate..

[John]

anti-freeze and checking it before winter ftw! lol
Seriously, wait for it to thaw naturally and inspect the damage.

[breadstraw]

yeah thats what my plan is John
just need another car, preferably a nova, to get around in now seen as my XE van is a bit on the frozen side D:

[88ESR]

Make sure it's completely thawed before you even think about firing it...

[16v Nova Kev]

space heater.

[Andy]

space heater.
if he hasnt got anti freeze in hes hardly likely to have one of those lol

[16v Nova Kev]

i dont have any anti freeze(in a bottle) but i have got mighty big heater your point is hhhhmmmmmmm!!!!!!!lol

[Nova_Tek]

pour fuel all over the engine bay and engine, chuck in a match and watch the ice melt (and everything else for that matter)... just kidding :)

Hope no damage is done mate good luck un-freezing it.

[breadstraw]

i've had a space heater on it :(
TO NO EFFECT
its harder to thaw my nova than it is to thaw the polar ice caps!

[mowgli]

drop all the pipes off, remove the water pump.. get some hot air in there & remove the ice from behind the water pump, re fit it & run the engine up for a while.. then it would start to thaw out... don't expect miracles, it could have done the head gasket or pushed a core plug out.

[16v Nova Kev]

i've had a space heater on it :(
TO NO EFFECT
its harder to thaw my nova than it is to thaw the polar ice caps!



did you turn the gas on lol

[Andy]

did you turn the gas on lol
lol

[breadstraw]

haha yeah it was plugged in but having none of it :(
mowgli i'm gonna try this tomorrow night hopefully if my mate can come help me out :)

[Stuart]

is it an XE? if so then expect the block to be cracked lol. A retard that lived with us at uni had this happen to his XE when he only put tap water in it.

[breadstraw]

yeah stu thats kinda what i'm expecting, but hoping against haha
i actually had anti-freeze in it, but clearly not enough :(
then went to put more in tonight and found out i was a bit late HAHA!
well i think this just goes to say it might be time to get a LET engine in it then :)
haha

[lilnath88]

it mite not work but when my nova freezed today i put my car cover over it and tide it down then put my heater under it and it keeps all the hot air in. but try not to burn the sheet!

[draper]

ive just remembered mine needs checking :(