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 Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2011 8:28 am |
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| Lee wrote: |
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| nakednakeddave wrote: |
| i normally do 2 litres or coolant, then top it up with water... |
Asking for a frozen water pump & snapped cam belt 
Its a 50 / 50 mix with concentrated stuff
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Ready mix your pour it straight in. |
Would you believe he's a mechanic? |
 please say your joking? 
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Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2011 8:47 am |
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Ah I remember last year. I only had one litre in and it all froze up and overheated on xmas morning. I wondered why the car only blew cold for a few weeks before it must have frozen inside the heater matrix.
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Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2011 8:52 am |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
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Location: England
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| MrBSI wrote: |
| Lee wrote: |
| MrBSI wrote: |
| nakednakeddave wrote: |
| i normally do 2 litres or coolant, then top it up with water... |
Asking for a frozen water pump & snapped cam belt
Its a 50 / 50 mix with concentrated stuff
OR
Ready mix your pour it straight in. |
Would you believe he's a mechanic? |
please say your joking? |
99% sure he's a mechanic
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Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2011 9:12 am |
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| Rob2859 wrote: |
| Ah I remember last year. I only had one litre in and it all froze up and overheated on xmas morning. I wondered why the car only blew cold for a few weeks before it must have frozen inside the heater matrix. |
Your lucky it didnt freeze the water pump & snap the cambelt when you go to start it.
Your also lucky it didnt push a core plug out the engine block or worse crack the engine block.
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Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2011 9:28 am |
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Joined: Mar 29, 2010
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Location: Halifax
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| MrBSI wrote: |
| Rob2859 wrote: |
| Ah I remember last year. I only had one litre in and it all froze up and overheated on xmas morning. I wondered why the car only blew cold for a few weeks before it must have frozen inside the heater matrix. |
Your lucky it didnt freeze the water pump & snap the cambelt when you go to start it.
Your also lucky it didnt push a core plug out the engine block or worse crack the engine block. |
I don't think it was fully frozen I think some ice must have blocked it up. Drove it for 3 or 4 minutes and it was still cold, next minute it was 95 so I put my foot down to see what would happen and it shot up so I stopped and turned it off. Think this heat managed to melt the ice after 10 min or so of sitting there. I even too the oil cap off to help cool it while I was waiting and it smelt of burning pretty bad. Got off very lucky.
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