nrgdd70
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just bought a corsa 1.4 sport
ran fine till i woke up this morning and noticed when i turned her over just made a nice grinding sound.popped bonnet noticed all teeth off belt,,,
water froze throught the water system
just advice youse antifreeze lol
it happens
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mart08uk
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Ouch topped mine up the other day.
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nrgdd70
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lol cheeky buggas dint even tell me it had none in...shud av check realli lol:/
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Nic Barnes
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gutted
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Root
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i bought some but havnt put it in as i cant be bothered mixing it...i guess i should put some in really lol
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Nic Barnes
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mix it? drain coolant, fire couple litres anti freeze in top rest up with water, start engine and let the water pump mix it for you.
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Root
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quote: Originally posted by Nic Barnes
mix it? drain coolant, fire couple litres anti freeze in top rest up with water, start engine and let the water pump mix it for you.
ok, will do that then, just on the back it says loads of bullshit like mix 2/3 water and 1/3 anti freeze or something like that. bit of a pisstake lol
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Nic Barnes
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you are probably supposed to but i never have really. i probably use too much anti freeze.
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Root
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quote: Originally posted by Nic Barnes
you are probably supposed to but i never have really. i probably use too much anti freeze.
never mind, it won't hurt it
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chloe16v
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just put the whole bottle in, thats what i always do
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*JonnyG*
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quote: Originally posted by chloe16v
just put the whole bottle in, thats what i always do
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alan-g-w
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Yes, I paid the price for no anti freeze in the way of 16 bent valves, about a dozen cracked valve guides and a burst core plug at the back of the head. Not fun times.
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Adam-D
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my jettta froze. pump is on the aux belt.
blow torch'd the pump then ran engine till hot.
then dropped half coolent and stuffed in 2 litres of halfords finest.
the more door wasnt so lucky. if having a stuffed h-g wasnt enuff, it froze and sheard the impeller of the pump. so. thatll get done.
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harrisp
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My waterpump was froze solid friday morning, didnt realise, went to start it and bottom cog spun without moving, engine smoked anyway so not too bothered.
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wakey1512
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antifreeze and water is 50/50 not 1/3 2/3 or anything like that. 50/50.
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pow
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I put pure antifreeze in my Ibiza, never did it any harm
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wakey1512
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except pure antifreeze will boil at a lower temperature than water?
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LeeM
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quote: Originally posted by wakey1512
except pure antifreeze will boil at a lower temperature than water?
no it wont
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will_ainsworth
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thats a thing, i didnt check my fabia to see if there was any antifreeze, havnt had it long, anyway the weather here is like -1 and lower, havnt drove it for a few days, should i just leave it till it warms up a bit just to be on the safe side.
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DaveyLC
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I really need to do my Zaf, it looks like pure water...
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richc
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Thank god for this thread. Havent used the vitara in about 2 weeks. It burst its water pipe and we were 70 miles from home so just filled it back with water
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nrgdd70
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lol betta be safe than sorry
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Simon_16v
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Mines still have vw's finest antifreeze
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