davevans1234
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Registered: 3rd May 09
Location: Pontlottyn, Caerphilly
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forgot to change to antifreeze for the winter woke up in the morning everything is frozen any ideas i got a corsa sport 1.4 16valve
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Graham88
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Registered: 16th Apr 07
Location: South East Kent Drives: E46 M3
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Don't try and start it, you'll have to wait till it melts and hope it hasnt cracked the head
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Alex_Rally
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Registered: 6th Sep 09
Location: Tyne and Wear, gateshead
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wait till it warms up dont start it mate
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Alex_Rally
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Registered: 6th Sep 09
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get the hair dryer out !!
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pow
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What would flushing it through with luke warm water do?
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davevans1234
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with the weather still as bad as it is what is the best way to try and defrost it cause every nite is just getting colder
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Nic Barnes
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Registered: 5th Apr 04
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push it into the garage and put a heater in there
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davevans1234
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i didnt realise it had frozen and i went to start it and it jus made a grinding noise hav i damaged it by doing this
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SR91
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Registered: 21st Jun 08
Location: Lancashire.
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Ooops..
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LeeM
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quote: Originally posted by davevans1234
i didnt realise it had frozen and i went to start it and it jus made a grinding noise hav i damaged it by doing this
probably
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SportBoy
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Registered: 5th Oct 01
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engine will be fubar'd
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Nic Barnes
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quote: Originally posted by davevans1234
i didnt realise it had frozen and i went to start it and it jus made a grinding noise hav i damaged it by doing this
more than likely yes
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davevans1234
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Registered: 3rd May 09
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is it worth repairing or just getting rid of it
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LeeM
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Registered: 26th Sep 05
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xe it
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davevans1234
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how much do you reckon it wud cost to for for tha
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noshua
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Registered: 19th Nov 08
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This happened to me yesterday, solved it by leavig it in the sun (yes, we had some!) and pouring kettle after kettle of water on the engine and in the radiator pipe(s).
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davevans1234
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Registered: 3rd May 09
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will it damage the engine if i pour it all over
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gazza808
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Registered: 30th Jun 08
Location: Peterborough
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if you've tried starting it, it'd have killed your cambelt/water pump
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davevans1234
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think it wud be better if i jus got rid of it how much do you think its worth like this
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SR91
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Registered: 21st Jun 08
Location: Lancashire.
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£200
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taylorboosh
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lol wait till it defrosts before you make a rash decision
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S@M
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Registered: 3rd Oct 07
Location: East Yorkshire
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only about £8000 id imagine. will have killed the head when you tried to turn it over
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wakey1512
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Registered: 8th Apr 09
Location: Grimsby
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if anything your water pump would be stuck and when turned over may have sheared the cambelt
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davevans1234
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sounds bad lol i bet i will cost it a bit to fix now
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harrisp
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Registered: 15th Dec 07
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quote: Originally posted by wakey1512
if anything your water pump would be stuck and when turned over may have sheared the cambelt
Happened to mine, wore the teeth off the cambelt.
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