Archie
Organiser: Scotland
Premium Member
Registered: 18th Dec 07
Location: South Ayrshire
User status: Offline
|
Cars sat for about 4 days unused, was going to go to Vauxhall tomorrow for coolant and do a flush.
Mate phoned needing a tow and i am the only person he knows with a bar.
Hop in the XE turn it over with a not very nice noise, every fucking pipes frozen solid, only turned it for a few seconds so hopefully havent done any serious damage.
Suppose its my own fault, just a wee warning to prevent everyone else fucking up.
I'm a mechanic so i should know better 
|
pow
Premium Member
Registered: 11th Sep 06
Location: Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire
User status: Offline
|
|
alan-g-w
Member
Registered: 9th Nov 07
Location: Glasgow
User status: Offline
|
You should be fine mate, when mine was frozen it was as if the battery was flat, wouldn't even let it turn over. Just don't assume it's a flat battery and try to bump start it like some dafty I know did 
|
noshua
Member
Registered: 19th Nov 08
User status: Offline
|
I did this last year, granted not an XE but still, was fine after about an hour of pouring warm water on the pipes
|
AshWatson
Member
Registered: 18th Jun 10
Location: West Yorkshire
User status: Offline
|
arghh shit eh hope no serious damage has been caused mate 
|
daymoon
Premium Member
Registered: 1st Aug 08
Location: Selby, North Yorkshire
User status: Offline
|
my mate ruined his water pump/timing by doing this.
|
connollygt30
Member
Registered: 16th Nov 08
Location: West Lothian
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by daymoon
my mate ruined his water pump/timing by doing this.
|
Mertin
Member
Registered: 12th Oct 05
Location: Scotland
User status: Offline
|
Belt could be snapped or stripped teeth if water pump was frozen solid maybe?
|
alan-g-w
Member
Registered: 9th Nov 07
Location: Glasgow
User status: Offline
|
I took out 16 valves and 15 guides when I did it, proper job
|
pow
Premium Member
Registered: 11th Sep 06
Location: Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire
User status: Offline
|
Could have tried for the 16th guide there Alan 
|
chrisritch
Member
Registered: 2nd Sep 08
Location: Northants Drives: V40
User status: Offline
|
my mate did this to his supra. luckily he didnt do any damage apart from fuck the thermostat
|
pow
Premium Member
Registered: 11th Sep 06
Location: Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire
User status: Offline
|
I don't understand how... every car here has a 50/50 mix (or more like 55/45 mix if I filled it) of coolant/water, it's not diffiuclt!
One cup of coolant, one cup of water.
|
alan-g-w
Member
Registered: 9th Nov 07
Location: Glasgow
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by pow
Could have tried for the 16th guide there Alan
They all got changed anyway, most just fell to pieces as I took them out. Was a total pain in the arse.
|
davieslim
Member
Registered: 15th Sep 08
Location: Glasgow City
User status: Offline
|
never done it before but i know people who have.
|
gez bay
Member
Registered: 14th Feb 08
Location: South Wales drives: Vxr
User status: Offline
|
just buy the ready mixed stuff if its too hard
|
daymoon
Premium Member
Registered: 1st Aug 08
Location: Selby, North Yorkshire
User status: Offline
|
well i can only imagine how my swift ( that i sold) is doing  filled up the rad with 50:50 mix at first, had to drain it few times after.. obviosly spilling some and adding water instead
|
Nic Barnes
Member
Registered: 5th Apr 04
Location: nowhere near ginger people
User status: Offline
|
there is no anti freeze in my corsa.
|
Archie
Organiser: Scotland
Premium Member
Registered: 18th Dec 07
Location: South Ayrshire
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by gez bay
just buy the ready mixed stuff if its too hard
Been told to be careful which coolants to buy incase my head goes porous, hence running it on water.
VW G-12 i've been advised to use.
|
RCoughtrie
Member
Registered: 31st Oct 04
Location: East Ayrshire Scotland
User status: Offline
|
 silly billy achiely frewly
|
connollygt30
Member
Registered: 16th Nov 08
Location: West Lothian
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by Archie
quote:
Originally posted by gez bay
just buy the ready mixed stuff if its too hard
Been told to be careful which coolants to buy incase my head goes porous, hence running it on water.
VW G-12 i've been advised to use.
Thats a new one to me? never heard of anti freeze causing them to do that
|
alan-g-w
Member
Registered: 9th Nov 07
Location: Glasgow
User status: Offline
|
Same here, can't see anti freeze being corrosive?
|
chrisritch
Member
Registered: 2nd Sep 08
Location: Northants Drives: V40
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by Nic Barnes
there is no anti freeze in my corsa.
how come nic?
|
richc
Member
Registered: 24th Mar 07
Location: Ilkeston
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by connollygt30
quote:
Originally posted by Archie
quote:
Originally posted by gez bay
just buy the ready mixed stuff if its too hard
Been told to be careful which coolants to buy incase my head goes porous, hence running it on water.
VW G-12 i've been advised to use.
Thats a new one to me? never heard of anti freeze causing them to do that
Think its the gaskets that react tbh, someone told me that why alot of rovers die aswell, along with a few other things
|
harrisp
Member
Registered: 15th Dec 07
Location: Derbyshire
User status: Offline
|
Id guess water would be more likely to corrode a head causing it to go porous than antifreeze.
Ive done it before though, 9 valves a few guide, thermostat housing cracked, burst my rad and popped a core plug.
|
connollygt30
Member
Registered: 16th Nov 08
Location: West Lothian
User status: Offline
|
Yes thats what i thought hence using non ioneised water?
|
