my engine is froze solid what can i do?

sc86

sc86

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i was away for a few days and went out to the car earlier only to find my rad, water pipes etc frooze solid
i hadnt tried start it thank god
is there anything i can do?
is my engine gona be fucked?


its a 2dr type r but i doubt that matters much...
 
what my mate done with his peugot was put a heating fan under neath the engine blowing warm air up. and put a blanket around the engine. does this everynight and that works for him.
last thing you need is to crack somfin, my micra engine popped due to ice :(
 
ye il try that mate
im gona take the pipes of and try free them up with hot water aswell
worth a try i suppose
 
id take the bottom hose off. and leave it in a clean bucket. watch using hot water it might cause a crack somewhere, going from freezing to hot. a gental increase in temp should be ok but sudden might cause issues. thats me being causious..
 
ye il just use tap water wont be boiling the kettle that would be dangerous...

sick i didnt check the coolant
 
you may try to heat the engine some way, even the water pump is probably now frozen solid, so dont start the car as you could throw the timing belt off, get her into a garage and put a diesel heater in garage or something
 
your best to let it taw out itself prob take a while but be the safest put in wrong temp of water end up puttin a hair line crack in the block and be costly then let it take its course be grand then :thumbsup:
 
Might be a silly idea!!!
Electric blanket???
Please let me know if it is a silly idea!!!!
 
its an idea int it hammie.
id say needs to be thawed slowly with a pipe open. just so it can freely move. could be wrong.
 
[quote author=markobucko link=topic=27966.msg326713#msg326713 date=1291660504]
costly mistake lad...
might well crack the block!!!...fingers crossed your lucky!!
[/quote]

i only bought the car 2 weeks ago mate, i assumed it had coolant
could be a big mistake alright :cry:
fingers crossed..
 
[quote author=KENC link=topic=27966.msg326715#msg326715 date=1291660736]
you may try to heat the engine some way, even the water pump is probably now frozen solid, so dont start the car as you could throw the timing belt off, get her into a garage and put a diesel heater in garage or something
[/quote]

ye il be strippin it down to check the pump by hand when it thaws out to be sure...
spent 3 hours tryin to dig out snow and push it in2 the garage and failed
one of those days where you wonder why you bother with cars at all :grin:
 
[quote author=Hammie link=topic=27966.msg326742#msg326742 date=1291666324]
Might be a silly idea!!!
Electric blanket???
Please let me know if it is a silly idea!!!!
[/quote]

not silly at all but i can even get it in2 the garage so just put a few blankets around
the block tostop it freezing more..


got some of it thawed out and put in coolant, bit late now but...
 
[quote author=JohnM link=topic=27966.msg326811#msg326811 date=1291677182]
Best of luck Stephen, hopfuly no harm!
Any luck with rims?
Cheers
John
[/quote]

gona get it brought to jimmy tomorrow and hopefully its ok
rims are the last thing on my mind now lol
hopein im not lookin for a new block
 
I was just going to say ring Noel, he's the man when it comes to old sckool mechanics and tips :thumbsup:
 
[quote author=sc86 link=topic=27966.msg326816#msg326816 date=1291677592]
[quote author=JohnM link=topic=27966.msg326811#msg326811 date=1291677182]
Best of luck Stephen, hopfuly no harm!
Any luck with rims?
Cheers
John
[/quote]

gona get it brought to jimmy tomorrow and hopefully its ok
rims are the last thing on my mind now lol
hopein im not lookin for a new block
[/quote]
lol i said that about me micra and POP the block went :multijump:. have to get a new engine now, but thanks be to god that sh*t box only gonna cost me 100 euro for another engine, one out and one in in a day :hammerhead:. my legacy b4 im a smiggin little over protective over :subaru:
let us know how you get on with it dude.
 
[quote author=JohnM link=topic=27966.msg326817#msg326817 date=1291678048]
I was just going to say ring Noel, he's the man when it comes to old sckool mechanics and tips :thumbsup:
[/quote]

a 98 is modern to me john lol
mid 80s is old school :grin:

gona put a toyota badge on the bitch lol
 
looks like i was a lucky boy, removed rad etc defroze everthing
started her up and all that was wrong was a bust rad pipe and stuck thermostat
done compresion test etc just to be certain and its perfect
thank fu*k :grin:
 
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