I must admit i did that when i was about 18 with my first car, didnt know about anti-freeze and didnt do anything, all the pipes were frozen up. Spent 6 hours one night in the cold with an extension lead and a powerful hairdryer aimed at the pipes to thaw them out. You live and learn !
Agree with what vampyre says, lots of hot bottles, hot water, try and get those pipes de-iced. But like i say i used a hair dryer pointed at a few of the pipes for agessssssssss
Update - I would get some anti freeze in it, if its started to thaw then undo one of your water pipes to let some water out, do it back up and then start putting anti-freeze in the main water bit.
If the waters low anyway then dont worry as you'll have some room to put the anti-freeze in anyway but put some in, let the car run for a bit so the water moves about and then take it easy. Whatever you do take a mobile with ya in case you breakdown !
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Keep it civil gents -- remember to cut off the end before starting.
I think she got a bit carried away with the knitting look at the size of the thing, only some kind of out of proportion freak of nature is gonna fit in that.
Should I just start it up straight away on Monday or should I put some antifreeze in 1st?
it probably would start up straight away,but attend to the problem first.. BUT bring some tools with ya.. and anti freeze and maybe a 2 litre empty water bottle.. I forgot the ratio for anti-freeze, it's 50-50 or 1 part AF to 2 parts water? anyway it'll state it on the back of the bottle/container.. I would pre mix it before putting it in..
you have 2 options...
1) drain the radiator , there is a way too.. like a sump much like oil thing?!?!
(the best and 100% sure ya know it's mixed proper)
OR
2)unscrew the hose coming out of the resivour.. they normally have a clip with a flat head screw on.. and drain the holder part. I've done that BUT I've know there is anti freeze in the car already
also check for a puddle under the rad.. you might have cracked it or damaged it , I did some damage to a rad before , but was told it was something hit it.
depending on the car age, I would buy a haynes manual for your car. I normally get one when I buy a car, but since this is my first new-new one... I have to check everything I do with garage , to make sure I'm not voiding any warranty.
older cars in their way were better, no engine management and you could learn more regarding maintening it. manual choke ?!?! whats that.hehe
Does the 'egg' thing still work with the radiator if theres a crack in it ? Old cars i couldnt stand what with rust and they always seemed to go wrong tons, newer cars are good but its annoying the engine management system the second the light comes on you have to take it to a garage, it costs about 60 quid just to connect the machine to it to tell you the problem.
Used to also have a megane, those stupid card keys are a pain, had a few problems with those.
Oooh! Oooh! Can I get into the "well, it's **whatever** temperature here!" pissing contest please! Why, right here, right now, it's just about this.
Don't know if I would throw eggs into the system of a newer car (too much electronic crap to foul up these days) but RadWeld always used to do a pretty good job. (Again, not too sure about newer cars though.)
Just don't rely on it too much.
I patched a radiator with RadWeld on a car I had and it sealed up fine so I forgot about it, but then it opened up again about 2 months later and overheated on the motorway and blew the head gasket. The radiator was basically screwed so I should just have gone down a scrappy and picked a used one up for ?20, but I never bothered. The car was old but still worked OK so I would have gotten some more use out of it if I had done that, but once the head gasket went it was too much of an investment to fix so I scrapped it.
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I really had snotticles though, not some made up crap that you decided to make up on a forum ;-)
I know, I believe you because I've experienced it! When I had a beard it was quite the bother to go out in this cold weather!
( The other stuff I did make up ... or rather I've not tried it. )
Finally got it in the warehouse, going to leave it till Monday morning....
Should I just start it up straight away on Monday or should I put some antifreeze in 1st?
I must admit i did that when i was about 18 with my first car, didnt know about anti-freeze and didnt do anything, all the pipes were frozen up. Spent 6 hours one night in the cold with an extension lead and a powerful hairdryer aimed at the pipes to thaw them out. You live and learn !
Agree with what vampyre says, lots of hot bottles, hot water, try and get those pipes de-iced. But like i say i used a hair dryer pointed at a few of the pipes for agessssssssss
Update - I would get some anti freeze in it, if its started to thaw then undo one of your water pipes to let some water out, do it back up and then start putting anti-freeze in the main water bit.
If the waters low anyway then dont worry as you'll have some room to put the anti-freeze in anyway but put some in, let the car run for a bit so the water moves about and then take it easy. Whatever you do take a mobile with ya in case you breakdown !
"Anti-freeze" is not necessarily the same as "anti-freeze" ... read what it says on the bottle, it may be rated for different temps.
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Keep it civil gents -- remember to cut off the end before starting.
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-34?
summer coolant??
I think she got a bit carried away with the knitting look at the size of the thing, only some kind of out of proportion freak of nature is gonna fit in that.
it probably would start up straight away,but attend to the problem first.. BUT bring some tools with ya.. and anti freeze and maybe a 2 litre empty water bottle.. I forgot the ratio for anti-freeze, it's 50-50 or 1 part AF to 2 parts water? anyway it'll state it on the back of the bottle/container.. I would pre mix it before putting it in..
you have 2 options...
1) drain the radiator , there is a way too.. like a sump much like oil thing?!?!
(the best and 100% sure ya know it's mixed proper)
OR
2)unscrew the hose coming out of the resivour.. they normally have a clip with a flat head screw on.. and drain the holder part. I've done that BUT I've know there is anti freeze in the car already
also check for a puddle under the rad.. you might have cracked it or damaged it , I did some damage to a rad before , but was told it was something hit it.
depending on the car age, I would buy a haynes manual for your car. I normally get one when I buy a car, but since this is my first new-new one... I have to check everything I do with garage , to make sure I'm not voiding any warranty.
older cars in their way were better, no engine management and you could learn more regarding maintening it. manual choke ?!?! whats that.hehe
Used to also have a megane, those stupid card keys are a pain, had a few problems with those.
Don't know if I would throw eggs into the system of a newer car (too much electronic crap to foul up these days) but RadWeld always used to do a pretty good job. (Again, not too sure about newer cars though.)
Just don't rely on it too much.
I patched a radiator with RadWeld on a car I had and it sealed up fine so I forgot about it, but then it opened up again about 2 months later and overheated on the motorway and blew the head gasket. The radiator was basically screwed so I should just have gone down a scrappy and picked a used one up for ?20, but I never bothered. The car was old but still worked OK so I would have gotten some more use out of it if I had done that, but once the head gasket went it was too much of an investment to fix so I scrapped it.