Frozen Motor!
12-18-2003, 03:28 PM
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Originally Posted by rmaiersg' date='Dec 18 2003, 11:20 AM
What usually goes when the coolant freezes? Does it usually just take out the radiator or wil it crack housings also? I am so pissed at myself right now. Why does water have to be like the only substance to expand when it solidifies!!!!
12-18-2003, 03:36 PM
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I'm going home today. I just realized today that I forgot to do that and it's been cold for a while so if damage will happen than it would have already happened. I just rebuilt the engine last summer too. Are the rotor housings usually affected or just the side plates? I'd like to reuse them if have to rebuild seeing that they were new.
12-18-2003, 03:38 PM
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Originally Posted by rmaiersg' date='Dec 18 2003, 01:36 PM
I'm going home today. I just realized today that I forgot to do that and it's been cold for a while so if damage will happen than it would have already happened. I just rebuilt the engine last summer too. Are the rotor housings usually affected or just the side plates? I'd like to reuse them if have to rebuild seeing that they were new.
12-18-2003, 03:57 PM
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The vert I had last year sat outside in the bitter freezing temperatures
with just water in it. It sat for like a month and we had a real cold
spell right before Christmas last year. I remembered there was only
water in there right before I started it because I was painting it.
Never put coolant in there because I had wanted just water to run
thru the engine and cooling system when the "new" motor first went
back in.
Nothing happened to that one, guess I was lucky.
with just water in it. It sat for like a month and we had a real cold
spell right before Christmas last year. I remembered there was only
water in there right before I started it because I was painting it.
Never put coolant in there because I had wanted just water to run
thru the engine and cooling system when the "new" motor first went
back in.
Nothing happened to that one, guess I was lucky.
12-18-2003, 04:04 PM
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Nice, I hope i get lucky too. It's in a barn And it's been consistently below freezing for about a week so we shall see. I was looking so forward to bringing it to school for a couple weeks.
12-18-2003, 04:06 PM
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Originally Posted by BigTurbo74' date='Dec 18 2003, 04:23 PM
shut up noob, so if the water caused that damage, how was the port fucked up and not the water jacket?
12-18-2003, 04:10 PM
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Originally Posted by rmaiersg' date='Dec 18 2003, 05:04 PM
Nice, I hope i get lucky too. It's in a barn And it's been consistently below freezing for about a week so we shall see. I was looking so forward to bringing it to school for a couple weeks.
out ok. Even the battery froze.
12-18-2003, 05:44 PM
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a 50/50 mix will do better cooling than 100% of either. You have more of a chance overheating running straight water than you do with a mix. Has to do with the chemical properties of Etylene Glycol and water. So why you would want o run straight water in an engine is beyond me.
12-18-2003, 06:02 PM
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Originally Posted by TheCamel' date='Dec 18 2003, 06:44 PM
a 50/50 mix will do better cooling than 100% of either. You have more of a chance overheating running straight water than you do with a mix. Has to do with the chemical properties of Etylene Glycol and water. So why you would want o run straight water in an engine is beyond me.