Gibbo87

mums gone out to her car started fine...drove for about 5-10 mins an the temp has hit the red...my guess is the waters all frozen inside the engine cos can see little icy bits on the tank...any ideas how to defrost it all ? so can get some anti freeze in there asap...the car was bought from a guy who worked in a garage couple months back so didnt check to see if all ready had some in there

thanks

martysmartie

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Personally I would get in a garage if you could so it will thaw out naturally, or wrap the engine with a blanket to help it defrost then change coolant, I wouldn't pour anti freeze on top etc.

Martin

JamesR1

the heat of the running engine i would have thought would have thawed it. If its been frozen around the water pump prop there is a good chance it might have damaged the water pump when the engine started.

The DIVA

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If it`s already been driven for 10 mins, just leave it half an hour and the thermal soak will thaw the motor out anyway..... then pop a hose off, drain some water and refill it with anti freeze

Gibbo87

yh thats what i ment didnt wanna put it in straight away jus get all the frozen water out but the best way quickest cos shes a mobile carer so needs car...would it not be ok to tip warm water in there or isit that a bad idea?

Gibbo87

ok thanks il give it ago now

fish99

I had the same problem with my old Series 2 many moons ago. It had anti freeze in it ( brown stuff ) but it still froze. The car ran hot but and no hot air was coming out of the heater vents. When I stopped the heater matrix behind the dash board split spilling a large amount of water all over the interior... lovelly.

Good luck with it, hopefuly you wont have the same problem I had.

Gibbo87

well the waters all melted but no heat from heaters atall...

tabetha

That's exactly what I've done in the past, though had to do a water pump change as well on the astra as it snapped the water pump shear pin, ace idea, saved the valves/cost.
tabetha

vaughant

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Regarding no heaters,I had this on the Corsa this weekend,locate the two pipes going into the matrix and pour boiling water over the pipes,double check you've got flow through the rad,mine was frozen both ends!!!

My car came back to temp fine,I refilled the system with coolant but no heaters,I took it for a short drive with the temp just over 90 and all of a sudden the cabin was full of heat.I think you've just airlocked it.try moving the heater controls from warm to cold and back a few times to check the valves working ok.

Then,check for leaks,mine seems to heve developed one by the waterpump and it's dripping when running now,not badly but it's noticeable so another job to do!!!

R5FORD

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knowing that you live in a ice cold country would it not be common sense to make sure that the car has coolant in? Even more so check it before winter comes