Frozen water in cooling system

[Pirate]

so with the belt off nothin inside the engine does anything other than run normally but with no cooling?

Exactly.

Not recommended, but it's a possibility.

The only suggestion I could think of right now would be to put a hairdryer on 'hot', and somehow have it blow through the open carb/throttle body, and into the intake manifold for a few hours, or into the crankcase via' the oil-fill hole....with the drains open.

[Lincolnmania]

make sure the freeze plugs didnt pop
tom assured me that gmgt had sufficient coolant.......winter 07 he was fine.......winter 08 it got real cold and it froze and popped a freeze plug

[Archangel]

Got a kerosene heater? That will warm up the engine pretty decent. I actually had the lower radiator hose freeze in my F150, thing was solid ice - drove truck to Meijer, by then it was already steaming off the vent, went inside, bought some coolant, went out and filled up the radiator with it (took the whole gallon), let it sit and melt in there, went inside, bought another gallon of coolant, dumped that in the radiator as well, then went inside and spent like an hour shopping. Came out, no more ice in the hose, all is peaches.

[mikeroc283]

I believe the waters been in it since october or september. and its been around 0 outside for a few days here and there.

[mikeroc283]

I dont plan on starting it till mid february unless i really have to because i wanted to get the new radiator and i wont have enough till then.

[1987cp]

Won't have enough of what?

What's wrong with your radiator?

[mikeroc283]

Not enough cash at this time to buy the new radiator. And the old one leaks it had been leaking since i got the car apparently. I use to find the power steering fluid in a puddle before i did the gearbox and antifreeze with it.

[grandpaslincoln]

Well at least get what ice out of there you can. Leaving it in there is asking for trouble.

[mikeroc283]

Im tryin to do it.Its freezing all the time here. I got the old radiator out last night and the bottom hose was frozen solid but little by little it was coming out when i angled it down so i got a bucket under it to catch the water.

[1987cp]

I still say running the engine for a while is by far the easiest way to heat coolant.

I assume it's "not recommended" because of the danger of overheating .....

[mikeroc283]

Im gonna go out in a few and check it and try to angle the hose down into the bucket more so it just slides out. And when i get the new radiator ill grab 2 gallons of antifreeze.

[cld783]

might as well thaw it out any way you can.. any damage that could be is already done.

[brokebill]

i use a little ceramic heater to thaw out my (house) water lines on occasion.
probably do a good job of thawing out your block.


good luck, Bill

[mikeroc283]

I checked the oil. Looks just like it did when i put it in. and since i only started the car on ocasian it hasnt changed at all nor does it look like any water is in it. and the only heater I have is a 1500 watt portable electric heater.

[mikeroc283]

Well besides the water still being frozen my friend zach is tellin me to have his friend tear the engine down and rebuild it to remove the ice.