It's F-ing COLD outside

[thrun]

For all of you in the frozen North, my words of wisdom for the day: buy an anti-freeze tester and make sure you are good to -30F - don't trust what the mechanic says!  My car overheated in less than 2 miles this morning, (2 degrees, -16 w.c. at the time) cause the dingleberry mechanic that worked on my coolant system two months ago couldn't master the intricacies of anti-freeze. 

your engine ok?  Did anything burst in your coolant system?  Once the car got hot it didn't melt the coolant? 

[Varg]

thermostat

[thrun]

thermostat

I'm vaugely aware a car has one, but I have no idea why that answers any of my questions.  Not that I am even sure if my questions make 100% sense.

I fixd teh computerz. 

[Kith]

No, following the coolant issues I had a few months ago, I still glance at the temp gauge from time to time and parked the car just as it was getting to the red-line temperature.  Then it was a lovely process of 'lily-padding' home from one parking lot to another, stopping once the temp was getting close to red-line, popping the hood and waiting 10 minutes while our festive weather cooled the engine down - rinse/repeat until I got it home.  

By the time I parked it at the house it was completely thawed, but it went back to visit the mechanic so they could flush the system and do it right this time.

[Varg]

The thermostat opens at certain temps (ie when it heats up and needs cooling). If the thermostat is stuck, it wont flow the coolant through the block and its will just sit there and freeze. Just an idea as its the part that fails the most.

[Kith]

Possible, but if the antifreeze had been mixed correctly, wouldn't the coolant in the reservoir still have been liquid this morning?

[Varg]

till he started driving and froze it in the radiator. Probably wrong, just an idea.

[Turkley]

Possible, but if the antifreeze had been mixed correctly, wouldn't the coolant in the reservoir still have been liquid this morning?

Yes.  50/50 ftw.

[Redbear8]

A lot of anti freeze comes pre-mixed these days, however I'm not sure if your mechanic mixes his own or not. If he does he could very well have diluted too much to save himself money.

It could also be the thermostat, but my guess is that it was frozen when you got in the car this morning, not that it froze as you drove, so I doubt that's the issue here.

[Jim Tressel]

have you tried touching it in the back?  I've had some success with that.

[Gristle]

Pass on the earthquakes, wildfires, liberals, and ridiculous cost of living because of all the illegals. 

I'll take Georgia for 500 Bob, where the men have more teeth than the women!

[Hottihealer]

Pass on the earthquakes, wildfires, liberals, and ridiculous cost of living because of all the illegals. 

I'll take Georgia for 500 Bob, where the men have more teeth than the women!

John F. Kennedy defined liberalism this way:

    "If by a 'Liberal' they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people — their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights, and their civil liberties — someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a 'Liberal,' then I'm proud to say I'm a 'Liberal.'[4]

Modern American liberalism is a combination of social liberalism, social progressivism, and a mixed economy. It is distinguished from classic liberalism and libertarianism, which also claim freedom as their primary goal, in its insistence upon the inclusion of the right of a citizen to the necessities of life, and in a broader definition of freedom. Modern American liberals view massively unequal distributions of wealth and the destruction of the environment as threats to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. While the development of modern American liberalism may be traced to the late 19th and early 20th century, it may also be viewed as the modern version of the classical liberalism upon which America was founded.



"upon which America was founded."      I Hope we never forget this.

[Kastil]

"someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions"  Does this mean seeing that something is bad but doing it anyway?

[ch0wdah]

Hey, we have an 80+ page thread for this, get back to chapped nipples and rozen nose hairs, please.

[Hottihealer]

Correct you are !