Sileighty_85
01-11-2010, 11:11 PM
So i was TDY for the last two weeks unfourtunatly i was not here when a retarded cold front hit this place for a week like 10's which is really uncommon for the ArkLaTex area for the 3 years ive lived here.
I only had water in the rad... I had coolant leak and just kept adding water so i guess all the coolant was eventually flushed out......
but the car has been down for the last 4 months due my PFC crashing so i havent driven it. Shits been heptic for the last 5 months with these NSI inspections so it totally slipped my mind.
Well anyway i get home this morning to find my Koyo Rad completely frozen, Rad Hoses frozen and the block... the freeze plugs are still intact
but i cracked open the block drain but only about a Tspn of water came out.
I dont think the block froze solid, maybe like a packed down snow ball, i could break it up with a screw driver real easy.
I know it was too late but i poured in as much antifreeze as i could and let the block thaw, coolant level was still the same when i came out to crank it.
well I tried cranking it (cranked fine no different sounds) but no luck unless theres a plug that i forgot to connect. I opened the oil fill cap to the sight a little bit of brown oil, It appears water might be mixing with the oil.....
Im hoping the head is just warped causing the HG to blow. I dont think the cylinder walls cracked since the the engine cranks over fine.
anybody delt with this problem?
is it likely my head cracked?
Just wondering what to look for.
Its a built SR20, Power Enterprise H/G and ARP H/S.
Time is short right now, working 12 hour shifts and possibly working this weekend
I only had water in the rad... I had coolant leak and just kept adding water so i guess all the coolant was eventually flushed out......
but the car has been down for the last 4 months due my PFC crashing so i havent driven it. Shits been heptic for the last 5 months with these NSI inspections so it totally slipped my mind.
Well anyway i get home this morning to find my Koyo Rad completely frozen, Rad Hoses frozen and the block... the freeze plugs are still intact
but i cracked open the block drain but only about a Tspn of water came out.
I dont think the block froze solid, maybe like a packed down snow ball, i could break it up with a screw driver real easy.
I know it was too late but i poured in as much antifreeze as i could and let the block thaw, coolant level was still the same when i came out to crank it.
well I tried cranking it (cranked fine no different sounds) but no luck unless theres a plug that i forgot to connect. I opened the oil fill cap to the sight a little bit of brown oil, It appears water might be mixing with the oil.....
Im hoping the head is just warped causing the HG to blow. I dont think the cylinder walls cracked since the the engine cranks over fine.
anybody delt with this problem?
is it likely my head cracked?
Just wondering what to look for.
Its a built SR20, Power Enterprise H/G and ARP H/S.
Time is short right now, working 12 hour shifts and possibly working this weekend