Freezing problem

[47cj2a]

so I went to fire up the old 2A today after some time of it sitting

When I did that I noticed white smoke pouring out of the engine compartment, I shut the thing down and opened the hood. Noticed that the water pump was not turning because there was belt residue on it. That

 

[Jaydog]

I had a block freeze on me in a Toyota, I pulled out one of the freeze plugs, chipped out the ice and installed a block heater, let it warm up for five or six hours and fired it up, luckily I had caught it early and didn't have any issues, the antifreeze that I had in it was only good to 15 degrees and it was close to 20 below when it froze, but it didn't freeze up solid, but by the sound of your radiator it's frozen pretty hard.

 

[yota8]

antifreeze? and to let it thaw out... i dunno what to tell ya dude... i would just open up the bottom of the radiatior and let it drain out slowley and then use antifreeze if you havent used that already...

:edit: ahhhh lame dude... i was getting all ready to go to that bbq this weekend... ha i must have been thrown off.. man im glad i read your post

 

[47cj2a]

antifreeze? and to let it thaw out... i dunno what to tell ya dude... i would just open up the bottom of the radiatior and let it drain out slowley and then use antifreeze if you havent used that already...

:edit: ahhhh lame dude... i was getting all ready to go to that bbq this weekend... ha i must have been thrown off.. man im glad i read your post

hahha yah

it should of had antifreeze. just last winter it was in ellensburg and it was a lot colder. the thing has never had any problems.

I think i might be screwed

 

[gasman1]

I had this happen to me once.

I put a heater under the car and covered the front half of the car with a tarp. Let it sit for a while with the heater on and the bottom radiator drain open and let it defrost. If you try ot run it with the water pump frozen you may break it like i did.

 

[47cj2a]

yah thats why i shut the thing down.

thanks for the help guys

i have two options

1)WT it and wrap the front of the thing with a tarp and a heater underneath
2) dismantle the 6 project from the garage and park it inside

either way i might have a cracked block at the worst.

 

[yota8]

is the garage that much warmer? i mean the most its gonna do is protect from wind chill... but idk i would try the tarp thing with a heater (s)

 

[47cj2a]

is the garage that much warmer? i mean the most its gonna do is protect from wind chill... but idk i would try the tarp thing with a heater (s)

probably not
defintaly goning to try the tarp thing first since its the easist thing to do. I just hope the engine block isnt fawked. since it would be the hardest to replace.

old man always said "work smarter not harder"

 

[47cj2a]

tarped it off this morning and putt two space heaters under the hood.
dam near all the ice is gone

thanks again
:beer: