bluevenom867 said:Wait.....so you might not need a new motor?
You only did turn the key "on"?
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Maybe you should start it and comfirm is that case.
Daggar said:LOL.. beat to it by TheUser. D'oh!
guess i didnt read it that good, kinda got down on readin because he said it might be blown.TheUser said:
I felt kinda weird too since so many people had posted already and not mentioned it lol.
David: As for the noise, who knows? You're the only one who heard it and could have a distorted perception of the noise now - anyone would in a panic. Yeah, you might try starting it, but I wouldn't let it run long if you think the coolant is frozen. Don't pour hot water in it to unthaw it either lol. It's supposed to warm up this weekend (here: 40's), and I'm not sure exactly where you are, but I don't think you're too far south of me, so it might warm up there too.
Michael Yount said:I think you're on the right path with removal ---- there's lots of history here as you're well aware. Multiple overheats, detonation while operating, now noises from the motor, freezing the block and it shuts off while you're driving it. THat plus 165K and being 'used' fairly hard along the way ---- that all points to tearing it down to see what's been damaged.
The good news is that you've learned the lesson (albeit the hard way) that when one starts overheating -- you need to stop driving it until the problem has been solved.
Stangdiddle - you've obviously never frozen one -- overheating is the primary symptom when one is frozen. With no water to remove the heat the engine is creating -- it 'overheats' very quickly. In this mode overheating doesn't mean that the coolant runs at too high a temp. It means the metal bits don't have any/enough coolant to remove heat when the engine is running. Heads/block get WAY too hot, thermal expansion causes stuff to move around, pieces shift/warp, LOTS of potential issues. All that assumes that nothing got cracked from the expanding ice. Freezing one and then driving it frozen usually causes BIG problems. I think 5spdGT is gonna be able to tell us all about it -- once he gets the motor pulled and sees just what the damage is.
All started by a water pump seal leaking by the way it appears....
Michael Yount said:I think you're on the right path with removal ---- there's lots of history here as you're well aware. Multiple overheats, detonation while operating, now noises from the motor, freezing the block and it shuts off while you're driving it. THat plus 165K and being 'used' fairly hard along the way ---- that all points to tearing it down to see what's been damaged.
The good news is that you've learned the lesson (albeit the hard way) that when one starts overheating -- you need to stop driving it until the problem has been solved.
Stangdiddle - you've obviously never frozen one -- overheating is the primary symptom when one is frozen. With no water to remove the heat the engine is creating -- it 'overheats' very quickly. In this mode overheating doesn't mean that the coolant runs at too high a temp. It means the metal bits don't have any/enough coolant to remove heat when the engine is running. Heads/block get WAY too hot, thermal expansion causes stuff to move around, pieces shift/warp, LOTS of potential issues. All that assumes that nothing got cracked from the expanding ice. Freezing one and then driving it frozen usually causes BIG problems. I think 5spdGT is gonna be able to tell us all about it -- once he gets the motor pulled and sees just what the damage is.
All started by a water pump seal leaking by the way it appears....
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