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Post by shake on Oct 15, 2014 15:43:23 GMT -5
Just loop the hoses and pour a gallon of antifreeze in it...start and warm up. make sure it circulates.
Frost plugs are a bit tough to reinstall sometimes...in the car
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Post by REG 4D on Oct 17, 2014 9:44:01 GMT -5
Blue sta bil.... if not using antifreeze pull the block plugs on the side of block down by the oil pan... every block has one! DONT ASSUME ALL WATER IS DRAINED! WITHOUT PULLING THE BLOCK PLUGS YOU WILL NEVER GET ALL THE WATER OUT!!! I DO GHIS FOR A LIVING!! MARINE MECHANIC.... Good tip thanks didn't know about those
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Post by REG 4D on Oct 17, 2014 9:47:48 GMT -5
Just loop the hoses and pour a gallon of antifreeze in it...start and warm up. make sure it circulates. Frost plugs are a bit tough to reinstall sometimes...in the car Not the best mechanic but I image you put the hose on the bottom (hold the hose up) pour it in the top then connect to the top right? Sorry for the dumb question...
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Post by seven1seven on Oct 17, 2014 11:30:49 GMT -5
Just loop the hoses and pour a gallon of antifreeze in it...start and warm up. make sure it circulates. Frost plugs are a bit tough to reinstall sometimes...in the car Don't assume that the frost plugs will pop if it freezes... technically they are casting plugs to let sand out.. I've seen MANY blocks bust and not push a frost plug a fraction of an inch...
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Post by shake on Oct 17, 2014 21:12:38 GMT -5
If you fill the rad hoses with a gallon of straight antifreeze and circulate it till it is warmed up . there should be no worrys about anything breaking. This mix might be to strong or a touch weak. and both will gell up in your rad on the hi way. but it will NOT freeze to the point of breaking anything. I live up here in the land of -40c and am a red seal cert Autobody tech. I would not suggest this if i was less than 100% sure it will be ok Just loop the hoses and pour a gallon of antifreeze in it...start and warm up. make sure it circulates. Frost plugs are a bit tough to reinstall sometimes...in the car Don't assume that the frost plugs will pop if it freezes... technically they are casting plugs to let sand out.. I've seen MANY blocks bust and not push a frost plug a fraction of an inch...
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Post by REG 4D on Oct 18, 2014 14:08:14 GMT -5
Last year I ran water, radiator leaked so I kinda spaced off draining the motor.... Ended up with one small leak on a freeze plug but managed to run 4 times this year with the same motor. Got lucky
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Post by REG 4D on Oct 18, 2014 14:08:51 GMT -5
Did end up with a new water pump tho lol
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Post by derbynews583 on Oct 22, 2014 6:25:45 GMT -5
My whole car is complete and stored in a friend's 60x100 pole barn, antifreeze in it, stack covers on it and tarp on the motor. From all the research I've done if you run 110 or higher octane you don't have to worry about Sta-Bil because race fuel is leaded gas it won't go bad. I currently have my car sitting with like 9 gallon of 110 in it.
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Post by natedawg15 on Oct 30, 2014 21:44:50 GMT -5
I typically put antifreeze in but I like to run it once a month in the winter. I do this with all of my lawnmowers tillers and everything in between.
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Post by oldtrx on Oct 31, 2014 20:14:20 GMT -5
Mine stays in shop, fire it up every now and then. Played in the snow with it last year lol. Only thing I do concerning winter is pull lower hose and drain rad, put it back on and fill with a cpl gal straight anti freeze. Fire it up and let it idle till it's warm. Pop header covers on, pull ground cable off. Done like dinner
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