Cold Weather
Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2014 10:18 am
Well overnight we had some zero and below temps and extremely windy which made things worse. They closed schools and everything.
So my worst fear was that my battery wasn't up to start my truck, but it did and at 5:20am and 2F it started right up BUT and there is always a BUT, my engine temp came up but no heat. I shut it down when it went over 210F and let it sit for a little and went back out to check it.
Same thing, but the temp stayed normal but still no heat. I popped the hood and the heater hoses were hot, but the one side of the upper hose wasn't and you could fell some slush in it, so I broke up the slush and finally the entire hose was hot.
So I let it run for a little longer and finally I had heat.
My question is, the antifreeze in it is not that old. I was using the 50/50 mix to fill it as needed and then in the summer I added water. I just recently added some straight antifreeze to it.
I was always told that if I used straight antifreeze that this would freeze before the 50/50 mix, but what I don't understand is, with the 50/50 that was in it as well as plain water, and some straight antifreeze, what caused my system to get some slush in it?
Since it's going to be close to 60F on Sunday I want to drain some of the coolant out, but what do I put back in? I got a half gallon of straight antifreeze, should I add that and add water or get the 50/50?
The antifreeze that is in it is only a few years old.
So my worst fear was that my battery wasn't up to start my truck, but it did and at 5:20am and 2F it started right up BUT and there is always a BUT, my engine temp came up but no heat. I shut it down when it went over 210F and let it sit for a little and went back out to check it.
Same thing, but the temp stayed normal but still no heat. I popped the hood and the heater hoses were hot, but the one side of the upper hose wasn't and you could fell some slush in it, so I broke up the slush and finally the entire hose was hot.
So I let it run for a little longer and finally I had heat.
My question is, the antifreeze in it is not that old. I was using the 50/50 mix to fill it as needed and then in the summer I added water. I just recently added some straight antifreeze to it.
I was always told that if I used straight antifreeze that this would freeze before the 50/50 mix, but what I don't understand is, with the 50/50 that was in it as well as plain water, and some straight antifreeze, what caused my system to get some slush in it?
Since it's going to be close to 60F on Sunday I want to drain some of the coolant out, but what do I put back in? I got a half gallon of straight antifreeze, should I add that and add water or get the 50/50?
The antifreeze that is in it is only a few years old.