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  • Almighty_Jim
    Registered User
    • Oct 2005
    • 14
    #1

    Dumbass mechanics !!! Check their work or you may feel like the dumbass!

    Or maybe I'm the dumbass for trusting a mechanic even though I've used him before.
    He cleaned and flushed my cooling system this past summer but forgot to tell me there was just water in the system with no coolant/antifreeze.

    I've spent the last two hours trying to unfreeze my damn radiator that was a frozen slushie this morning. Don't know if the engine is frozen because it got down to about 28 degrees last night for about 8 hours and it's still 31 out now.

    I've used a hair dryer for about 30 minutes and tried to splash hot water directly on the radiator but no luck. Tried to start it a few times and now the starter is clicking.

    Any suggestions? Just wait til it thaws I guess.


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    • HeadPimp
      Bad Mo-Fo
      • Jul 2001
      • 2772
      #2
      I would be suing his ass...

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        • OG LennyT
          Wall Street Pimp
          • Jun 2003
          • 14345
          #3
          your fucked, if the water froze that hard your engine block probably cracked


          Don blame him though, you should know to prep your car for winter conditions imho
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            • OG LennyT
              Wall Street Pimp
              • Jun 2003
              • 14345
              #4
              On second thought he should bear partial responsibility as nobody in their right mind (or honest mind in this case) would flush a radiator and refill it with just h2o.
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                • Doctor Dre
                  Too lazy to set a custom title
                  • Jan 2001
                  • 51692
                  #5
                  Originally posted by dvd316
                  your fucked, if the water froze that hard your engine block probably cracked


                  Don blame him though, you should know to prep your car for winter conditions imho
                  How the fuck can you know that the stupid cu*nt put water in it ?
                  Originally posted by rayadp05
                  I rebooted, deleted temp files, history, cookies and everything...still cannot view the news clip. All I see is that fucking gay ass music video from "Rick Roll". Anyone else have a different link to the news clip?

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                    • Basic_man
                      Programming King Pin
                      • Oct 2003
                      • 27360
                      #6
                      Fuck, that guy is dumb! But dude, don't try too much to start your car, or you will burn your starter !
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                        • Headless
                          Registered User
                          • Jan 2001
                          • 26727
                          #7
                          dont run that engine until the radiator is melted....

                          you will not have water or anti freeze to cool the engine and just make it over heat...


                          best thing to do is tow the car to an indoor area that will let it defrost/melt... then try starting it...

                          also call this mechanic up... they fucked up, they need to fix it...

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                            • who
                              So Fucking Banned
                              • Aug 2003
                              • 19593
                              #8
                              He wanted to cause more fuck-ups in your car so you'd take it back to him and pay him some more money to fix it. All mechanics do it

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                                • Doctor Dre
                                  Too lazy to set a custom title
                                  • Jan 2001
                                  • 51692
                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by Headless
                                  dont run that engine until the radiator is melted....

                                  you will not have water or anti freeze to cool the engine and just make it over heat...


                                  best thing to do is tow the car to an indoor area that will let it defrost/melt... then try starting it...

                                  also call this mechanic up... they fucked up, they need to fix it...
                                  It will be very hard to proove...
                                  Originally posted by rayadp05
                                  I rebooted, deleted temp files, history, cookies and everything...still cannot view the news clip. All I see is that fucking gay ass music video from "Rick Roll". Anyone else have a different link to the news clip?

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                                    • Furious_Male
                                      Doing the grind since 99
                                      • Oct 2003
                                      • 16884
                                      #10
                                      Well at 28 degrees you may still be ok. Like Headless said. Pull push or drag it into a warm garage. Let everything get back to normal temp. Toss a battery charger on your battery while you are waiting. You probably ran that down trying to start it over and over.

                                      You may get away with no issues. Perhaps a blown hose or leaky radiator but if it didn't freeze solid you may get lucky with the block.

                                      Good luck.
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                                        • OG LennyT
                                          Wall Street Pimp
                                          • Jun 2003
                                          • 14345
                                          #11
                                          Originally posted by Doctor Dre
                                          How the fuck can you know that the stupid cu*nt put water in it ?
                                          Ever look at your radiator reservoir? You always can see the 'colored' coolant through the semi-clear plastic versus 'non-colored' water.
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                                            • grumpy
                                              Too lazy to set a custom title
                                              • Jan 2002
                                              • 9870
                                              #12
                                              put a heater in your garage
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                                                • SmokeyTheBear
                                                  ►SouthOfHeaven
                                                  • Jun 2004
                                                  • 28609
                                                  #13
                                                  heat up some anti-freeze pour it into rad
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                                                    • SmokeyTheBear
                                                      ►SouthOfHeaven
                                                      • Jun 2004
                                                      • 28609
                                                      #14
                                                      Originally posted by dvd316
                                                      Ever look at your radiator reservoir? You always can see the 'colored' coolant through the semi-clear plastic versus 'non-colored' water.
                                                      not all cars have one
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                                                        • Antonio
                                                          Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                          • Oct 2001
                                                          • 14136
                                                          #15
                                                          move to Africa

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                                                            • Bama
                                                              Confirmed User
                                                              • Nov 2001
                                                              • 2727
                                                              #16
                                                              The water in the radiator isn't the biggest concern - it's the water in your engine block.

                                                              The block has freeze plugs in it that are supposed to be pushed out when the ice expands in the block (as opposed to swelling and cracking the engine block) so hopefully if it got cold enough they worked like they were supposed to.

                                                              Starting the engine with frozen water in the block isn't something you want to do and you can be misled by thinking cause the water is the radiator is melted the ice in the engine is too....

                                                              Call that mechanic and tell him about his screw up - have him tow the vecicle to his shop to warm up the engine block and put antifreeze in it once it's warmed up and running again.

                                                              Be sure to tell him to check the freeze plugs too!

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                                                                • CE_BigB
                                                                  Confirmed User
                                                                  • Oct 2003
                                                                  • 1292
                                                                  #17
                                                                  Originally posted by dvd316
                                                                  Ever look at your radiator reservoir? You always can see the 'colored' coolant through the semi-clear plastic versus 'non-colored' water.
                                                                  Just because the mechanic flushed the radiator.. does not mean he flushed the coolant overflow... it still could look green...

                                                                  This is why I work on my own cars..

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                                                                    • spacedog
                                                                      Yes that IS me. Bitch.
                                                                      • Nov 2001
                                                                      • 14149
                                                                      #18
                                                                      oh, fucking great. I knew I forgot to do something. Now I need to go out & buy 9 gallons of antifreeze

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                                                                        • OG LennyT
                                                                          Wall Street Pimp
                                                                          • Jun 2003
                                                                          • 14345
                                                                          #19
                                                                          Originally posted by SmokeyTheBear
                                                                          not all cars have one

                                                                          Name one that doesnt

                                                                          thats like saying 'not all modern computers have USB ports'
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