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Car Forum / Pontiac / Pontiac Fiero / January 2004Brrr??? I wouldnt be complaining
At least you guys didn't roll your restored GT with a engine that only has 5 miles on it out of the garage to work on another car, and forget it doesnt have anti-freeze yet!! Oops!@! After sitting at sub 20 for 24 hours it was nothing but a solid block of ice. Guess I got lucky though, its holding water, and now antifreeze too!!! just cost me a burnt up belt. whew! lol. Dont hesitate to put you're antifreeze in guys How'd you manage to burn up a belt?? > At least you guys didn't roll your restored GT with a engine that only > has 5 miles on it out of the garage to work on another car, and forget [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > burnt up belt. whew! lol. Dont hesitate to put you're antifreeze in > guys Block of ice - impeller won't turn - burnt belt. > How'd you manage to burn up a belt?? If that didn't crack the block, well, miracles happen. > Block of ice - impeller won't turn - burnt belt. > >>How'd you manage to burn up a belt?? If anyone wants to see THE most common place to crack the block (I've tossed about 1/2 dozen from it!), take a look at this: http://www.fieroclub.com/cracked_block.jpg Looks like it's a thin spot in the casting, and it'll blow out here before the frost plugs let go. :( > If that didn't crack the block, well, miracles happen. > > > Block of ice - impeller won't turn - burnt belt. > > > >>How'd you manage to burn up a belt?? linkie no workie > If anyone wants to see THE most common place to crack the block (I've tossed > about 1/2 dozen from it!), take a look at this: [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >>> >>>>How'd you manage to burn up a belt?? What Philo means, John, is there is nothing there. > linkie no workie > >> If anyone wants to see THE most common place to crack the block (I've >> tossed >> about 1/2 dozen from it!), take a look at this: Something goofy going on with my forwarding service... Grrr.... Try: http://24.207.70.105/cracked_block.jpg > linkie no workie > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > >>> > >>>>How'd you manage to burn up a belt?? Saw it that time. :-) > Something goofy going on with my forwarding service... Grrr.... > [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] >>>>> >>>>>>How'd you manage to burn up a belt?? Most blocks have someplace like that. The soft plugs in engine blocks, although they're often called "freeze" or "frost" plugs, really aren't. They were designed in the block to allow a way to get the casting sand out of the water passages and that's all. That they occasionally will push out if the block freezes isn't their main purpose. You're seeing more and more modern blocks without any soft plugs because the modern casting methods don't require them to be there. John Stricker > If anyone wants to see THE most common place to crack the block (I've tossed > about 1/2 dozen from it!), take a look at this: [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > > > > >>How'd you manage to burn up a belt?? |
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