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It's so cold that coolant oozes between water pump and block!!! Block heater question... 200 1990

posted by  someone claiming to be stuck in snow and freezin me balls off! on  Tue Jan 28 03:23 CST 2003 [RELATED]

Hi.

-29 degrees celcius up hear just north of Montéal. (Farenheit, ??? but cooold) The brick started but the engin ran very rough for 5-10 minutes. So cold that antifreeze oozes past the frozen seal between block and pump. Right rear tire has a slow leak and was about a third deflated, I had to roll about 2-3 minutes for it to feel round... Yes it's that cold.

Question: When I plug the block heater, the breaker jumps after a few minutes. Could the extension cord be to small gauge?
The cord is stuck in about 10 inches of ice, no relation right?
Can I test the block heater itself and how? (i have meter)
Am I missing something?

Any help welcome. I really need this thing to work more than the seat heaters....






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