Overheat-- what froze?

[Steve Sears]

Rob,
I had the same thing happen to me the first time we had a really cold
weekday.  I figured it must have been the line between the reservoir and the
rad that froze.  After being parked in a service bay (I love my CAA/AAA
card) for about an hour, it started right up with no ill effects.  Plugged
my block heater in after that - the next morning I turned on the defrost and
my "new" (installed July 2001 and hadn't experienced temps below -15C yet)
PPG windshield went "boom!" - sigh.
The coolant smell you had in the cabin might have been a result of the
coolant shower the engine was enjoying.  Might want to get the system
pressure checked, and check the engine compression while you are at it.
Cheers!
Steve Sears
1987 5kTQ
1980 5k
1962 and '64 Auto Union DKW Junior deLuxes
BTW,  Todd, when did Minnesota secede and join Canada (aka "The Great White
North" from SCTV), eh?
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