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Originally Posted by viper If you start the car with the radiator cap open and the water inside starts to bubble or thrown out after a few minutes then it means you have blown your gasket or warped the head or both. |
Ok, will check this out in the evening... we should have a sticky section somewhere on the forum for these sorts of things
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Originally Posted by aZa Why didn't ur friend just go fetch a bottle or two of coolent when he stopped for putting water ? Coolent is available at most of the Gas stations. |
Well... one doesn't really think straight when he / she is in panic mode!
In any case, the fear of being scalded by boiling coolant and the bold warning saying "Never Open When Hot" would scare away
most people who had a passing thought of opening up an overheated radiator!
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Originally Posted by aZa our vehicle stalled twice in noida. My driver checked the engine and found that due to poor maintaince the coolent was over and radiator was dry.We got 2-3 bottles of chilled water and filled up the radiater and the coolent reservoir. |
That was not a very good idea... you are lucky you didn't crack the block or head! Ideally, you should just let the car stand till it cools down
completely before adding any fluids to the cooling system.
If you really need to drive on, then, put in as
warm water as you can find. The idea is to let the metal parts cool gradually. If you suddenly cool the hot engine, there is a high chance of cracking the block and / or head.
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