No heat for a while this morning

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Old 12-06-2007, 05:16 AM
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It was in the mid teens last night temperature wise. Took a few tries to get the car started but it ran fine, but I had no heat for a while. Temp gauge moved up actually a bit quicker than usual, and I messed with the heat lever a bit. I figured the thermostat may have been a bit sticky. All ended up being fine though, heat started to flow and the temp went down. Kinda strange, hopefully it doesnt happen again
Old 12-06-2007, 05:20 AM
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Default At least you can open your car doors......

Can't say I've ever had a problem starting that car in the cold. Actually it surprises me that it fires right up on the first crank. Hopefully it goes above freezing today so I can get in the car without munching a door handle.
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cold? that's not cold. deal with -30, that's cold. : )
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Maybe the coolant needs to flushed. If it wasn't 50-50 mix, maybe it was freezing up?
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Default How do you measure the freeze protection of pentosin antifreeze?

Will the little squeaze thing with floating ***** give an accurate reading or is that only for glycol based antifreeze?
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at least your cars run!
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Maybe your heater valve is sticking or was frozen?
Old 12-06-2007, 07:09 PM
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New coolant 3 months ago, proper mix.
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