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dumb antifreeze question

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NutmegCT

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Winter's here. You checked your one year old antifreeze a couple weeks ago; the Prestone "immerse the needle" gauge shows the protection is -25 degrees Fahrenheit.

Great.

But you heard this morning that next week the temp might go down to -30.

If that happens, does the block crack? or just the coolant turns slushy, or every single coolant hose and passage splits and explodes, or ...?

Thanks.
Tom
 
I think it may be time to move to a warmer climate.......
 
Amen.

The coolant may slush up. Can you find a way to put a 100W lightbulb under the hood (in a safe place away from gas)? It ~might~ help with a few degrees' wiggle room.
 
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