lets see your winter front grill.

[Talkwrench]

And winter here is not that cold..

I'll only just get to temp by the time I get to work..

 

[RalphG]

When you calculate the wind chill factor on a cold winter day the coolant in the radiator can freeze. .

Yes, wind chill is a big factor. It refers to heat loss and when you are driving and creating maybe 50 mph wind through the radiator there is a major heat loss. Block off that wind with a winter front and you will be fine. If not, you better have strong anti freeze in the cooling system or it will gell up to the point that it won't flow anymore. Your engine will over heat while the radiator is froze up. Sounds funny but I've had it happen on at least one occasion.

 

[Lanny]

I had a gallon of New Antifreeze that was left out in my pickup box on a
below zero night. I grabbed it the next morning, and it was all gelled up
in the New unopened container.
The guy at the auto parts store told me that Pure antifreeze will gel if it
gets cold enough, and it needs water mixed with it to work right.
I usually mix it at 50/50 ratio, but I have heard that a 65% coolant/35%
water is about the strongest/safest mix when using glycol anti-freeze.







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[Kahuna]

Blucar
Are you affected by the fires?
Jim

 

[Byron Warwick]

I didn't use a cardboard in the rad of my truck when I was driving it in the fifties and sixties. Here is an older picture, when I took a Boy Scout troop on a winter tent camping weekend. The snow may have been a bit deep, but we didn't get stuck. See that black thing in the tree; it is a 1936 faux fir coat that I got from my Dad, and I used to wear it in winter.
Cheers, Byron.