mp3 wounded yesterday

[mp3boy1984]

So yesterday i am making the trip from michigan tech which is in houghton. To Lake Superior State University, which is in Sault Ste. Marie. As i am coming back it is sort of a mixture of rain and snow, then as i get onto i-75 to go the final 8 miles of my journey it all stops. I get to about 3 miles away from my school and i look in my rear view mirror to see what appeared to be mist......i thought how unusual then i look down at my temp gauge to see my engine is burning up, i was like oh s***...so i pull over, and my inside fills with smoke, i pop the hood. As i come to the front of my car i see that the whole front end of my car was a block of ice...as in top grill, lower grill, which meant that no fresh air was getting into the engine....then i see a green fluid mixed in with the ice, i was like oh man anti-freeze. I open the hood, and when the smoke had cleared, i notice that my anti-freeze over flow had built up so much pressure that it popped the top off and shot everywhere. Now my engine bay is all green. Nothing real damaging happened to my car, that i know of so far. Do you guys think that the chunk of ice could have been what did it?

 

[Kooldino]

That sucks, but like you said, if it's not getting fresh air, the heat will rise. Although it should have pulled some from under the car...but not enough to cool the radiator I guess. Might wanna have Mazda check it out just for grins.

 

[PA_MP3_Man]

holy s*** that sucks. Take her to a pressure washer and blow that s*** outta your engine bay. I hate that stinky smell it makes when the engine gets hot. Good luck, and I hope everythings turns out ok for ya.

 

[Little Beavis]

Yeah "burning" antifreeze sucks.

I would guess there's no damage. You can blow radiator hoses and such and the engine is still fine, so long as you don't try driving around without coolant and all.

Interesting story, never really heard of that happening before, but it makes sense and seems possible. . .just needed someone like you to prove that it was possible I guess.

 

[alec172]

That sucks

I suggest u getting that washed off asap. Anti-freeze can be very corrosive on certain parts depending on it's concentration.

 

[mp3boy1984]

hmmm......that isn't good, cuz i am in the u.p. and don't think there is a drive in car wash where you can wash out your engine bay. Hm.....guess i willl be making a trip home very quickly