Always winterize before winter!!!!(I'm Back)

So I'm back after a small hospital stay. Not 4 me. My son had surgery. And it took a week in the PICU for recovery. The Entire time he was in I put about 500 miles on the blazer. She ran like a top. we had a follow up appointment today, went out started her up went back in got my self and my son ready. Went out Antifreeze everywhere. Temp gauge pretty high. Duh!! I never replaced the radiator cap and thermostat when I did the Intake gasket. Got the shit I needed, grabbed a screw driver and a rachet out and in new hose too and new coolant/anti-freeze 30 minutes Flat.
My diagnosis is, Due to the shitty cap and faulty thermostat (by the way that one had holes drilled in it from previous owner). I had air pockets in the system and when the liquid rose in temp condisation was created. and when the truck was off, over time ice formed in the heater core and caused a blockage. Luckily it just over heated and ran out thru the overflow. And as far as I know no damage was caused to the rest of the system. This is my retarded mistake. I put it off an off til I forgot about it all together. Then It turned out to be an inconvenience. Rather than a routine fix.
And yes I got the STANT.

Glad to see your back, Hope everything went well...

DINO

Glad to see your back, Hope everything went well...

DINO
Oh yeah, the procedure was or is called a "Nissen". Its when they wrap the stomach lining around the oesophagus (http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?oesophagus). Sounds funky, right? He has severe "acid reflux". Also Infantile spasms, a serious seizure disorder. I'll post a pic of him someday. he is a year and a half. but we are kickin ass now!! went for a lil wintertime cruise 2 day. had a blast. again the blazer is running topps . 4wd works awesome. still have that little clunk in front right but o well ill deal with that after xmas.

Hope that your son heals up quickly

I can kinda relate to the winterize problem, my T-stat is opening prematurely, so I'll have to change it tomorrow. It's only been on for 6 months, so I'm suprised.

It's -16 celcus out side right now. Probably warmer than BlazerLT's, but still cold.

I think that I'm going to drive it around foe a while to warm it up first.

Glad to hear everything is good with yer kiddo GB...:) Also glad to hear the truck's ok..:) Now get back in the kitchen and make me a sammich! :evillol:

You heard him GirlBear, and you know what sort of sandwich to make him with a comment like that :grinno:

You heard him GirlBear, and you know what sort of sandwich to make him with a comment like that :grinno:

Woohoo! :naughty:

You heard him GirlBear, and you know what sort of sandwich to make him with a comment like that :grinno:
Knuckle?

:grinyes:

Promises promises... :lol2:

Knuckle?
play nice kids :nono:

hehehe ;)

Girlbear, if you are getting ice in your heater core, it isn't from condensation, it is from your coolant being too weak.

I agree with BLT , Girlbear ,are you using a premixed coolant or straight stuff ? Glad your boy is doing fine now . That sounds like a real challenge in every day life . I am amazed and admire you for all that you have to deal . And still have time for us and your Blazer . Rob

Girlbear, if you are getting ice in your heater core, it isn't from condensation, it is from your coolant being too weak.
Oh. that makes more sense to me now that you said it. well no worries from now on its about 90-10 now should i even it out or keep it mostly antifreeze?

I agree with BLT , Girlbear ,are you using a premixed coolant or straight stuff ? Glad your boy is doing fine now . That sounds like a real challenge in every day life . I am amazed and admire you for all that you have to deal . And still have time for us and your Blazer . Rob
well thanx rob. we have a whole cast of charactors helping us, from my mom dad bro and sisters to cousins and friends. trust me i'd go insane without our support posse. we're lucky cause theres moms and kids goin thru stuff alone. And they don't even have transportation n shit. we have this red devil of a 4x4 with its handycaps. lol. when i fix the blazers never ending problems i put my son in his $4000 special needs stroller(over priced by $3850) and we hangout and fix what needs fixin. he usually gives up rather early into it tho. and his dad takes him into see gramma and grandpa. with out them my/our blazer would never get fixed. o and theres this big steep hill at the bank. so i drove up it, parked and added fluid til all the air bubbled out of the rad. with the stant its a nice pressured system.

Oh. that makes more sense to me now that you said it. well no worries from now on its about 90-10 now should i even it out or keep it mostly antifreeze?

Yes, I would drop it to 70/30 for sure. Easy to do, just open the radiator petcock and drain the rad a bit and top it off with water.

Too high of a concentration has its drawbacks as well.

Oh. that makes more sense to me now that you said it. well no worries from now on its about 90-10 now should i even it out or keep it mostly antifreeze?

I've always used a 50-50mix and have had no problems. That depends on where you live though too. It works for me but im in pa. Friggin amish country :cya:

I would rather be overprotected than under just in case things get weird cold.

And trust me I know weird cold up here.....takes you breath away.

GB , the manufacturors of antifreeze recomend a 50/50 mix . most offer it in the jug like that . you can get one of those little bulb and straw thingys that measures the specific gravity of what you have in it now before you try to adjust it . They show what temp you are protected down to without having to guess at it . Rob

GB , the manufacturors of antifreeze recomend a 50/50 mix . most offer it in the jug like that . you can get one of those little bulb and straw thingys that measures the specific gravity of what you have in it now before you try to adjust it . They show what temp you are protected down to without having to guess at it . Rob

50/50 will protect down to -38c I think, better to go no lower than 60/40 and overprotect the freezing point than go to thin.

And trust me I know weird cold up here.....takes you breath away

You easterners think you know cold...

We had a day last winter that was -45°C BEFORE the windchill (that's -49°F!). With the 40-50km winds that day you were liable to poke someone's eyes out just by breathing upwind from them!!