Lowest temperature today?

[Lee Winger]

-7 here in Ipswich

[Joe Loggs]

 

Had to piece down a ash first thing this morning my rope was frozen stiff but it self tends lovely threw my sj :-).

[Joe Loggs]

I'm at duxford

[farmer_ben]

girlfriends car said -15.5 at half five this morning and one of my firewood customers recorded -16.8 during the night. Thats around Wickhambrook

[agg221]

girlfriends car said -15.5 at half five this morning and one of my firewood customers recorded -16.8 during the night. Thats around Wickhambrook

 

Yep, that would agree with Sturmer at -17. Trees were still thick white in the sun, with frost dropping from the sky like snowflakes when we went to Cambridge earlier. Only place I've ever seen it like this was Lake Constance on the German/Swiss border.

 

Alec

[Daniël Bos]

My outside thermometer read a low of -16.3 and a current temp of -11.4 this morning.

It's normally quite optimistic, both my cars, and the postmans car reckoned -14.7 at the same time so it may have been a tad cooler than -16.3.

 

This is is south Lincolnshire.

 

Landrover refusing to start, and realised I should have sorted my coolant in the car. I had a leak for ages and just up with water as I was losing it anyway. Fixed the leak, left it for a bit to be sure and there you go, frozen engine!

Luckily there was just enough antifreeze to keep a "crushed ice-drink" consistency but even with the engine temp running up to 108 the heater matrix was still frozen solid. Cue frozen windows and windscreen on the inside after every 2 miles.

10 miles of driving, with two half-hour stops and still frozen.

[Rich2484]

My outside thermometer read a low of -16.3 and a current temp of -11.4 this morning.

It's normally quite optimistic, both my cars, and the postmans car reckoned -14.7 at the same time so it may have been a tad cooler than -16.3.

 

This is is south Lincolnshire.

 

Landrover refusing to start, and realised I should have sorted my coolant in the car. I had a leak for ages and just up with water as I was losing it anyway. Fixed the leak, left it for a bit to be sure and there you go, frozen engine!

Luckily there was just enough antifreeze to keep a "crushed ice-drink" consistency but even with the engine temp running up to 108 the heater matrix was still frozen solid. Cue frozen windows and windscreen on the inside after every 2 miles.

10 miles of driving, with two half-hour stops and still frozen.

 

 

For gods sake go steady with that, frozen water in engine block will crack it. I would have wrapped it up and used a burner or hair drier to melt it and warm it up first.

 

The last thing you want is a hefty bill for new engine block.

[farmer_ben]

Yep, that would agree with Sturmer at -17. Trees were still thick white in the sun, with frost dropping from the sky like snowflakes when we went to Cambridge earlier. Only place I've ever seen it like this was Lake Constance on the German/Swiss border.

 

Alec

 

was a beautiful morning in stansfield, went down the farm to feed the pigs at 8am and i was really taken back by how still and peaceful everything was

[Daniël Bos]

For gods sake go steady with that, frozen water in engine block will crack it. I would have wrapped it up and used a burner or hair drier to melt it and warm it up first.

 

The last thing you want is a hefty bill for new engine block.

 

Can't see how god fits into mechanics?

 

If it wanted to crack, it would have done so, no amount of wrapping up, hair-dryer/whatever would have changed that I reckon.

 

Because the top-hose to the rad was solid but had a tiny bit of "crunch" I decided just firing it up was the way to go. I've managed to drop just enough liquid to get all the antifreeze I had left into it:thumbup:

 

And a new block will not really be an option unless I get given one. The car cost me £1250 3 years/120k miles ago:biggrin:

[Rich2484]

Can't see how god fits into mechanics?

 

If it wanted to crack, it would have done so, no amount of wrapping up, hair-dryer/whatever would have changed that I reckon.

 

Because the top-hose to the rad was solid but had a tiny bit of "crunch" I decided just firing it up was the way to go. I've managed to drop just enough liquid to get all the antifreeze I had left into it:thumbup:

 

And a new block will not really be an option unless I get given one. The car cost me £1250 3 years/120k miles ago:biggrin:

 

Fair enough. Had a transit that froze over last year but it had the same slush puppy consistency you are on about, it overheated down the road and we had trouble figuring it out after taking the therm out I felt the rad hoses.