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In very cold weather, the engine can freeze if precautionary
measures are not taken. Motoring organisation Green
Flag reports that it dealt with around 3,000 cases
last winter where engines had seized, the radiators
having been starved of antifreeze. On Boxing Day, one
desperate motorist had poured neat anti-freeze over
his ice-covered radiator and water pumps, but to no
avail. The car had to be towed away, and left, to slowly
defrost in the warmth of breakdown service station
for the rest of the holiday.
What to do...
While your vehicle may run perfectly well in summer,
if it has not been recently maintained, dampness can
set in, causing, failure to any part, of the, complex
ignition system. Keep anti-freeze levels topped up
to maximum capacity:
never let the antifreeze levels fall short of the
recommended measure as the damage can be very expensive.
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