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Finally got snow, and my truck overheats :-(


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We got 14" of snow yesterday in Bellingham and it got to about 18 degrees last night, and I left my truck outside because it was covered in snow otherwise i would have pulled it in the garage. So I start driving to go to my bank this morning and the temp goes up past 210 and keeps risiing and it never has before, so i pull over and it's bubbling out the coolant overflow tank so i had to pull over and let it cool down, then I drove home since it started overheating less than a mile after driving from my house... Do you think my water pump froze or what? because after i let it cool down it seemed to have defrosted somthing because it started flowing and cooling again after i re-filled the coolant. Anyone had that happen when it freezes out, because I haven't.. here's some pics, we only get a few days on snow in the low elevations, but the mountains get a ton.

 

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You do not have enough antifreeze in your truck. It is probably the radiator froze up. This happened to me 40 years ago in Big Bear Calif. I blew a radiator hose in my FJ40 and was able to fix it on the side of the road. Got some water out of a stream and refilled the system. The drove a couple of miles and the thing started to overheat and boil over. I added some more water to it and put a piece of cardboard in front of the radiator and made it home just fine. Drained the water when I got home and refilled with antifreeze and didn’t have another problem. Also sometimes when it gets real cold a thermostat will stick closed causing the same problem.

 

Hope you are enjoying the snow in Bellingham, I used to live there.

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