Running without coolant ?
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A colleague is having a problem with coolant loss on his R53 Mini Cooper, its being sorted next week and he is topping it up daily until then.
Made me wonder what would happen if he didnt top it up, have seen a few cars completely devoid of coolant that were then sorted and lived to tell the tale, one being a taxi that my dad worked on, a Pinto engined 1.6 Cortina that came in as having no heater which was because it had dumped all its coolant yet had been in frequent, extended use without any.
Ok, an old 70 bhp Iron block Pinto being used at low speeds in winter is different from modern 200 bhp plus alloy blocked turbo (or in this case, supercharged stuff). I know the Ford Ecoboost doesnt take very well to losing coolant, I guess its high output, a turbo and low volume of the block means it cant dissipate the heat and overwhelms the materials.
I was thinking that with his Mini, if he kept the speed, acceleration down and didnt sit for ages in traffic, if its around zero C outside at the moment it would probably be ok, the ambient air and oil proving enough cooling, the engine is still lubricated ?
What are your experiences of zero coolant situations ?
Made me wonder what would happen if he didnt top it up, have seen a few cars completely devoid of coolant that were then sorted and lived to tell the tale, one being a taxi that my dad worked on, a Pinto engined 1.6 Cortina that came in as having no heater which was because it had dumped all its coolant yet had been in frequent, extended use without any.
Ok, an old 70 bhp Iron block Pinto being used at low speeds in winter is different from modern 200 bhp plus alloy blocked turbo (or in this case, supercharged stuff). I know the Ford Ecoboost doesnt take very well to losing coolant, I guess its high output, a turbo and low volume of the block means it cant dissipate the heat and overwhelms the materials.
I was thinking that with his Mini, if he kept the speed, acceleration down and didnt sit for ages in traffic, if its around zero C outside at the moment it would probably be ok, the ambient air and oil proving enough cooling, the engine is still lubricated ?
What are your experiences of zero coolant situations ?
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