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Aug 10, 2006, 1:12 PM
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Raditor 1993 Ford Escort
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Help Far from home. Ford Escort 1993 overheated on Interstate. Using friend compture. Auto lost power when over heating. pour water in raditor and comes out at small hole in bottom of raditor. Vechical wont start, but trys to Very low on money, need to get bk home and work. what should I do. dont know anything about cars.will stop leak help and will fixing cause car to start. sorry to bother u. but need advice as what I should do thanks
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carjunky
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Aug 10, 2006, 1:20 PM
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Re: Radiator 1993 Ford Escort
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depending on the size of the hole in the raditor.... and presuming it will fix the car until you get home. We have heard that putting some black pepper (powder form) in the radiator will block the hole for awhile. How far it will go I'm not sure but it has done its job. Also a raw egg will stop a small leak.... (fact from Myth Busters...) But the black pepper will hold up a bit longer. Find a diner and ask them for some black pepper from a shaker. And put it directly into the cars radiator not the reserve tank.
(This post was edited by carjunky on Aug 10, 2006, 1:22 PM)
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Tom Greenleaf
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Aug 10, 2006, 1:27 PM
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Re: Raditor 1993 Ford Escort
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Here you go! You need to know if you have spark and fuel. The stop-leak I like best is from Napa and made by Macs but is just to get you home then flush it all out. Only use about 1/3 of the bottle but the car needs to run first. The overheat could have messed up the module on the side of the distrubutor or who knows what? Carry water with you and keep it full for the run home. Plain water cools better and you simply will have to fix the radiator or replace it. Don't forget to get anti-freeze back to proper amount when all is fixed, T
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Aug 10, 2006, 1:27 PM
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Thank You for taking time to reply. I will try as u suggested. hole is about the size of tip of pikey finger. Why want the car start even with out water in raditor??? have a great week-end.
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carjunky
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Aug 10, 2006, 1:36 PM
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Re: Radiator 1993 Ford Escort
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did you originally stop the car or did it stop itself?
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