On Sun, 27 Jan 2013 02:36:47 -0600, wrote:

On Sat, 26 Jan 2013 21:29:49 -0500, wrote:

On Sat, 26 Jan 2013 18:20:39 -0600, Vic Smith
wrote:

On Sat, 26 Jan 2013 18:02:56 -0600, wrote:

I had to remove my car's radiator to get it repaired. That may take
several days to a week, since the repair shop is real busy. I want to
move the car to a differerent place on the property. It will take 5
minutes at most to start it and move it. Is it safe to run an engine
without coolant for a short time like this? It's an 80's car with 6 cyl
engine if that matters. I dont think it can get real hot in that amount
of time, but I thought I'd ask. I'm handy with cars, but no mechanic.


I wouldn't do it. Might have no use for the repaired radiator.
Leave it, or find another way to move it.
I would not run it f minutes. But you can easily make a "short
circuit pipe" to fit between the rad hoses, fill it with coolant, move
it and drain it.

Now that is a great idea.
I probably have a pipe for that too.
Sometimes posting on here is well worth it.

Thanks!
A bit of PVC and a pair of elbows works fine. Don't even need to glue
it together - just a wrap of tape to hold it together. Put the pipe in
the lower hose, fill from top of pipe, pop the top hose on, and start
it up.

That said -

My daughter's '82 Colt 200 blew the rad one cold and nasty night about
10 miles from home. I went out with 2 gallons of water and tried to
fill the rad. Water ran out as fast as I could pour it in. I gave my
daughter the keys to my car and told her to follow me. I started the
colt, took it up to 100kph and shut it off, letting it coast. When it
got down to about 30 or 40 I turned on the ignition, popped the
clutch, and took it up to 100 again, then coasted it down. Took 3 or 4
cycles to get it home to my driveway - where we put in a new rad the
next day. No harm done to the engine