[T3] Tire failure?

[Mike Fisher]

Did you have antifreeze in your Polo?  I drove my S-10 pickup from
Redding to Missoula one Christmas without any antifreeze in it.  The
block/heads froze up solid.  We had to push it into my Dad's garage
for a couple days before it would turn over.  They use electric engine
block heaters & studded winter tires etc up there.  I had an electric
sump heater on my 67 911 S up there.  Dad called me a DumbKopf or some
such for forgetting the antifreeze in the S-10!

On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 4:48 AM, Dave Hall <dave at hallvw.clara.co.uk> wrote:
> I had a tyre go completely flat in freezing weather, just sitting in the
> drive.  I don't think the valve froze as the cap was on, but I think some
> water froze between the bead and the rim.  I couldn't find any other
> explanation.  Once the cold weather went, the tyre was fine again.  Another
> cold snap resulted in my watercooled VW Polo not even turning over - the
> engine felt seized.  When I got home at the end of the day having used
> another VW (!), it started absolutely fine (maybe it felt ashamed of letting
> me down?).  I wondered if condensation had frozen in a cylinder.  We get
> freezing days after rain quite often, which plays havoc with door locks if
> the water seals are not perfect.
>
> Dave,
> UK VW Type 3&4 Club
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> Subject: Re: [T3] Tire failure?
>
> [[[The Problem with water in the compressed air lines in the winter is that
> it freezes]]]
>
> Back in high school when I worked in a service station, we saw problems with
> this moisture (from the compressed air) putting water into the valve stem.
> When that eventually froze it expanded, causing the valve stem to bleed air!
> This can also happen here during our winters if you lose a valve stem cap;
> therefore allowing water to work it's way into the valve stem and freeze.
> Same result.
>
> Dave Pallo
> '72 Square ~ "Elwood"
> Fairport, NY
>
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