How do I thaw my frozen engine?

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If it has a conventional water pump thaw that out with a hair dryer and see if it will turn over. Assuming that the radiator is also frozen, and provided none of the " freeze " plugs have moved out of their pockets, try to run it for several minutes, turn it off for a while to let the engine heat thaw things a bit, and repeat. Once the engine water is getting to the radiator, try to get the thawed water out via the bottom drain and start adding anti-freeze until things are all thawed. If you're lucky nothing will have been harmed by the freeze-up. Good luck.

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This worked for me on an old Austin-Healey about 35 years ago.

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