Part filled and left engine with just water - damage?

[Shaunyboy]

i started to fill the fluids day before yestoday and put a milk bottle full of water in which is 2.27 litres, never got round to topping the rest up and forgot till tonight, any chances of damage or will it be ok? Ive just poured 1.5 litres of G12 in and squeezed the bottom hose and it was kinda mushy like slush so hopefully it hasnet compleatly frozen up and cracked nothing

 

[DPJ]

Probably not.

 

[Shaunyboy]

Hope so mate, i know when its full water expands and then causes cracking as there is no room for it to expand

 

[Shaunyboy]

Give the top hose a squeeze before and it was fine, which was odd as there was mushy ice in there yestoday, hope its not damaged nothing

 

[Shaunyboy]

Ive never noticed core plugs on these apart from on the water pump, i might whip top cover off tomorrow and have a look as im paranoid due to ammount of work i done, if head or anything is cracked then its off to the crusher.

 

[dholdi]

Its unlikely to have caused any damage even if its frozen, like you said it will only expand and crack something if there is nowhere for it to expand to and as yours wasnt full it should just expand.
Hopefully yours should be ok, though I will buy your brembos if it goes to the crusher

 

[Shaunyboy]

Well its not going to the crusher yet lol so hold fire

 

[CupraMVR]

Shud be ok aint that cold. not like we in Russia

 

[Andrewcupra TDI]

well was -5 friday night and when i drove home sat morning around 9 - 10 am

 

[Fozly]

If the system wasn't full up then I would expect you to be ok, as there would be space for the water to expand into as it froze, rather than breaking its way out the system.

 

[Shaunyboy]

Well my car defrosted today so poured some uncle freeze through top hose and hopefully all is well