fundir motor

English translation: blow the engine

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Spanish term or phrase:fundir motor
English translation:blow the engine
Entered by: Marcelo González

02:19 Oct 24, 2006
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Spanish term or phrase: fundir motor
Estoy traduciendo los parlamentos de una película y me gustaría confirmar la forma correcta de traducir "fundir el motor de un auto" La opción que se me ocurre es "blow the engine".

Thanks for your help
Sybila Canobra
Local time: 14:57
blow the engine/crack the (engine) block
Explanation:
Never pour cold water into a hot engine, as you will surely warp the cylinder heads and possibly crack the block. While the cooling system is flushing, ...
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Any little puddle of untreated water can freeze and crack the block or exhaust manifold. The rest of the winterization is quick and easy: Fog the engine as ...
www.boatmotors.com/winterization/ - 22k - Cached - Similar pages

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Hola Sybila,

In support of your original suggestion, I thought you might like to see the comparison below. Though perhaps not conclusive, it suggests that your original suggestion, in this context, is indeed quite common. (In fact, when it happened to me a number of years ago, here in the US, it's exactly what the mechanic told me.) :-)

Results 1 - 10 of about 9,710 for "blow the engine". (0.06 seconds)
http://www.google.com/search?q="blow the engine"&start=0&ie=...

Results 1 - 10 of about 282 for "blow up the engine". (0.21 seconds)
http://www.google.com/search?hs=vlD&hl=en&lr=&client=firefox...
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Marcelo González
United States
Local time: 07:57
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thanks a lot guys!!!!
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Summary of answers provided
5 +3blow the engine/crack the (engine) block
Marcelo González
5the engine seized
bigedsenior
4burnt-out engine
ElChe (X)


  

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burnt-out engine


Explanation:
to burn-out the engine

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Note added at 1 hr (2006-10-24 04:07:17 GMT) Post-grading
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"burnt-out" tiene la misma connotacion de "no da mas" y "quemado" que tiene 'fundido'

ElChe (X)
Vatican City State
Local time: 18:57
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
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blow the engine/crack the (engine) block


Explanation:
Never pour cold water into a hot engine, as you will surely warp the cylinder heads and possibly crack the block. While the cooling system is flushing, ...
www.vtr.org/maintain/cooling-flush.shtml - 10k - Cached - Similar pages

Bundle up! How to prep your sterndrive, outboard or PWC for a long ...
Any little puddle of untreated water can freeze and crack the block or exhaust manifold. The rest of the winterization is quick and easy: Fog the engine as ...
www.boatmotors.com/winterization/ - 22k - Cached - Similar pages

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Note added at 2 hrs (2006-10-24 05:01:21 GMT) Post-grading
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Hola Sybila,

In support of your original suggestion, I thought you might like to see the comparison below. Though perhaps not conclusive, it suggests that your original suggestion, in this context, is indeed quite common. (In fact, when it happened to me a number of years ago, here in the US, it's exactly what the mechanic told me.) :-)

Results 1 - 10 of about 9,710 for "blow the engine". (0.06 seconds)
http://www.google.com/search?q="blow the engine"&start=0&ie=...

Results 1 - 10 of about 282 for "blow up the engine". (0.21 seconds)
http://www.google.com/search?hs=vlD&hl=en&lr=&client=firefox...


Marcelo González
United States
Local time: 07:57
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thanks a lot guys!!!!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Henry Hinds: Or "blow UP the engine" (even worse). Can also be "burn up" the engine.
9 mins
  -> several possibilities; that said, blow/crack the engine might be the two most common ways of saying it. >For a passive voice construction, that might work. For the active voice, "out" might be better. Thanks, Henry!

agree  kironne
10 mins
  -> gracias, kironne, y ¡saludos!

agree  Juan Jacob: Sí, reventar, o volar la máquina, o el motor... como le pasó a Schumacher hace poco.
26 mins
  -> Exacto. ¡Muchas gracias, Juan!
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the engine seized


Explanation:
The engine lost oil pressure and the bearing surfaces overheated to the point that the parts fused together.

A blown engine is when the connecting rod breaks loose, 'throws a rod', and goes into or through the head. There are other other engine failures, such as blown head gaskets, cracked block or heads, compression loss and burnt valves which are less serious than the first two.

This comes from many years experience in the automotive industry.



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