Absolutely yes. It would run for a couple of seconds and quit. If there is any water in the fuel it will freeze. Once weather warms and car runs, put a put a good quality DRY GAS in the gas tank, and fill it up. The dry gas will allow the water to eventually burn off.
The wrong anti-freeze could cause the water to freeze in the engine. The wrong anti-freeze could cause abnormal corrosion in the radiator.
There is a chance of it, that engine has glow plugs, starting fluid can explode when the glow plugs come on causing engine damage. Before using starting fluid on this type engine, make sure glow plugs are not plugged in, and can not come on.
The temperature was below a degree and my nose was starting to freeze and my body felt like solid ice.
Volume of liquids. You could also use it to measure the volume of small solids using the displacement-of-fluid method.
No the transmission will not overheat, the wrong type of fluid could just ruin it the transmission. Same with also using too low or high amounts of fluid. That's why they recommend using the right type of transmission fluid.
It could be a number of problems, not just fuel. An electronic component can fail suddenly leaving you stranded. See if it will start briefly using a little starting fluid. Spray a few seconds worth of starting fluid into the air intake. If it starts briefly, ignition is eliminated as a possible problem.
There is no substitute available that can be used for brake fluid. Using anything other than brake fluid could be dangerous and would likely cause damage.
if it is using trnasmission fluid you could have a bad tansmission modulator. take it to a shop
you could ask your GP to freeze it off using liquid nitrate or use a wart remover.
Tonight's storm may freeze the bridges. I'm going to freeze this milk shake.
Have someone help you, then using a can of starting fluid, spray some fluid in the intake while your friend tries to start the engine. If everything ELSE is working properly, and the engine starts briefly with the starting fluid, there is probably an issue with the fuel delivery. It could also be related to EGR valve, especially on a vehicle that is getting a little older. Sometimes a plugged EGR circuit can cause problems with the engine.
You could register and see if that helps or see what's using all your CPU in task mgr and that will tell you