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Sep 12th, 2019, 08:56 | #1 |
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Anyone know about modern Mini's? trying to help a friend
One of my Wife's friends has a 2011 Mini Cooper Petrol (non turbo) and has just spent a fortune on a new timing chain at a Garage.
Now the car is losing water (with no visible leakage) the expansion bottle empties every few days, it's running cold all the time, and the radiator cooling fan is running flat out. All the hoses to/from the rad are cold, they feel soft not over pressured, there's no sign of water in the oil or vise versa. She contacted the Garage again and they said it 'might' be the water pump leaking (it wasn't changed with the cam chain but then again I don't think it's driven off the chain). Have these cars got an electronic thermostat? it might be stuck open hence the cold running. Google suggests a coolant temp sensor which might explain the fan running etc? Any advice welcome....
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My Thoughts exactly, why try to fix something where the issue was caused by work carried out by a garage.
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It's either leaking out, or its leaking in. A pressure test would be the sensible place to start.
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I'm with "The garage should be made to sort it" gang!
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