Hi all,
Last month i installed a BMS intercooler on my GTI. all seemed fine. Last night my coolant alarm goes off. I shut off the car and check and the tank is full so i ignore it. On my way home it does it again, so this time i leave the car running. The tank was empty. I also saw a bunch of coolant around the passenger side of the radiator. I noticed that the radiator had come loose from the mount into the intercooler on the passenger side and fallen. It was like 1 AM, so i didn't have time to fully determine where the fluid was coming from.
I have a few questions
1. Has anyone had issues with their radiator coming loose from a BMS intercooler. (trying to figure out if i screwed up the install, or if there is an issue with the IC fitment) This is the question that worries me the most. I don't want to fix the rad only to have this happen again because the IC clip points aren't right.
2. I didn't see any hoses last night, so im suspecting that it is leaking from a busted rad. I am going to start it today and check it in the sunlight. are there any places i should be watching in particular?
3. if it is my Rad, do i have to remove the front bumper to get it out, or can i remove it via the engine bay?
Last month i installed a BMS intercooler on my GTI. all seemed fine. Last night my coolant alarm goes off. I shut off the car and check and the tank is full so i ignore it. On my way home it does it again, so this time i leave the car running. The tank was empty. I also saw a bunch of coolant around the passenger side of the radiator. I noticed that the radiator had come loose from the mount into the intercooler on the passenger side and fallen. It was like 1 AM, so i didn't have time to fully determine where the fluid was coming from.
I have a few questions
1. Has anyone had issues with their radiator coming loose from a BMS intercooler. (trying to figure out if i screwed up the install, or if there is an issue with the IC fitment) This is the question that worries me the most. I don't want to fix the rad only to have this happen again because the IC clip points aren't right.
2. I didn't see any hoses last night, so im suspecting that it is leaking from a busted rad. I am going to start it today and check it in the sunlight. are there any places i should be watching in particular?
3. if it is my Rad, do i have to remove the front bumper to get it out, or can i remove it via the engine bay?