(e36) my radiator blew up!

[Doug Wirth <DWirth@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Yesterday on the way home from work, 2 blocks from home. to my horror I was
looking over my hood and saw a rush of steam and water fly all over the
front of my car.  I'm sure it had nothing to do with hitting redline in
first and second gear.  I looked down to see my temp gage in the red.  I
lifted off the gas, turned on the heater full blast and limped home, about
150 yards.  after lifting the hood, I noticed that the plastic side of my
radiator had separated from the main part.  It lost most of my coolant.  I
remember reading about the fact that these radiators don't last more than
100k miles.  While I was performing surgery, I decided to remove the water
pump to see if I had another problem waiting to happen.  You guessed it a
plastic impeller that had 3 huge cracks on it.  SO now that I have ordered
$350 in parts (thank you Mr. bush for the refund). I wanted to thank this
list for all of the great information that it provides.  I'm sure. I'm
saving big bucks in engine repairs by replacing that water pump.  Its only a
couple hour job to replace, I should have done it long ago!

Regards,


Doug Wirth 
96 328i  75k miles
	


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