BMW mini with a coolant leak

BMW Mini Cooper
BMW Mini Cooper

This 2003 BMW MINI Cooper 1600 was bought in with what looked like a pretty major coolant leak. Previously whenever we have repaired these Minis for coolant leaks they quite often look worse than they actually are. For some reason the coolant does make quite a mess of the engine bay.

We saw pretty much straight away that the radiator was looking in poor condition. The coolant was coming from the left hand side top arae of the radiator. We removed the radiator and checked all the hoses for any damage of weakness - all hoses appeared to be fine.

We replaced the radiator and at the same time carried out a complete coolant renewal. Bleed through the whole cooling system and road tested the car. Rechecked it again for any further leaks - all okay

Leaking radiator
Leaking radiator