F*n radiator just blew...

[Boone.Msi]

I just spent 3 hours washing, cleaning and vacuuming my car at the rents house, finally after all the work i drive home happily to my apartment. Stopped to get some gas, only to find out theres clouds of grey smoke bellowing out from under my hood

Lift the hood to find coolant pouring out everywhere so i think "oh great, the fatal BMW radiator flaw" after closer inspection i notice the culprit is two hoses on the drivers side of the radiator. The main hose which has popped off, and a smaller hose above that. Relieved to find a simple problem, i make sure that is all that is leaking. Upon further examination, the nipple on the radiator connected to the smaller hose has broken off

so i drive it a whole quarter mile home to let it rest. Please, for the love of god, tell me that i don't have to replace my radiator over this small nipple



I swear everytime i baby this car, it breaks something so i can replace it with a new one...
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[yaofeng]

A blown engine or $160 saved because you didn't buy the radiator? You choose.

[Boone.Msi]

^ thats the piece right there, i looked some more and found out the lower inlet has deteriorated and that was the cause for the hose to pop off. Is that plastic piece able to be bought separate?

[yaofeng]

Don't think so. Shell out $160 for a new radiator. It is not that bad.

[BillionPa]

i think im gonna just buy a radiator in advance of this happening to me...

[632 Regal]

I did last summer just incase.

i think im gonna just buy a radiator in advance of this happening to me...

[Alexlind123]

This stuff probably wouldnt happen if people would actually flush and replace their coolant every once in awhile.

[Ferret]

Izzit the coolant that eats the plasticwork here or izzit a manufacturing fault / bad design causing stress?

[70383roadrunner]

A blown engine or $160 saved because you didn't buy the radiator? You choose.

Where do you buy a radiator for $160? All the Behr ones I see are around $235.

[Boone.Msi]

This stuff probably wouldnt happen if people would actually flush and replace their coolant every once in awhile.

Coolant was flushed less than a month after i bought it, which was 5 months ago. They're $160 on ebay. I dont have a problem getting a new one, my problem is i have to drive to work for the next 4 days and i dont have a way to get to work...