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sportdan · Feb 6th, 2008, 05:14 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Richard Crofts (original)

Steam from the grill/scoops on an S is usually caused by water on the intercooler. On a cooper its something more probably, possible a leak on the rad etc. Usually the rad is not hot enough to create enough steam to be noticable, so its possible its over hot or there is a leak. However it is just possible that its water on the warm rad on a cold day.

In all honesty I havent really noticed it any more since my original post so I reckon its water on the warm rad like you said. If it was a leak then I woulda thought I would have noticed it more often or it would be there all the time. I have only seen it odd times!

Feb 6th, 2008, 05:14 PM	#16
sportdan MINI2 Regular Join Date: Jul 2007 Local Time: 06:53 AM Posts: 63 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by Richard Crofts (original) Steam from the grill/scoops on an S is usually caused by water on the intercooler. On a cooper its something more probably, possible a leak on the rad etc. Usually the rad is not hot enough to create enough steam to be noticable, so its possible its over hot or there is a leak. However it is just possible that its water on the warm rad on a cold day. In all honesty I havent really noticed it any more since my original post so I reckon its water on the warm rad like you said. If it was a leak then I woulda thought I would have noticed it more often or it would be there all the time. I have only seen it odd times!