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too tall · Jul 10th, 2007, 11:40 PM

My 2005 R53 Cooper S with 22500 miles just blew its gasket and was leaking coolant on the parking overnight. Took it in to the dealer after calling for type of coolant to put in. Turns out to be the thermostat gasket is leaking coolant and on the same day 5 MINIs were in the dealership with the same problem!
Anyone else experiencing this problem? It is very hot here in Utah and the 100 F degree heat may have contributed to the failure.

Minipnut · Jul 12th, 2007, 04:26 AM

hmm 100f isnt that hot, gets quite abit hotter here in Aussieland, afew months back i drove ~1000 miles in 112F~ the cars temp needle didnt budge from the centre, while i was sitting in a nice 70f inside my baby =)

Jenkins · Jul 12th, 2007, 06:45 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by too tall (original)

Turns out to be the thermostat gasket is leaking coolant.
Anyone else experiencing this problem? It is very hot here in Utah and the 100 F degree heat may have contributed to the failure.

Same here, but when that happened it was a mere 60 F / 15 C and 19.000 miles on the counter!

After the complete housing was exchanged, I had to go back 2 times to have the trapped air bubbles removed.

Jul 10th, 2007, 11:40 PM	#1
too tall MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Utah Local Time: 05:15 PM Posts: 1 Offline	Overheating My 2005 R53 Cooper S with 22500 miles just blew its gasket and was leaking coolant on the parking overnight. Took it in to the dealer after calling for type of coolant to put in. Turns out to be the thermostat gasket is leaking coolant and on the same day 5 MINIs were in the dealership with the same problem! Anyone else experiencing this problem? It is very hot here in Utah and the 100 F degree heat may have contributed to the failure.

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Jul 12th, 2007, 04:26 AM	#2 (permalink)
Minipnut MINI2 Senior Join Date: Dec 2006 Local Time: 10:15 AM Posts: 411 Offline	hmm 100f isnt that hot, gets quite abit hotter here in Aussieland, afew months back i drove ~1000 miles in 112F~ the cars temp needle didnt budge from the centre, while i was sitting in a nice 70f inside my baby =)

Jul 12th, 2007, 06:45 AM	#3 (permalink)
Jenkins MINI2 Newbie Join Date: May 2007 Location: Sittard Local Time: 02:15 AM Posts: 43 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by too tall (original) Turns out to be the thermostat gasket is leaking coolant. Anyone else experiencing this problem? It is very hot here in Utah and the 100 F degree heat may have contributed to the failure. Same here, but when that happened it was a mere 60 F / 15 C and 19.000 miles on the counter! After the complete housing was exchanged, I had to go back 2 times to have the trapped air bubbles removed.

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