Yesterday my car threw a low coolant warning, after checking out what it could be i spotted coolant on the underpannel and also some drips under the car. After checking the radiator through the lower grill i could see that it was bend downwards compared to the AC condensor.
This valeo radiator is now 3 years and 1 month old. It traveled 52k miles.
I replaced this myself back then.
No idea how this happened but i am no too happy about this, stuff like this can cost you an engine. These bmws run hot, in certain modes up to almost 120 degrees celcius so the pressure will be pretty high, but it should be designed to cope with this.
Also 2 years ago i replaced my 30k old good wiping bosch aeroblades with valeo wipers (supposed to be oem on BMW e90) these shuddered and scraped like hell from the beginning till 10K, then i threw them out and went back to bosch.
I sent valeo a mail back then that i was disstatisfied but they blamed that my windscreen was dirty and i should clean it with alcohol, i did that but did not help at all.
On the other hand my starter motor and blower motor still perform fine after 70k miles. But i am starting to lose my confidence in the brand, which is strange because together with bosch its probably one of the biggest OEM's for EU cars.
This valeo radiator is now 3 years and 1 month old. It traveled 52k miles.
I replaced this myself back then.
No idea how this happened but i am no too happy about this, stuff like this can cost you an engine. These bmws run hot, in certain modes up to almost 120 degrees celcius so the pressure will be pretty high, but it should be designed to cope with this.
Also 2 years ago i replaced my 30k old good wiping bosch aeroblades with valeo wipers (supposed to be oem on BMW e90) these shuddered and scraped like hell from the beginning till 10K, then i threw them out and went back to bosch.
I sent valeo a mail back then that i was disstatisfied but they blamed that my windscreen was dirty and i should clean it with alcohol, i did that but did not help at all.
On the other hand my starter motor and blower motor still perform fine after 70k miles. But i am starting to lose my confidence in the brand, which is strange because together with bosch its probably one of the biggest OEM's for EU cars.