2008 Mini Cooper s help

Asked by GuruX9WD9 Sep 29, 2018 at 08:22 AM about the MINI Cooper

Question type: General

For 10 weeks I’ve had tons of issues with my cooling system. It’s been to
three mechanics, the one that screwed up my car and started the whole mess
and then two to try to fix it. Codes keep going off and now my cooling fan
runs non-stop when I drive it. Thursday it puttered forever and wouldn’t turn
over. The latest mechanic said their is a faulty ground wire somewhere in the
car. He wants $75 an hour to search for it and he said it could take an hour or
a couple days to find it. At this point it’s too much money. I Don’t know what
to do. If I remove the battery is it safe to spray the engine down with water or
a cleaning chemical? It had coolant sprayed all over when my radiator got
three holes in it after it was pressure checked. I just can’t reach all the nooks
and crannies where all the wires were saturated... please help.

1 Answer

I dont live by a dealer. The closest one is 100+ miles away and the mini would never make it. I did call them and asked them what the labor would cost to find a loose wire (worse case scenario) and they couldn’t answer that. There’s no point towing it there if it’s out of my budget. The coolant soaked the engine on July 16th so everything is dry now.

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