Got the MINI serviced yesterday... after I picked it up I drove from the mechanic to the city to meet friends for dinner. After 45 minutes of driving, I was sitting in peak hour traffic and steam started coming out of my grill and around the bonnet.
Pulled over to discover my radiator cap adjacent to the engine block was loose and had steam/liquid spewing from it.
I tightened the cap, topped the expansion tank with water and let it run but the temp was still redlining. After about a couple hours, and a cooler engine, I had managed to put in enough fluid to enable me to safely get home.
Also, my phone died right when this incident happened so I was literally up $hit creek without a paddle.
Fun times. Now I have to spend my sunday flushing and refilling my cooling system.
03-17-2012, 03:46 AM
I have neither of these cars anymore. 2014 Jetta Hybrid, 2014 Countryman All4 S now. 
