996 TT Radiator

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Guys,

I took the car out for a spin this Sunday and when I returned to the car the was a large pool of coolant by the Passenger side front wheel. The coolant level has dropped from full to min but not lower. I guessing it was a stone through the radiator. This must be fairly commom looking at the lack of protection for the coolers at the front.

To anyone who knows and so I don't get ripped off how long a job is it? How much should I expect to pay for the bits? Anything else I should know about?

I'm going to get them to fit some sort of mesh too. Anyone else had this done? How much?

Cheers, Steve, 996TT

P.S. The other thing is I don't really understand why all the water hasn't gone. Someone said the radiators were Gel filled, is this true?

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Hopefully I'm having it looked at tomorrow. So I'll let you know. Has anyone else bothered to get mesh fitted behind the standard grill?

Steve, 996TT

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My flaming rear spoiler has stopped now. It's up with a warning light and won't go down. Any ideas?

Steve, 996TT

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cyrus1971 said:

I remember a thread about very early (June to Nov -2000) 996 Turbo radiators rusting up. If you replace suggest you find out if the 02 model year will fit and use these instead and remove one possible risk.

I took the car in to my local OPC the other day to have a look at my leaky radiator. It turned out to be corrosion along the bottom seam. That's why it's been stopping and starting, the little bits of rust block the holes as they form. Anyway it's booked in and is covered by waranty.

The rear spoiler has fixed itself for now...

Cheers, Steve, 996TT