Hi, I am new to the forum and New to MB ownership, I have owned my 1995 C180 for two months, Took it over to France last week after a service. Today I got stuck in heavy traffic in London when I noticed the temprature gauge start to rise slowly, I started to pull in to let it cool, when there was an almighty explosion ( it shook the whole car and folks were running for cover) from under the bonnet, a huge cloud of steam. I managed to get of the main road and stop. I eventually opened the bonnet which now had several dents on it. There is a black plastic barrel across the top of the Radiator where the radiator cap and sensor is, one end was missing and it was split its entire length, the force had broken the fan housing off with its mounts.
Can anyone tell me if the whole rad needs to be replaced or is the barrel seperate? I will also be looking at replacing the fan hub to prevent a repetition.
My tale is one of warning really, I dread to think what would have happened had it blown like it did when someone was working on it.
thanks
John
Can anyone tell me if the whole rad needs to be replaced or is the barrel seperate? I will also be looking at replacing the fan hub to prevent a repetition.
My tale is one of warning really, I dread to think what would have happened had it blown like it did when someone was working on it.
thanks
John