The only fix is for IA to implement real fixes via the Dealer network so that both warranty and claim remain IA's responsibility. We all need to be careful doing any sort of 'adjustment' as when you do (if needed) go for repair/warranty claim, the first thing any competent vehicle manufacturer does is look for 'outs'.
I ordered the "going to the mall version" not the "crossing vast terrain version" so I should be OK
What's the plug with the pink clip at the top center of the photo above. Was something clipped into this and had to be removed when taking apart the panel or is this another plug for future use? DaBull
There's a much better view of that curiously blanked off 10 way connector:
www.theineosforum.com
Apparently turned out to be a pinhole leak in the small radiator itself and not a hose issue
The new radiator is being airfreighted to Australia so actioned quickly by Ineos which is encouraging to see.
Not sure what you mean by housing. Do you mean reservoir? In which case even if the systems are not connected below the reservoir, if one gets holed then the reservoir is drained for both. That may not cause an immediate issue if the main cooling system is properly filled but over time it isn’t ideal.
That's the oil cooler for the transfer case your referring to. I had thought from generic BMW documentation that there was a transmission cooler plumbed into the water coolant lines that's tucked up somewhere behind the engine/adjacent to the transmission.
There is a small radiator each side of the bumper wings. One is I believe the transmission and one transfer case. The person referenced here confirmed was coolant leaking and not oil and that the small radiator was the one being replaced
Fantastic to hear they're on to it and as you say is most encouraging..... wasn't there going to be a huge warehouse full of parts in Melbourne for the entire Aust Asia area? Perhaps they could consider radiators as an early stock item for the inevitable front ender/leak... like a windscreen, maybe they're building up stock...
So this one is the transmission cooler?
It does appear to be the transmission cooler, but as you say, we are mushrooms at this stage.
I'm not following that?
Assuming the RHD/LHD vehicles have the same cooling orientations, that is an aux radiator; the transmission cooler is on the (LHD) driver's side
