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- 2019 WB Redeye
Wondering if others have seen this issue, 2019 REWB around 21k miles. Daily driver for the wife, she called saying temperature had gone up and coolant was leaking. Luckily only 15 mins from the house so I went and trailered it home. Was hoping it was something simple like a hose, poured some water in to look for the leak and saw it leaking out quickly about 1/2 way up on the radiator on the passenger side. Could see some swelling and it was obvious where the breach was. Nearby dealer had one in stock, so was able to pick it up and did the swap myself in about 3 hours - 45 mins of it looking for my short 10mm socket. Yes, probably could have warrantied it, but with other work done on it, didn't want it to sit at the dealer for a week while we went back and forth. After I pulled the old one out, could see the swelling even better - first picture. I cut open the plastic there to see mode of failure - looks like a manufacturing defect. Second picture, seems the channels with the red marks are pinched on the ends, while the others seem more rounded. Wondering if the pinched ends caused excess fluid velocity and eventually caused the plastic to bulge and break the seal. O-ring seal looks slightly rolled on the surface. Note the blue indicates my damage from a screwdriver prying open the plastic section I cut out.
At the time of failure, nothing really being done other than highway driving. Car does have plenty of runs racing, but not within the past 3 weeks or so. Never have had any issue with loss of fluid.
At the time of failure, nothing really being done other than highway driving. Car does have plenty of runs racing, but not within the past 3 weeks or so. Never have had any issue with loss of fluid.
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