I have and love my BMW 520i SE, 1998 Range. I recently travelled to Devon 260 miles away. On the very last ten miles it started to overheat when I got caught up in a traffic jam. When the traffic started flowing the temp dropped. I arrived at the camp and called the RAC who advised that it could be the Viscous fan and thermostate. I had these changed and found the radiator has burst on the seam. I had some radweld but on and was advised that it was a temp job. I left it all week whilst on holiday. On the day of leaving the battery was flat. I jumped it and got ten miles in journey and it overheated again and cut out on me. I called out the RAC who brought me home. To date I have had the fan changed, the thermostate, radiator and the water pump changed but this does not seem to have resolved the problem. Can anyone give me a clue what else could be wrong with it. The engine still sounds sweet - no banging etc. Hope to hear soon. T
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17 years ago