Engine radiator OEM Volkswagen or OEM BMW

In the year I’ve had it, it’s cost me a new radiator that had split.

2004 E46 320i manual with 116k miles. Bought it just over a year ago for \u00a32000 probably spent around \u00a31000 on it (radiator, air con, rocker cover gasket, oil sensor, boot switch, coil pack), not too bad for a 20 year old car I don\u2019t think. Only thing that doesn\u2019t work on it is the cruise control, it used to but recently stopped.

E36 on factory, untouched cooling system replaced earlier this year. Date stamps on the radiator, hoses, thermostat housing all indicated they were never replaced.

Didn\u2019t take many pics but I installed a new thermostat, radiator, upper and lower hoses today.

The first radiator at the dealer was a genuine BMW part# 17111436060. Mine has lasted well.

It happened to me once at a night time. I just pulled over, stopped the engine and started again after several minutes and everything was OK.

Edit: After reading other's comments, I realized that mine also related to coolant system. Some time after this incident I replaced radiator because of a coolant leak. May be this warning is related to that.

Right now I've got a 2015 Polo GTI 7 speed. It's got about 100,000ks, I'm the second owner. In the year or so since I've had it, apart from normal things like brake pads, I've replaced: Radiator

My first non warranty repair on my B58 540 was a $3k radiator replacement. That was at about 60k miles.

You need to replace that. Bmws run hot. Only fix

I needed to replace the entire radiator in the GTI to get a check engine light to go away.