This evening after driving home I noticed a hose hanging low off the front of the car. It looks like it goes from the radiator, across the back of the intercooler up towards the water pump from what I can gather on realoem.com. It's not disconnected and nothing's leaking, but it has a few loose clamps on it!

I'll try calling the local dealerships tomorrow morning hoping someone can see it on a Saturday.

Anyone have an idea if it's safe to drive to the dealership? I'm a little worried the hose might chafe or rub given it's general lack of support right now!

Thanks in advance for any replies!!

 

Turns out there are three clips that hold that hose. MINI of Monrovia knew what it was on the phone, were able to see me this morning, and had me back on the road in about 15 minutes! They've clearly seen lots of this before.

And on top of it all, they have a Coupe in the show room so I got to check that out, too!

Thumbs up to MINI of Monrovia.

 

I secured mine with some large plastic ties wrapped with rubber. Just to make sure mine didn't fall off those cheap clamps they put down there.

 

Thanks for the tip, Benibiker. I'm definitely going to keep an eye on them going forward. I'm surprised the clips aren't a little higher and stronger, and I'm also curious why they route the radiator hose all the way to the right side of the radiator...

I suspect as long as I catch it when only one has broken free it'll be an easy fix.