Help! Hit a kerb with my mk4

kennethk · 01-03-2018 1:33pm #1

hi guys, so hit a high kerb yesterday with my 2002 mk4 golf , ended up i pushed the radiator back quite a lot and am now leaking coolant. I have taken pictures below, any help would be greatly appreciated before I get to a garage

Henry Ford III · 01-03-2018 1:48pm

Rad looks goosed.

Best bet is to visit a decent panel beater and get it assessed.

Alanstrainor · 01-03-2018 1:52pm

Well don't drive it, or run the engine. It will need to be towed to the garage.

Hard to make sense of the damage, looks like quite a few brackets and such are broken, and perhaps some of the chassis too. New rad, hoses, second hand bumper etc.

kennethk · 01-03-2018 1:53pm

Henry Ford III wrote: »

Rad looks goosed.

Best bet is to visit a decent panel beater and get it assessed.

yeah it does, just hoping theres nothing else damaged behind the rad..
just have to wait until next week I suppose :rolleyes:

Toyotafanboi · 01-03-2018 1:55pm

Looks like the a/c rad took the brunt of it. Looking to the bottom right though it looks like the bottom connection to the coolant rad has shorn off too, so it makes no odds really, I wouldn't be driving it anywhere or it'll overheat in no time.

Cars have been written off for less, if you are going to claim for the damage. If you know a good mechanic you could probably repair it with second hand stuff for less than €500.

Could do with a N/S/F tyre and some suspension work or alignment too.

kennethk · 01-03-2018 1:56pm

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Well don't drive it, or run the engine. It will need to be towed to the garage.

Hard to make sense of the damage, looks like quite a few brackets and such are broken, and perhaps some of the chassis too. New rad, hoses, second hand bumper etc.

i already did drive it approx 2km home, but kept an eye on the temp gauge, and just went very slowly, topping up and stopping once, hope i didn't do more damage?

kennethk · 01-03-2018 1:57pm

sorry excuse my ignorance...but N/S/F tyres?

Toyotafanboi · 01-03-2018 2:00pm

Your passenger front tyre is worn on the inside so you may have a suspension or alignment fault. It's not too relevant to the situation at hand though.

Killer K · 01-03-2018 2:02pm

kennethk wrote: »

sorry excuse my ignorance...but N/S/F tyres?

Nearside front tyre. Side closest to kerb, in other words, passenger side.

mickdw · 01-03-2018 3:32pm

Down to breaker and buy all the bits needed. Few hundred should see it sorted.

newmember2 · 01-03-2018 9:48pm

Take off the plastic grill and bumper and you'll have a better idea of the damage besides the rad.

Help! Hit a kerb with my mk4

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