# 2004 MINI Cooper - cold weather overheating

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-mini-cooper-cold-weather-overheating/133684>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** mini, cooper\
**Created:** [January 31, 2019, 5:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-mini-cooper-cold-weather-overheating/133684 "2019-01-31T17:57:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![rich53](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7bcc69/32.png) [@rich53](https://community.cartalk.com/u/rich53)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2019, 5:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-mini-cooper-cold-weather-overheating/133684/1 "2019-01-31T17:57:55Z")

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cold weather overheating

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**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2019, 6:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-mini-cooper-cold-weather-overheating/133684/2 "2019-01-31T18:26:29Z")

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On possibility, if coolant was too dilute with water thereby raising the freezing point, coolant could have frozen and not circulated through the engine. Don’t ask how I know this…lol

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**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2019, 10:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-mini-cooper-cold-weather-overheating/133684/3 "2019-01-31T22:32:28Z")

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That’s my guess, too! Your anti-freeze wasn’t a high enough concentration to prevent freezing, so it froze up. You might now have a leak when it thaws out - a big one.