Radiator Support and busted splash guard

mtbvert

New member
Joined
Mar 2, 2017
Location
Long Island
TDI
2013 Passat
In the fall I got bitten by a hidden-in-the-grass 8x8 when leaving a festival. I was able to lock the splash guard under the front bumper back in place, but about a week ago it gave way and came off completely.
I then noticed a day or so later that the radiator was hanging low on the drivers side. Further inspection shows it has been dislodged from its mount/bushing on the driver side.
MY question is this, does the splash guard provide any support to the radiator or is it only held by the radiator support bracket? I only need a few more weeks before buy-back and don't want to risk the radiator dropping out!!
You can see the pic below shows the hanging radiator.
 
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jrm

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Joined
Jul 24, 2013
Location
Oregon
TDI
2013 Passat SE with nav (totaled)
outch! while I don't have the answer look for "diesel parking" at your next fest as around here- no DPF's are allowed on grass after a few fires and we got nice front row gravel spot!
 
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