Aigle4, one of our French forum members, decided to react quickly as soon as he could identify some liquid spots, prior a fatal leakiness will entirely destroy his PMG5. He fully disassembled not only his hardware but also the entire cooling system.
As illustrated on photos, crystal deposits originating from the cooling liquid are spread all over the place, even on the copper-based heatsink designed to improve thermal exchange. Remember that the PMG5 was still fully functional.
He decided to clean, fix and even optimized the water block, if you are interested you can follow the procedure (in French) : here
According to our sources, Apple might be on tract to acknowledge the problem and launch a replacement p