It's gutless, the CEL is always on, and there is a whistle under acceleration. So, I declined and picked up the car, running with the MAF unplugged. Look, this car is 10 years old and now we're bordering on repair prices that outweigh the current value of the damned thing. Surprise-surprise.Īfter having the car for a week and a half and throwing another $1500+ in parts at it, they finally told me that the car would only run with the MAF unplugged and that the only thing left for them to try was to replace the ECU which would cost me an additional $2300 plus shop time. They ended up having the same issue I had. After the cleaning, they basically undid everything I had done and reassembled everything with new parts. Of course, the FIRST thing they recommended was the walnut blast (which I had just had done less than 10,000 mile prior) to which I rolled my eyes so hard I got brain damage, then gave them the go ahead to perform. After about two days of troubleshooting, I then admitted defeat and had it towed to MINI of Escondido to have it fixed. Everything was in place and this thing should have ran. I went to start the car and it fired up and I guess it decided it didn't appreciate what had just transpired and then promptly died while making this odd whistling noise.īear in mind the car started and idled fine as I drove it into my shop to begin repairs. I changed the oil, made sure I had everything hooked back up correctly using diagrams I made and photos I took before the teardown. (side note, I think it's ridiculous to have to use distilled water with the BMW coolant! I guess this stupid car also requires Perrier Sparkling windshield washer fluid and a spritz of Ode de Toilet on the cabin air filter when replaced because apparently this car is higher maintenance than my ex-wife) Heck, I even went ahead and replaced the cooling fan with a direct MINI replacement.īuttoned every thing up, refilled and bled the coolant system. All genuine MINI parts), put the car in maintenance mode and went to town. I did a ton of research, spent like $800 + to get the gasket and all associated parts I'd need to replace to fix the issue (turbo oil lines, exhaust manifold gasket.
The problem turned out to be that dumb gasket on the oil filter housing. I immediately stopped the car and had it towed home. I was driving my R56 one day and I got an engine temp warning.
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