Hi I new to this forum, but my mini not new, one and a half years old for me, but it's a 2005 mini cooper S and for the last two or three days the steering been stiff and the smooth and off and on again, its sounds like this may be common in these cars from what I've read on the internet, can someone fill me in on what I need to do?
Welcome, thanks for joining Motoring Alliance, the FUN and Friendly MINI Community. Call your dealer with the last 7 characters of your VIN. It is possible your car is pne of the ones where MINI is fixing the power steering pump issue at no charge. You can also check with MINI themselves - 866-ASK-MINI. Here is the thread about MINI extending the power steering pump warranty. http://www.motoringalliance.com/forums/mini-news/18080-mini-extends-power-steering-pump-warranty-1st-gen-models.html#axzz34ShII5QH
Welcome to M/A the FUN Mini site. A meth kit spraying into intake and washing the back of the valves would fix the problem. Your problem is not the fuel you are using it's the Direct Injection system. The fuel is no-longer washing the valves and is being sprayed directly into the cyclinder.
Ummm. Yeah. Not so much. The car in question here is a 2005. Same 1st gen as yours Dave. No direct injection here. And it's a steering pump issue too.. Someone has threads mixed up. There is probably a thread on walnut blasting a 2nd gen car that has a steering pump answer in it now.
Here this may help. Hay watch those fumes man they will fry your noodle ------------R53--------------------R56 :lol::lol:
Yeah I was in the wrong thread. :mad2: To the OP my bad, but as you can see we are one big happy and FUN family that tends to tease each other when we make mistakes. :lol::lol: