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I traded it in for a Pontiac G8. Done with bmw garbage.
Traded the car in, they couldn't figure it out and wanted to charge additional on top of the "diagnostic fee" of 180 to do additional checking....
whelp car went to the stealership... guess ill find out how bad it is monday.
It would cost an arm and leg to tow it there. So here's something interesting, I took the car on the highway for the first time, I went about...
Ohh okay, yeah the little black thing attached to the turbo housing, it did sound like that was what was making the noise. Well still no luck,...
So today I noticed a humming sound coming from the general area of the vacuum pump or whatever it is on the side of the motor by the turbo AFTER...
Pulled the valve cover off today to inspect once again, nothing wrong with it, no cracks no oil leaks nothing. I sprayed a whole can of brake...
Little update on another thing I have tried, I pulled the rubber hose off the OUTLET ( pressure side ) of the turbo, and built an adapter out of...
I dont have a MAF laying around unfortunately and nobody i know with a mini. I live in central texas.
I'll have to try another maf , but my buddy works at a chevy dealer, used thier fancy tool, not a mini dealer so he's not 100% sure. The car is...
So, cleaned the maf, that didn't do anything. Sprayed a whole can of brake cleaner, that didn't do anything. Tried the smoke test, that didn't do...
When i unplugged the MAF it actually threw a bunch of different codes, so thats definitely not it. Looks like ill be building some kind of...
Good advice, although I guess I forgot to mention that I have done this 3 times now, the 3'rd time was to put on new intake gaskets, I can...
Im getting the P1497 code, downstream air leak. Rough idle and no power/boost like before. 2009 Mini cooper turbo S 6speed What I have done...