2nd Gen R55 Clubman Most liked posts in thread: Engine knock

The latest chain tensioner is P/N is 11 31 7 607 551 for the N-14 engine...


Give the good folks over at http://www.eminiparts.com/ a call... They are good people and they support the MINI forum...

 

If they give you stink about being 5,000 over... Be courteous and ask them about their "goodwill"....

That carbon blast will be good to get done for sure at your milage....

Hint: Only use full synthetic oil... and top tier hi test gasoline...

 

First of all, did u drive it to the dealer?

Second, call around and go get the work done at an Indy shop that does walnut blasting. It should be $500-600 to get the valves cleaned... Timing chain kit is $300, idk the labor for that...


The shop that put my engine together does all that programming crap as well so I know it can be done outside of a dealer...

Congratulations on your new mini! Now pull out your wallet and bend over...

 

Full synthetic means ACEA rated a3-b3 BMW longlife 01 oil... (Liquimoly leichtlauf high tech, BMW twin power turbo)

Not the "fully synthetic" hydrocracked a1-b1 trash at Walmart...

My car found out the difference between API and ACEA ratings/oils the hard way :nonod:

 

Sometimes the dealership is best because they include a 2 year parts and LABOR warrenty.

Also labor rate is 125.00 -150.00 billed flat rate since BMW /MINI shops are all UNION shops.

 

Injector cleaner or seafoam will not work on a any direct injection motor like yours because the fuel never passes the back of the valves so it cannot wash the carbon deposits away.

Direct injection puts fuel directly in the cylinder just like spark plug is only in the cyclinder.

 

You dump the sea foam down the pcv tube into intake. Still doesn't work tho..

I bet the op drove the car to the dealer. Shocking it didn't disintegrate on the way... I win :ihih:

 

People need to read this and understand it.

http://www.autoblog.com/2016/08/31/bmw-m4-gts-water-injection-bosch-mass-market/?ncid=edlinkusauto00000016

 

.... But the 0w-40 Mobil at BalMart is ACEA A3/B3 rated.... or at least was. I went with liquimoly on my last change as well.

 

Shops don't need to be union to bill flat rate. Every dealer I've worked at bills flat rate. Alllllso Not all BMW/MINI shops are union. The BMW dealer locally is no longer union. In fact a Union shop in Iowa is nearly dead and gone.

 

Yeah I'd love a port water/meth injection system for my MINI.

 

I understand the flat rate part I was stating that most MINI shops are Union. Every single one on the East Coast is.

 

Yeah the one that was local sucked. We had a lot car under warranty in for a repair at their shop (when they were still union). While it was there the battery died. Now keep in mind this vehicle was under warranty. They had to jump start the car with a jump pack. probably a 2 minute job if you had to walk across the shop and back to get the pack. They charged us $25 to jump start the vehicle so the tech could work on it!!! I can't speak about any other shop unions only this one I dealt with. But obviously it was poorly run since it fell apart.