Most liked posts in thread: Had an "interesting" thing happen to my MCS

Was that price for the just the parts or was labor included?

MAG has outrageous parts pricing. When I pointed out MSRP on the overpriced parts they kept tossing at my car in order to fix the crank pulley they did a lot of backpedaling and adjusted them. One needs to research the parts price before OKing any work with MAG.

Fuel filter with fuel level sensor 16-14-6-765-124 MSRP $218.00
Right Side Fuel Level Sensor 16-14-6-765-134 MSRP $99.72

 

I can't see how a MINI with fuel in it is going to stop running. Unless the fuel pump is somehow fooled into believing there is no fuel to pump. Jeff did your MINI stop running or was it just the dead gauge?

Seems to me a work around would be to zero the trip odo at fill up & watch the miles. That is unless the MINI dies from a lack of the fuel gauge senders.

 

Ran out of gas TWICE?????? Was the second time to be sure the first time was not a fluke? :lol::lol:

Jim

 

Meh.. I usually can ride my cars till I see zeros on the range. A few times I've even driven where the range just had three dashes. This brings us to the second occurrence. I was about a mile and a quarter from the house with 3 miles on the range. Then all of a sudden it went to zero and the engine stopped running. But at least now I can end any argument on exactly how much gas the tank will hold. :cornut:

 

Had that happen to me while still under warranty years ago. Happened again couple of weeks ago, but been fine thus far. $633 seems a bit much though.

 

Those are made of solid gold & crafted by elves in the Bavarian woods.

Jeff, thanks for the heads up. Hope it does not happen to my MINI. Was it the S or the Cooper?

 

Now this is an interesting thread. Let's compare dates and time...... My 2007 S Cabrio did the same thing on Monday. Freaked me out at first, since like all good trained gerbils we believe what the gauge tells us. After a moment or two I realized that the read out simply could not be true as I had filled up the prior Wednesday and had only driven a little over 25 miles since. Drove the car home and shut it off. Turned the ignition back on again and the needle returned to normal and the red light went out. Two days later it has not malfunctioned since. Could it be sun spots or aliens? The X-Files? :ihih:

 

I actually know for a fact that both times I experienced this, the outside temp was in the "damn hot" range.

 

Exactly,. Last time this happened to me was right after I filled up for the trip. I then proceeded to drive 130 miles or so with no issues.

 

Why did the gas burn the mechanic's arm? Was it a chemical burn or just a really hot day?

 

Sorry, but that is wrong. Once again, speaking from experience (sadly), the computer will not shut the car down. I've ran out of gas twice and both times the engine shutdown because it was out of gas, not because the computer told it so.

 

How much is that?

 

Largest Fuel Fill I have recorded is 14.772 gallons. Add another half gallon to a gallon from my emergency can that got me to the gas station.

 

Rather then fill up BEFORE the gauge reaches empty, you prefer to carry an emergency can of gas? I'm not saying there is anything wrong with this approach, but would you share the thought process behind it please? :eek6:

Jim

 

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

No, I happen to have had the emergency can sitting in my garage from the first time I ran out of gas. Being only about a mile from home, I was able to walk there, get the can, walk back to the car... this does make me sound pretty ... strange?