Engine Drivetrain 2nd Gen S Most liked posts in thread: Hesitation problems

Ah, the good old days, when I could tune the car myself, without the need of a computer, the engine faced the right way and you could actually get to everything.

 

Yep them were the good old days. Tuned my SU carbs with a piece of hose as a listening device. Today I wouldn't be able to hear them. Hose & a miracle ear FTW.

 

Hey you Old Farts, quit speed reading. The OP stated in Post #20 that it has a TURBO. I can't believe that the oldest Old Fart actually caught something that the rest of you missed.....I feel young again Now, get off of my lawn!!!

 

A few questions:

Have you owned it since 2008?
How many miles are on the MINI?

Has it ever been to a MINI dealer and been Walnut blasted to remove built up carbon?

 

Plugs? HPFP ? How many miles on the car? When was the last service?

Carbon Blast?

 

Heck yes & what's a dwell angle? Oh the many fun times of setting your points on the side of the road. Those were the days. :lol:

 

HA! Must be your new reading glasses. rrr:

How come you let us keep going all the while knowing Dave & I were wrong, but mostly Dave?

Walnut Walnut Walnut

 

You can try and bust up your hands with set of needle nose pliers or buy this kit and be done in no time.

My friend has the kit below and it save me tons of time.

18 Piece Disc Brake Pad and Caliper Service Tool Kit

 

Answering these questions will help greatly. I'm sure someone here can figure it out for you given enough clues.

 

Seafoam will not clean the baked on carbon. The dealership and some M/A vendors uses a special machine that uses walnut shells to power clean all the carbon off your valves. They will look brand new when done. It's like Seafoam on steroids x 10.

If this car does a lot of short trips and runs cheap fuel (87 octane) the carbon will build up and cause the issues she is having.

 

Mine had an annoying hesitation/stumble at idle when I first got it. I only used ethanol free shell v-power the first few months, and added seafoam once or twice,that mostly cleared it up, but I found two corroded contacts on the coil. Cleaning them up and applying a dab of dielectric grease smoothed it out the rest of the way.

 

Yes it is time for sure. Plugs n wires.....

I have these on mine. Cheap & work well.

Bosch 09202 Premium Spark Plug Wire Set : Amazon.com : Automotive

 

Yes they fit & only have 4 wires. No spare wire for you.

 

Excellent news but I was going to give the extra wire to JUSTA Jim since I think he still has a cap and rotor set up. :lol::lol::lol::lol:

FYI: Most kids have no idea what that setup is. ^^

 

Thanks Dave, I could put it to good use. I'm about ready to change the points and plugs. Any recommendations?

 

I knew you were going to say points right after I hit post.

 

No cap & rotor or plug wires on your friends car. Coil on plug setup. If your friends car an S or a Cooper?

 

Walnut blast / valve cleaning job may need to be done soon.