2nd Gen R56 Cooper Most liked posts in thread: Loss of acceleration

  1. Crashton

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    #14 Crashton, Sep 23, 2014
    What color is your MINI? Some colors are faster than others. :p
     
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    #17 DneprDave, Sep 23, 2014
    Everyone knows that red is the fastest, sheesh!
     
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    #18 MCS02, Sep 23, 2014
    Chili red!! Ok put one blue stripe and one red stripe the best of both worlds.:D
     
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    #12 Crashton, Sep 23, 2014
    DO NOT start shotgunning your car with part$. It can cost you a shirt load of money before you hit the right thing, if you ever do.

    First do the easy things, have the codes read, find out what they are & go from there.

    I'm not a fan of seafudge, but many people like it. Your N12 engine is not a direct injection engine & is not subject to carbon build up like the engines in the R56 MCS are. Buy a bottle of Chevron Techron & pour it in the fuel tank. IMO it is the best fuel system cleaner out there. I pour a bottle in my cars just before each oil change. It won't hurt a thing.

    More info on your car will help us help you. :)
     
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    #16 Crashton, Sep 23, 2014
    Oh boy better put a Blu stripe on it. Good for an extra 25 HP. :D
     
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    #6 Crashton, Sep 23, 2014
    Push the button to put you in sport mode. It changes the shift map & makes you car a bit more sporty. Moving the gear lever to the left also puts you in sport mode & gives you the ability to drop down a gear or two for passing.
     
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    #2 Rangerx, Sep 23, 2014
    Btw I'm driving a 2007 MC R56 with 74700 miles
     
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    #3 Rangerx, Sep 23, 2014
    I'm thinking fuel pump,oil change,engine air filter any suggestions?
     
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    #4 ZippyNH, Sep 23, 2014
    Sounds like you needed to drop a gear to do the pass.....if you are out of a NA motors tq band...not much can help you. If it feels less peppy than it once did, I would make sure basic mataince is current...plugs might make a bit of a difference also....
     
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    #5 Rangerx, Sep 23, 2014
    I drive a automatic with steptroics I believe is what it's called so I can do stick but I didn't have that feature enaged at the time
    They're changed the sparkpulgs as well that's why I didn't mentioned it so I'm kinda stumped
     
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    #7 Rangerx, Sep 23, 2014
    Yeah I've thought that but I've noticed a drop in acceleration can you think of any thing else I'm thinking deadpan treatment or a new catalytic converter maybe could help ??
     
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    #8 Rangerx, Sep 23, 2014
    It's not like how it was
     
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    #9 Rangerx, Sep 23, 2014
    Seafoam** stupid auto correct
     
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    #10 BlimeyCabrio, Sep 23, 2014
    Mileage on the car? How long have you had it? How long ago did it feel "like it was"?
     
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    #11 Rangerx, Sep 23, 2014
    I said it before sorry lol it's 74700 since June of this year and past couple days nothing serious just want my car to run as good as it can you know blimeycabrio
     
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    #13 Rangerx, Sep 23, 2014
    What more do you need to have lol? Whatever that i can tell you
     
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    #15 Rangerx, Sep 23, 2014
    Silver lol