Engine Drivetrain 2nd Gen S Most liked posts in thread: Turbo Failure???

Thanks guys for the suggestions...The guy that actualy looked at the car told me he didnt get a code but he suggested that it could have carbon built up on the valves. BUT it was a Mini dealer that told me that the oil line would not cause turbo failure.

When the car first had problems I got the half engine sign in the Tach, the mechanic cleared it and told me about maybe changing plugs and doing a compression test. Plugs looked good (but got changed anyway) and compression was good. Wife drove it a couple more days and then she got the engine light on in the Speedo and according to her was alot of noise coming from engine (for some reason she thinks its a timing chain so she might be over exagerating). Im scared to drive it to far but I might take it to my local Autozone (4 blocks away) and see if they show anything...I will take off the inlet pipe and look at the turbo to see what it feels like this weekend....

 

Put my location in but Im in a very rural area....closest dealer is 200 miles

 

UPDATE++++

Over the weekend I took off my Intake tube and checked the Turbo. It moves easy and there is no noise, so I think I can rule that out. I found a mechanic about 50 miles away that was recommended by a co worker with a Mini and after a phone call with them they were pretty confident that it was the coil packs. He explained that the coil packs and timing chain tensioner was my Mini's biggest weakness. And since I replaced the tensioner a little while back we both agreed it would be the coils. So I had the car towed and they had it for a couple days now. I called them this afternoon and the mechanic is stumped, he says its not my coils....he said there is either a vacuum leak or it has jumped time......Im hoping for the vacuum leak...

 

I don't think he has gotten that far yet, he says he is going to start digging into it tomorroo

 

Well Ok then.....got off the phone with the shop and it is turbo failure. Took him almost 2 weeks to figure it out. He says he took the intake off and found no carbon build up. He stated that the impellor on the shaft is sheared. Exhaust side is working but intake side is not moving. He is trying to find a remanufacture one to save on cost. New turbo installed is $1800 (parts and labor). SOOOO Im going to start looking around on Ebay to find one remanufactured. Does anyone have a suggestion of where OR where not to purchase a turbo??....Also what size turbo is on my '10 Mini?? Thanx again