Tag: Mini Cooper

This R56 Mini Cooper came in with a bad stumble on acceleration which we determined to be a faulty ignition coil. While diagnosing we removed a spark plug and found the plugs looked original at 65k miles. The manufacturer recommends spark plugs at 60k miles, but as you can see they are badly worn compared…

This 2009 Mini Cooper S had the timing chain tensioner back out of the engine causing valve damage.  There are various problems with the timing system on these R55 powered Mini Coopers made from 2007-2014.  The tensioners can back out or fail hydraulically (there is an updated tensioner designed to reduce the chances of this…

This R56 Mini Cooper S came in for basic maintenance but a loud chain rattle was discovered during service. The common faulty timing chain tensioner and timing chain cassette were replaced to prevent catastrophic engine failure. 

This 2004 Mini Cooper came in with clutch problems.  As is often the case with clutch problems it can be difficult to pinpoint exactly which part of the clutch and clutch release mechanism failed, but our trained Mini Cooper mechanics, know when something is wrong inside the clutch.  In this case we removed the transmission…

Mini Cooper Timing Chain – Mini Repair Denver Mini engines have had some issues with timing chains since they first came out.  We have serviced some of the older minis and replacing the timing components takes a little longer.  The timing chain had not skipped timing at this point so there was no damage to the…

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