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2006 Mini Cooper S
90,400 miles
I haven’t noticed any symptoms or cause for alarm. However, after taking my car in for some routine maintenance several items came up as “cautionary”. Then, once I had a couple things repaired more things failed. I’m suspicious. I had my transmission replaced in 2013.
This is a recent “report card” from the service dept check-up:
• Replace front motor mount $330
• Replace leaking supercharger gasket $430
• Reseal leaking oil pan gasket, crankshaft sensor seal and dip stick tube o-ring $750
• Replace fuel filter $490
• Fuel injection and decarbon service $264
• Brake fluid exchange $143
• Power steering fluid exchange and flush $175Once I had the front motor mount replaced these items failed:
• Replace Crankshaft pulley/vibration damper
• Replace Drive belt
All totaling an estimated $850
Does any of this sound fishy?Need a replacement transmission? Quality transmissions are hard to find. Free estimate to your email.Actually no, it doesn’t, honestly. Here are your facts, your S is nine years old and it has nearly 100,000 miles on the odometer. From what your answer says, you have taken good care of it. However, when you break a motor mount some nasties happen. The most immediate is that the engine shifts. It isn’t enough to stop the car, but it is enough to cause systems to start to have failures. Witness the crank pull and the drive belt. You didn’t state which side front mount failed but I would venture a guess that is is likely the right as the two assemblies you mention would tend to fail if the engine were to shift to the right. They could not maintain alignment.
Since there are only three years on the replacement transmission and you haven’t indicated that your S has had any sort of tranny-related issue since you replaced it, I think you are okay on that front.
As to the rest of the problems, they are mechanical. Between the age of your S and the fact that an engine mount broke, you have to expect the problems you have had.
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