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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2006 15:36:16 GMT
Hi guys..and gals. I'm in Hastings and have a 96/P 1.3mpi mini. Just spent a small fortune getting th bodywork up to scratch and now the poxy engine needs replacing!  d**n these mini's you can't help but love em and they can't help but play around! Anyway, could really use some technical expertise as I am not at all mechanically minded. So far I've established that i need a replcaement MPI engine (anyone know where i can get one?) Or am gonna need one built.................but am on a budget. Any help would be very much appreciated. Bryn. |
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Post by vtec steve on Aug 11, 2006 18:03:11 GMT
What is wrong with the engine??
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Post by Simon1275mpi on Aug 11, 2006 18:57:05 GMT
Hi
I've a 96 MPI, I've been through the learning curve already, Come along to the club meet Monday night for a chat.
What the problem with your motor?
Simon
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2006 19:06:09 GMT
Trouble is, with being somewhat childlike with no technical expertise i have had to reply on local mechanics to tell me whats wrong. One says big end has gone, one says piston and othe says excessive wear most likely valve train etc but all 3 say it's terminal.  |
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Post by Simon1275mpi on Aug 11, 2006 19:10:03 GMT
Nice.... How many miles on the motor, driven hard and fast, motorways or short shopping trips? So ignoring what you've been told, what are the symptoms? |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2006 19:14:03 GMT
38000 miles with FSH,
driven by previous owner communting from e/bourne to brighton daily and hardly at all by me in 3 months i've had it.
It is making loud ticking noise tappety like but louder. Noise is louder when engine warm hardly noticeable when cold.
The noise is present when idling. it gets louder when i ease off accelerator and quitens a little when I accelerate.
Since I've had it oil pressure never been prob and oil levels have been fine. when i bought it i did notice oil was low so am wondering if previous owner may have been a bit slack with maintenance and possible run with no oil?
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Post by Simon1275mpi on Aug 11, 2006 19:16:08 GMT
Well, bring it monday? Or have you stopped driving it?
- ask Rachel about ticking noises!!!
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Post by Rachel on Aug 11, 2006 19:19:10 GMT
Hee hee Si I was just thinking the same thing  My latest problem has been diagnosed by 2 independant people as cam followers. ;D I know from experience that big end is terminal and I hope that is not your problem. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2006 20:34:00 GMT
will bring it monday............................
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Post by Simon1275mpi on Sept 24, 2006 18:06:49 GMT
1275 MPI engine strip down report, so far..... Oil leaks from clutch seal, rocker cover, head gasket, timing chain cover. Good for a mini. Suprised the clutch wasnt slipping. Water leak from a core plug and small leak from the front of the head gasket. Cyclinders heavily coked. Nothing special Cam hardeness has worn through on lobes 1, 2 and 3, explains the taping. I've yet to look at the crank/gear box. But with 40thou miles on the clock, I hope to find nothing but fair wear at tear. Shopping list so far for a rebuild, gasket/seal set, cam, followers, core plug, reprogramable ecu and my supercharger ;D. |
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Post by monkeyjim on Sept 24, 2006 19:19:48 GMT
swiftune sw5i cam rebuild kit may be what your after Si, got cam,followers , and the oil pump (which is a must on a rebuild) plus some other bits in the kit. Swiftune say the sw5i cam works on turbo and supercharged engines. Kit retails just under £100 . www.swiftune.co.ukd |
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Post by Simon1275mpi on Sept 24, 2006 19:56:57 GMT
Oil pump, that is on the list, but I'm not that far in the stripdown yet.
Propably crank bearings, rings and tidy the bores as well... maybe some super pistons.... swiftune cam has been on my browse list.
Am I right in thinking you've got one?
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Post by MiniHaven on Sept 25, 2006 7:01:09 GMT
hi si ive fitted six sw5's in the past a fantastic improvement to the performance to a road car ,however like any performance improvement increases wear on other parts of the engine in the long run because it encourages the drivers to rag the car harder .
none the less a brilliant tool to have in the engine , with the blower on it should exceed the 100 bhp mark by a very long way .
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Post by Stephen on Oct 4, 2006 9:23:02 GMT
Si, i just found an artcle on fitting a supercharger, its in Keep Your Mini Alive magazine from a couple of years ago
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Post by Simon1275mpi on Nov 29, 2006 22:34:20 GMT
Engine strip down report - Continued... Cheers Paul for the puller - The strip down at last makes progress!!  That was an easy flywheel to remove!!  I'll use these again ;D ;D ;D (Yes this is indication that the cam & followers are sh@@@ed.   Protected under our roof at last!  Next - Chemical clean and half engine strip down. |
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