Mini Cooper oil filter housing

[V6Matty]

There’s no need to go mad!

he’s been bonkers for years like the rest of us

 

[LostKiwi]

In my days playing with minis the best mod to do to smaller engined ones was fit a duplex chain kit off a Cooper S.
The standard simplex chain had a "tensioner" and would stretch after 30-40k miles to the point it rattled on the timing cover. The duplex ones had no tensioner and I never recall changing one due to rattling on the timing cover.
At least in both cases they never snapped!

 

[joderest]

What worries me now is that daughter has an MOT this week, if it fails on emissions (which a lot do) then one of the fixes is to replace the catalytic converter , which means i have to do the whole job again ( fingers crossed )
At least the oil consumption should now drop a bit, It must have been loosing about 1/2 litre a month from the leak, as i cleaned the oil off the sump to see where leak was, and within 10 miles it was dripping again. The seal on the oil filter housing had gone rock hard.

 

[ajlsl600]

Probably a result of young designers straight out of college who have never even held a spanner
Whilst I was at Cranfield Uni I caught a MSc student fitting a 10mm tap into an electric drill

Wker

 

[joderest]

Panic over, passed MOT with flying colours

 

[EmilysDad]

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Whilst I was at Cranfield Uni I caught a MSc student fitting a 10mm tap into an electric drill

Saw this today in the workshop & thought of this thread .... its only M8 though.

 

[Taffy7hfa]

Some bright young thing at ford thought it a great idea to immerse a rubber timing belt in sump oil, that didn't work out too well either, the new generation of engine designers have clearly abandoned longevity as a design objective.

 

[EmilysDad]

Some bright young thing at ford thought it a great idea to immerse a rubber timing belt in sump oil, that didn't work out too well either, the new generation of engine designers have clearly abandoned longevity as a design objective.

Citroen/Peugeot do the same thing.
Ford had a similar thing years back on the V6 Essex with the fibre timing gear .... it certainly made the engine quieter when the teeth sheared

 

[Blobcat]

Some bright young thing at ford thought it a great idea to immerse a rubber timing belt in sump oil, that didn't work out too well either, the new generation of engine designers have clearly abandoned longevity as a design objective.

Citroen/Peugeot do the same thing.
Ford had a similar thing years back on the V6 Essex with the fibre timing gear .... it certainly made the engine quieter when the teeth sheared

VW/Skoda do the same on some of their engines…

 

[Uncle Benz]

VW/Skoda do the same on some of their engines…

VW sink to a new low...

This was a new one to me! I had the questionable displeasure yesterday of looking at a 2012 2.0tdi Skoda Yeti which was delivered to my 'shop with no oil pressure. Based on previous experience with VW engines I expected the oil pick up in the sump to be blocked with debris. I removed the sump...

forums.mercedesclub.org.uk

 

[Frontstep]

Roll on electric;

 

[denchen]

Our old BL Mini had four bolts that held the radiator to the nearside. It was a pain to get the bolts out, but you needed fingers that bent in five directions at the same time to get the forth bolt back in.

 

[Taffy7hfa]

Roll on electric;

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Not for me thanks, I'll take the bus.

Electric cars are inherently dull and will never be able to compete with the like of this.

 

[alexanderfoti]

What worries me now is that daughter has an MOT this week, if it fails on emissions (which a lot do) then one of the fixes is to replace the catalytic converter , which means i have to do the whole job again ( fingers crossed )
At least the oil consumption should now drop a bit, It must have been loosing about 1/2 litre a month from the leak, as i cleaned the oil off the sump to see where leak was, and within 10 miles it was dripping again. The seal on the oil filter housing had gone rock hard.

Luckily, downpipe/cat is actually quite easy on those, and can be done mostly from the top with the intercooler off.

 

[Blobcat]

Land Rovers idea of easy access for maintenance…

 

[Flyinspanner]

^ I told him that I didn’t think we’d make it through that gap….

 

[ernieh]

In my days playing with minis the best mod to do to smaller engined ones was fit a duplex chain kit off a Cooper S.
The standard simplex chain had a "tensioner" and would stretch after 30-40k miles to the point it rattled on the timing cover. The duplex ones had no tensioner and I never recall changing one due to rattling on the timing cover.
At least in both cases they never snapped!

Back in the day, a friend came to me with a BMC J2 Van (BMC B Series) that had worn through its timing case and lost its oil, running the ends. Thought the noise was normal!

Ernie