So i bought a 2002 mini cooper :(

[vwniko]

so i just bought this car seller said he tought somewhere around 14000k it acctually has 300000 + m but not too worried cause i paid 2800.00 for the car and yes its a lemon.

here what hapened please help me diagnose

drove it for 2 days starts right awayevery time . then parked it went to work for an hour came back out started it then it bearly started and putted out like it stalled. what should i be looking for?
it wont start. just cranks

[vwniko]

fuel pump is on...

[Missrandomesss]

I purchased a 2001 mini cooper last september and mine did exactly the same after 2 weeks. Mine was my battery you may want to check the history and see when it last had a new battery. Also have you had it serviced since you purchased it? It's always worth it

[vwniko]

ok so i scanned the car- said tps--- ok so i check the throttle body give it a littler clean. put it back on it tries to chug but the fails dosent seam to be working or setting it self when i turn the key. i get anouther just put it in - no change no chugging not catching just cranks- - help

[vwniko]

my brother thinks i have a computer or wiring issue- i also understand there is a sensoer at the petal- what is my next ,move\\/

[midlifemini]

--turn key listen for fuel pump...

--if it the fuel pump runs

--check the spark take the plugs out and make sure they are sparking

--if they are good

--check to see if your getting fuel to the fuel rail because there could be a restriction on it

-- if you have fuel then replace the TPS (last resort)

--then after that let me know what happends and we can go from there

[vwniko]

thanks for responding to my thread- i ment to post what the result of the probem was- we did change the throttle body which cleared the code- but -- it still did not reun so yes i have checked for spark and we were not getting the intermittent pulse to the coil- from the harness.

long story and 400.00 later- i had to take it to a bimmer specialist- the immobilizer thought the car had been stolen and was preventing it from starting- i reall had no way to know this- apparently they said that the person i bought it from had changed the battery( which was true) and that some how it sent a pulse to the ecm causeing this problem. it had to be reprogrammed- thet only thing i dont understand about that answer from the specialist is i drove the cra for 2 days with no issue. why would it wait if it was a problem cause by the previous owner replacing the battery.

any ways its running rather sound - so maybe i didnt make such a bad investment.