noise in the morning
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noise in the morning
Hello everyone...
Recently purchased a used 2003 Mini Cooper-S... WOW ! what a fun car to drive...
The car is just our side warranty...
When the car in cold and driving off in first gear there is a noise below 1500/2000 rpm ?.
To me it's sounds like the thrust bearing ?.
A friend of mine has a Mini Cooper with a 5speed box, he also has had the same noise. He took the car back to BMW, they said "that's what Mini's do !". I think that's a bull**** answer to be honest !
After some months he took the car back, BWM finally said yes it's the gear box problem ($5000 to fix), it just happend to be when the car was outside it's warranty. My friend took it to another mechanic (european specialist), this guy said NO it's a spacific part and fixed it ($1500).
I was wondering if anyone else has reported this problem ? and any reported fixes ?
Recently purchased a used 2003 Mini Cooper-S... WOW ! what a fun car to drive...
The car is just our side warranty...
When the car in cold and driving off in first gear there is a noise below 1500/2000 rpm ?.
To me it's sounds like the thrust bearing ?.
A friend of mine has a Mini Cooper with a 5speed box, he also has had the same noise. He took the car back to BMW, they said "that's what Mini's do !". I think that's a bull**** answer to be honest !
After some months he took the car back, BWM finally said yes it's the gear box problem ($5000 to fix), it just happend to be when the car was outside it's warranty. My friend took it to another mechanic (european specialist), this guy said NO it's a spacific part and fixed it ($1500).
I was wondering if anyone else has reported this problem ? and any reported fixes ?
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