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Mini Recall

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  • 17-01-2012 12:07am
    #1
    lau1247
    Registered Users Posts: 2,129 ✭✭✭


    Saw this on yahoo and thought it might be useful for any mini owner out there

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    West Dublin, ☀️ 7.83kWp ⚡5.66 kWp South West, ⚡2.18 kWp North East

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    Zubeneschamali
    Registered Users Posts: 16,686 ✭✭✭✭Zubeneschamali


    On Sunday, the US traffic safety agency announced that BMW had recalled 89,000 Mini Coopers for the same reason. "The electric auxiliary water pump that cools the turbocharger has an electronic circuit board that can malfunction and overheat,"



    ... but the Cooper doesn't have a turbo!


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    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,204 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    Zubeneschamali wrote: »
    On Sunday, the US traffic safety agency announced that BMW had recalled 89,000 Mini Coopers for the same reason. "The electric auxiliary water pump that cools the turbocharger has an electronic circuit board that can malfunction and overheat,"



    ... but the Cooper doesn't have a turbo!

    maybe not here


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    langdang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,864 ✭✭✭langdang


    Ya, only applies to R56 Cooper S
    Another case of journalists writing about they don't really understand.


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    dr.fuzzenstein
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    Zubeneschamali wrote: »
    On Sunday, the US traffic safety agency announced that BMW had recalled 89,000 Mini Coopers for the same reason. "The electric auxiliary water pump that cools the turbocharger has an electronic circuit board that can malfunction and overheat,"



    ... but the Cooper doesn't have a turbo!

    Doesn't the Cooper S have one?
    That's the one that bursts into flames for no reason AFAIk.


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    langdang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,864 ✭✭✭langdang


    OSI wrote: »
    Oh yay, the same model that likes to spit it's spark plugs out of the cylinder head stripping the thread on its way out. Seems to be a nicely built engine that.
    The peugeot engine? Dunno much about that engine really.

    Or was the "sparkplug loosening" happening on the tritec engine?


    EDIT - ya, the spark plug problems were with the first gen Cooper S (R53) , the Tritec engine.
    This current recall refers to a turbocharged engine (R56) so it's not the Tritec engine.

    Maybe this recall could be extended to the Citroen DS3?


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    Zubeneschamali
    Registered Users Posts: 16,686 ✭✭✭✭Zubeneschamali


    langdang wrote: »
    Maybe this recall could be extended to the Citroen DS3?

    And the 207 GTi, and the RCZ...


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    Cmar-Ireland
    Registered Users Posts: 2,340 ✭✭✭Cmar-Ireland


    It's here as well...

    http://www.completecar.ie/news/article/1519/MINI-recall-affects-292-owners-in-Ireland

    http://www.irishexaminer.com/business/mini-coopers-to-be-recalled-over-electrical-fault-180442.html


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    langdang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,864 ✭✭✭langdang


    Ooooh "electromigration" very fancy.
    Under high operating temperatures an electro-migration can occur at the circuit board installed in the additional water pump.


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    pred racer
    Registered Users Posts: 4,385 ✭✭✭pred racer


    langdang wrote: »
    Ooooh "electromigration" very fancy.

    Hardly:rolleyes:

    Its a very common term in electronics/semiconductors. Of which there are alot of in any modern car.


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    langdang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,864 ✭✭✭langdang


    pred racer wrote: »
    Hardly:rolleyes:

    Its a very common term in electronics/semiconductors. Of which there are alot of in any modern car.
    NO.... FREAKING.... WAY! OMG I would never have known that. :pac:








    :rolleyes:


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    lau1247
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    More recall, this time VAG also including skoda, audi, volkswagen.. 2litre TDI engine..

    Linky

    Strange how it doesn't include A4.. Is the A4 engine different?


    MOD, can you please update the title of the thread to include VAG.

    West Dublin, ☀️ 7.83kWp ⚡5.66 kWp South West, ⚡2.18 kWp North East



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    langdang
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    lau1247 wrote: »
    More recall, this time VAG also including skoda, audi, volkswagen.. 2litre TDI engine..

    Linky

    Strange how it doesn't include A4.. Is the A4 engine different?


    MOD, can you please update the title of the thread to include VAG.
    Oooh that's a whole other can of worms worthy of it's own thread IMO. Surprised there isn't one!


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    EPM
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    lau1247 wrote: »
    More recall, this time VAG also including skoda, audi, volkswagen.. 2litre TDI engine..

    Linky

    Strange how it doesn't include A4.. Is the A4 engine different?


    MOD, can you please update the title of the thread to include VAG.

    It's been covered elsewhere already. Had mine in Friday for it;)

    All they do is put a dampner on the lines. AFAIK there was an incident* in the States resulting in this.



    *FIRE


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    #15
    lau1247
    Registered Users Posts: 2,129 ✭✭✭lau1247


    EPM wrote: »
    It's been covered elsewhere already.

    Can you post up the link to that thread?? Just want to have a glance over, didn't realise that there is already one.

    West Dublin, ☀️ 7.83kWp ⚡5.66 kWp South West, ⚡2.18 kWp North East



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    EPM
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    It's on the thread about the injector recall. I'm on mobile but a search should bring it up.


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    #17
    lau1247
    Registered Users Posts: 2,129 ✭✭✭lau1247


    thanks, found it.

    Thanks for the heads up.

    For anyone interested, this is the thread

    West Dublin, ☀️ 7.83kWp ⚡5.66 kWp South West, ⚡2.18 kWp North East



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