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Westy · Sep 6th, 2007, 10:11 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Maxum (original)

When i got my 03 MCS last November the car had 32000 mile on the clock and if you drove it hard you could here a loud chattering noise from the engine, i had the car inspected by my local mini dealer but the could not find any fault with the car and i was told not to worry about it

Anyway to cut a long story short i decided to fit an Alta cold air kit, so on removel of the old air box and filter i found the filter Tobe very dirty and misshaped.

Now the car runs alot smother and the noise has gone. although the TLC pack looks good value i do think they are skipping on what would be normal replacement service items

Mine was like that too - I can't work out why they pull in at the left hand edge as in your pic - not good as that will leave part of the route through the air box unfiltered.

Sep 6th, 2007, 10:11 PM	#15
Westy Blackpool Rock Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Blackpool Local Time: 03:48 PM Posts: 153 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by Maxum (original) When i got my 03 MCS last November the car had 32000 mile on the clock and if you drove it hard you could here a loud chattering noise from the engine, i had the car inspected by my local mini dealer but the could not find any fault with the car and i was told not to worry about it Anyway to cut a long story short i decided to fit an Alta cold air kit, so on removel of the old air box and filter i found the filter Tobe very dirty and misshaped. Now the car runs alot smother and the noise has gone. although the TLC pack looks good value i do think they are skipping on what would be normal replacement service items Mine was like that too - I can't work out why they pull in at the left hand edge as in your pic - not good as that will leave part of the route through the air box unfiltered.