HELP!x2 MINI "Judder Club" & grinding noise

[Blueprint]

Hi guys.

I am the proud owner of YW03 EAC, a 2003 MINI Cooper S JCW Stage 1 Tuning.

I bought it for £5k back in May.

It has developed some problems since I have been using it. It has definately lost power. I drove a new MINI Cooper s Coupe and it seemed to have more power than mine.

PROBLEM#1

When I put my foot down, all the way down, the car stutters during acceleration. Seems to happen more in the lower gears (esp 2/3), and when the engine is hungry for fuel. I thought it was a fuel line issue but now I am going pack to misfires.

PROBLEM#2

Over about 4K revs, sometimes 3.5 sometimes 4.5 it makes this nasty hmmm grinding noise. It's a screeching grinding noise. You can let off the gas and make the noise happen at a higher rev range, so its not at a a fixed rev. But it doesn't happen until the higher end. The noise comes from that fan belt area to the left of the s/c.

It has 76,000 miles on it.

HOPE YOU CAN HELP!

[The Nun]

Quote: Originally Posted by Blueprint (original)

Hi guys.

I am the proud owner of YW03 EAC, a 2003 MINI Cooper S JCW Stage 1 Tuning.

I bought it for £5k back in May.

It has developed some problems since I have been using it. It has definately lost power. I drove a new MINI Cooper s Coupe and it seemed to have more power than mine.

It would be expected that a new car be better then an old one, they do eventually wear out.
If the old was always better then they would be no need to sell new ones.

[Blueprint]

Fixed it!!!

Turned out to be belt slip and HT leads.

I have been told my Coolant temperature sensor is bad though, anyone know what this is? I looked up the part and it seemed to be the thing that screws into the right of the engine cylinder block?

I saw myself the ECU gave a -47 deg C reading, but in-car my engine temp sensor does it usual thing of settling to the middle, so I'm confused. Is this not coolant temperature?

Too many questions. Glad I got my car back working good again though