Service Intervals

[caveman_dave]

Quote: Originally Posted by timp (original)

Cooper Dee, did you not buy TLC? seemed like a no-brainer to me.

If you read his 2nd and 3rd posts, he did purchase TLC, but thats not the issues, its only a simple question 'How often does your car need servicing'.

To me its a very logical question, it is suposed to be conditional, but no matter how many people I speak to it appears to be between 12,100 and 12,500 on the Doopers. Apparantly the petrol engine does vary a lot more dependant upon driving style.

So maybe no matter how hard you push a Dooper the engine and oil etc cope well within the tolerances hence the regular service intervals.

Just for the record I have 10,900 on my car with the service indicator saying another 1600 miles.

[wes r56]

condition based servicing is a load of b*******.
these mini's countdown from one service to the next.

im a driving instructor and do mainly strady driving, with a bit of fun every now and again. so i should be at dealer for a service more often. nope 12.5k both times

lets face it its only a oil change and a filter at 24k.

although so far mine's been most weeks with a fault! wont be buying another, this is my 3rd that ive had trouble with

[NeilT]

Mine's just been done: I've covered 12000 miles in 6 months. Mainly motorway, sometimes 70ish other times a bit more. By the way, car has been absolutely faultless to date.

[MINICooperMurph]

i think the new BMW engines Cooper D's will have a longer service interval. My BMW 1 series diesel was 16-17k each time

[JED76]

Yes, I agree. I had a BMW118d efficient dynamics and drove it on exactly the same commute as my Cooper D. BMW went in for service at over 18000 miles. Mini has just covered 7000 miles and service saying 5000 remaining!

I didn't know that BMW were going to be putting their engines in - when is this going to happen?

[MINICooperMurph]

Quote: Originally Posted by JED76 (original)

Yes, I agree. I had a BMW118d efficient dynamics and drove it on exactly the same commute as my Cooper D. BMW went in for service at over 18000 miles. Mini has just covered 7000 miles and service saying 5000 remaining!

I didn't know that BMW were going to be putting their engines in - when is this going to happen?

All Cooper D's produced from this month onwards. They have also launched at ONE D as well

[scillyisles]

Mine seems to follow the general pattern.
First service was at 12.5k miles, second at 24k miles when engine oil and brake fluid were changed plus front pads.
Next service is shown as another 8k miles when rear pads need changing.

[DOOPER JDG]

I bought our (07) Dooper a year ago with 14504 miles which was it's first service which included oil + filter change, I took it back to Mini for it's second service at 34500 but on the service record only observation inspection was required, no oil or filters, this seems a long distance between oil changes concidering how long until the car decides it's oil needs changing in the future. Does this seem wrong and how long should be allowed until alarm bells should be ringing?