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minioneandrew · Nov 16th, 2007, 02:59 PM

Ok, went to pick up my 03 plate mcs this morning, everything went fine. Drove around for a while. Came home had lunch, then noticed the pool of oil round the car

. Gave the garage a phone, who came and picked up the car. They phoned me back telling me that the oil filter had blown up

. This was were the oil was leaking from. Has anyone ever had this problem before. Its not a MINI dealer, so im kind of worried they havent really solved the problem. Gutted beyond words.

motionmonk · Nov 16th, 2007, 06:36 PM

Ouch!
Be sure to take pictures, or have them do it, and be sure to ask for the parts back once they are done. Since you mention that they are not a dealer shop, you might want to consider bringing the parts back to the dealer and see if they've seen anything similar.

keep us posted!

..Blackadder.. · Nov 16th, 2007, 07:13 PM

Did the garage change the filter by any chance??? i had the same problem they had nicked the rubber seal of the filter housing anoying to say the least bad design if you ask me!!!

motionmonk · Nov 16th, 2007, 07:33 PM

For a good O-ring story...

BlimeyCabrio

Cooper"S" · Nov 16th, 2007, 09:00 PM

Thats not so good Andrew, I am assuming by the picture of the car on another thread that you bought it from Bickets in Kilmarnock?

minioneandrew · Nov 18th, 2007, 12:35 AM

HI guys
This is why i love this forum, you guys knew the problem before they did. It seems the O ring was not creating a proper seal on the oil filter. They had it changed and back to me within in the day. It wasnt a great start, but ive now had 200 miles of trouble - free miles.
Cooper "s" : How did you know lol?
I cant really fault them yet, they were very helpful.
cheers guys

Cooper"S" · Nov 18th, 2007, 04:00 PM

Hiya Mate,

I am from Ayrshire myself and was brought up in Ayr. I live near Dundee now but I easily recognise areas in pics etc.

I have never had any dealings with Bickets but had a mate that left school to work there.

Its good that its all sorted, these things happen but at least it got fixed asap

Dave

minioneandrew · Nov 18th, 2007, 05:40 PM

Nice one. Thats one of the reasons i bought from there, my friend works there, and got me quite a good deal.

Ant FR · Nov 19th, 2007, 09:45 AM

this is a common fault with pattent parts.

Theres a few thread re oil filters, but you should always use genuine OE parts for the oil filter, the seals are a lot better for some strange reason.

Nov 16th, 2007, 02:59 PM	#1
minioneandrew MINI2 Regular My Classifieds Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Ayrshire Local Time: 10:59 PM Posts: 323 Offline	The unluckiest MCS owner ever! Ok, went to pick up my 03 plate mcs this morning, everything went fine. Drove around for a while. Came home had lunch, then noticed the pool of oil round the car . Gave the garage a phone, who came and picked up the car. They phoned me back telling me that the oil filter had blown up . This was were the oil was leaking from. Has anyone ever had this problem before. Its not a MINI dealer, so im kind of worried they havent really solved the problem. Gutted beyond words. Superchargedddddddddd!

Nov 16th, 2007, 06:36 PM	#2 (permalink)
motionmonk MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Phoenix, AZ Local Time: 03:59 PM Posts: 17 Offline	Ouch! Be sure to take pictures, or have them do it, and be sure to ask for the parts back once they are done. Since you mention that they are not a dealer shop, you might want to consider bringing the parts back to the dealer and see if they've seen anything similar. keep us posted! I'm not speeding. I'm feeding my supercharger.

Nov 16th, 2007, 07:33 PM	#4 (permalink)
motionmonk MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Phoenix, AZ Local Time: 03:59 PM Posts: 17 Offline	For a good O-ring story... BlimeyCabrio I'm not speeding. I'm feeding my supercharger.

Nov 18th, 2007, 12:35 AM	#6 (permalink)
minioneandrew MINI2 Regular My Classifieds Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Ayrshire Local Time: 10:59 PM Posts: 323 Offline	HI guys This is why i love this forum, you guys knew the problem before they did. It seems the O ring was not creating a proper seal on the oil filter. They had it changed and back to me within in the day. It wasnt a great start, but ive now had 200 miles of trouble - free miles. Cooper "s" : How did you know lol? I cant really fault them yet, they were very helpful. cheers guys Superchargedddddddddd!

Nov 18th, 2007, 05:40 PM	#8 (permalink)
minioneandrew MINI2 Regular My Classifieds Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Ayrshire Local Time: 10:59 PM Posts: 323 Offline	Nice one. Thats one of the reasons i bought from there, my friend works there, and got me quite a good deal. Superchargedddddddddd!

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Nov 16th, 2007, 07:13 PM	#3 (permalink)
..Blackadder.. I can't get no sleep Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Errr somewhere. Local Time: 10:59 PM Posts: 867 Offline	Did the garage change the filter by any chance??? i had the same problem they had nicked the rubber seal of the filter housing anoying to say the least bad design if you ask me!!!

Nov 16th, 2007, 09:00 PM	#5 (permalink)
Cooper"S" MINI2 Regular Join Date: Oct 2007 Local Time: 09:59 PM Posts: 64 Offline	Thats not so good Andrew, I am assuming by the picture of the car on another thread that you bought it from Bickets in Kilmarnock?

Nov 18th, 2007, 04:00 PM	#7 (permalink)
Cooper"S" MINI2 Regular Join Date: Oct 2007 Local Time: 09:59 PM Posts: 64 Offline	Hiya Mate, I am from Ayrshire myself and was brought up in Ayr. I live near Dundee now but I easily recognise areas in pics etc. I have never had any dealings with Bickets but had a mate that left school to work there. Its good that its all sorted, these things happen but at least it got fixed asap Dave

Nov 19th, 2007, 09:45 AM	#9 (permalink)
Ant FR MINI2 Master My Classifieds Join Date: Oct 2006 Local Time: 10:59 PM Posts: 1,843 Offline	this is a common fault with pattent parts. Theres a few thread re oil filters, but you should always use genuine OE parts for the oil filter, the seals are a lot better for some strange reason.

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