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  1. Second Generation Faults & Fixes
    Objective of post: Understand why 1.6 litre Diesel Mini's are failing emissions tests and possible solutions. My car: 2010 Mini Cooper D, 1.6 (Peugeot engine variant); right-hand drive; 239k km (148k miles); all original DPF and turbo, etc. Hi folks - my car failed an emissions test at an...
  2. MINI Cooper S Diesel
    Hi, I have an R56 SD running the N47 engine. Since I bought the car it has had an issue with hunting in idle when it's hot. After about 18 months a garage near me has finally narrowed it down to the DPF (there were lots of other codes before but after replacing a load of parts the only one that...
  3. Maintenance & MINI Care
    Hi there I have a 2010 Mini Cooper D with the PSA engine I think (Turbo is at the front) and I’m looking to get either a DPF replacement pipe or cut mine open and gut it, waiting on friends with welders to be free. I’m looking for any recommendations (preferably links) to some DPF replacement...
  4. MINI Faults & Fixes
    Hi all I have only had my mini for 6 months. Driving it away from the garage I could smell burning oil but put it down to sitting idle!! (stupid). Anyway on short quick journeys when I stop there is smoke billowing out of the bonnet and the smell is like burning oil! If I go on a long journey...
  5. General Discussion
    Hi guys, as a newby to the group I am hoping somebody can perhaps offer some advice. My wife and I both have Cooper D's but one is having DPF light issues. The DPF light comes on every time it is started from cold and stays on for around 30 seconds. After this it never comes on again. If run...
  6. Second Generation Faults & Fixes
    Hi I have a 2008 Cooper D, it the DPF light came up and on checking their was a problem with the glowplugs. I have replaced these, and cleared the error code. No other codes are showing (Using Bimmer-tool app). I want to do a forced regen - Bimmertool says it can do this - but returns an...
  7. Second Generation Faults & Fixes
    Hi guys, first time poster long time head scratcher! the dpf and engine management light recently came on in my 2008 Dooper. On inspection I found the dpf additive bag to be empty, so put some dpf Dr through and gave the car a hard drive. This turned off the dpf light. I then replaced the...
  8. Maintenance & MINI Care
    Hello!! My car has gone back to limb mode. I can get the error cleared or cleaned as before but I have concerns I will be back in the same place in 6 months time. I have done 150,000 would it be worth cleaning the DPF or get a new DPF? Has anyone else had this issue? Please help, thank you xox
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