Just wondering if anyone is able to help and provide an opinion on what might be wrong with my engine? I’ve uploaded a video below for reference. Just a bit of background:
I was on my way home and was red lining the rev counter and all of a sudden, I heard a slight bang come from the engine. The car was still running but started to make a clapping noise which got louder in conjunction with the more I accelerated / put more revs in. I managed to get the car home no problem and decided I’d take a look at it the next day.
I put about 1/2 litre of oil in the engine as I was running low on oil (due to an unfixed slow oil leak). Ran the car for approx 2 miles and it came to a stop and just died (all warning lights showing on the dash) and wouldn’t start back up again. After approx 10 mins, I managed to get it going again and I took it round to my local mechanic. During all this time, the engine was still making a clapping noise.
My mechanic has been ridiculously busy and said he’d take a quick look for me. He’s not a Mini/BMW specialist but said that it’s going to need a new engine which all in might cost over £2k with a second hand engine to fix. He thinks the engine was run for some time without oil but I had been topping it up regularly whenever the oil warning sign came on (which was beginning to become more and more frequent; maybe a litre once every month). I think he may have been too busy and just said that it needed a new engine because he didn’t have the time to have a good look or wasn’t specialised enough.
I’ve had a look online and as it has just gone over 100k miles, it would have benefited from a major service to include:
- Crank shaft pulley seal replacement to stop leaking oil
- Supercharger oil change
- Valve cover gasket change / breathing lines change
- Oil filter housing gasket and seal and oil and intercooler seal changes
- Sump pan gasket change to stop leaking
- Water pump and thermostat change to avoid failure
- Supercharger replacement to avoid failure
- Bypass valve change.
- Head gasket change.
- Timing chain change.
Does anyone know what the problem might be? Could it be any of the above?
I’d like to be able to take it to a specialist or general mechanic and give them a list of potential issues or fixes so that the problem is identified immediately or even have a go at fixing the problem myself.
Cheers!
