Similar experience
Yes, I have an '05 Mini One and I can hear a noise ,similar to your description, It was in it from the start and goes out when you drive off. having driven 'bangers' in years past it sounds exactly like the sound i used to hear in my Morris 1300 when the drive couplings were worn? Also the sound seems to come from the Left hand side and fairly high up.
I will get it checked out soon in the dealer just in case there is something wrong. Must be the oil pressure when it builds up stops the sound. Apart from that and my first puncture in about 10 years nothing else has gone wrong with the car, and its going like a bomb and drives even better than expected and at 1000km the engine seems a bit more powerful and flexible, I thought that noise would go away during run in . John
Yes, I have an '05 Mini One and I can hear a noise ,similar to your description, It was in it from the start and goes out when you drive off. having driven 'bangers' in years past it sounds exactly like the sound i used to hear in my Morris 1300 when the drive couplings were worn? Also the sound seems to come from the Left hand side and fairly high up.
I will get it checked out soon in the dealer just in case there is something wrong. Must be the oil pressure when it builds up stops the sound. Apart from that and my first puncture in about 10 years nothing else has gone wrong with the car, and its going like a bomb and drives even better than expected and at 1000km the engine seems a bit more powerful and flexible, I thought that noise would go away during run in . John
