Originally Posted by
SteveB
I have a Berlingo van with the same diesel engine as the Mini.....
3 turbos in 4000 miles and each time the works was carried out by the book, sump off and cleaned, new oil pump, injectors out and cut and reseated etc etc etc. Current turbo is on 2000 miles so fingers crossed it's ok.
The annoying thing is that it has an oil change every 5000 miles with the correct oil and a full service every 10,000 miles..
Steve
The new ones are bmw engines that you get in the 118-120 d's and i work for a bmw/mini dealership i reckon we look after at least 300 of these little cars without changing any turbo's , bear in mind it will be the same engine in the older cars but wont be the same turbo's , i know this fact because my misses has a 57 plate tdci fiesta 1.6 and the turbo is slightly different on that to the mini although same engine in the older cars there are changes bmw/mini have made to its surroundings
The older mini's with the french engine suffer a bit from water pump;s leaking contaminating the belt apart from that there are hardly any spanners near them