cmcpokey
11-23-2005, 12:44 PM
so a two weeks ago a light came on in the Mini. it was the service engine soon light, not the most urgent of the check engine lights, but one you should have looked at. took 2 weeks to get it in to the shop, but finally dropped it off yesterday afternoon.
apparently what i, and they, thought was something small, likely to the changing weather this time of year, ended up being something weird. it seems one of the bits of plasting piping just down stream from the wastegate has a crack in it, and was leaking the pressurized air out. i guess it leads to a pressure sensor for one of the computers in there. so it was delivering faulty measurements and not regulating the injection properly.
it seemed to be little sluggish at high rpms. where as it begged to be taken all the way to redline, it now was sputtering a bit up there. and cruising at 70 at 3200 rpm, it also seemed a bit sluggish.
so here's where i am asking for the wise knowledge of UCP. can this be harmful to my engine. it was only about a week of driving, and now its being replaced, but i am wondering if this could have led to major damage that will come back to haunt me later?
on a side note, i got a nice little BRG cooper cabriolet. traded the supercharger for a ragtop for the long weekend. unfortunately the high over the next few days will be like 45F.
apparently what i, and they, thought was something small, likely to the changing weather this time of year, ended up being something weird. it seems one of the bits of plasting piping just down stream from the wastegate has a crack in it, and was leaking the pressurized air out. i guess it leads to a pressure sensor for one of the computers in there. so it was delivering faulty measurements and not regulating the injection properly.
it seemed to be little sluggish at high rpms. where as it begged to be taken all the way to redline, it now was sputtering a bit up there. and cruising at 70 at 3200 rpm, it also seemed a bit sluggish.
so here's where i am asking for the wise knowledge of UCP. can this be harmful to my engine. it was only about a week of driving, and now its being replaced, but i am wondering if this could have led to major damage that will come back to haunt me later?
on a side note, i got a nice little BRG cooper cabriolet. traded the supercharger for a ragtop for the long weekend. unfortunately the high over the next few days will be like 45F.