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I am still wondering what the continous bleep from the dashboard was just before the engine died

I'm in Mountmellick Co. Laois

Mini wont start. I have a 1994 Mini 1.3i. Today I took it for a run. I has been lying up for a couple of weeks. It started ok but spluttered a bit. It seemed to be misfiring or something. Then it started to lose power and would take a long time to pick up any speed. Then there was a warning bleep in...

Thank's folks, I rang Paul Kelly and he told me that if I brought it to him he would have to send it to someone who would put it on the computer, so I rang a guy in Clonaslee and he is going to do a diagnostic check on it tomorrow. A mechanic in the local pub last night told me that it is quite poss...

My 1995 Mini Cooper 1.3i went down in the test this morning. The emissions were sky high. The throttle control also gave difficulties. I do not know if the two are related. I live near Portlaoise in the midlands. Does anyone know where I can go to get these problems sorted out so I can get a re-test...

Thanks Billy

It was great for a while but now it is worse than ever. The shuddering is replaced with a squealing sound and it gets it hard to pull up a hill and it is really drinking petrol ( about 15 mpg) so I'm thinking of trying to replace the engine with a manual transmission if i can find one that I can aff...

Hi, I got the oil and filter changed and the engine flushed out. The shudder is gone when I take off and no squeal when the gears are changing, but on a hill start I still get a bit of a screech when taking off. There is definately a marked improvement in overall performance. I will use it all the t...

Well Mini Marcos,
Thank's again for all your help. I will try to get the oil and filter changed at the weekend, and I will report the findings asap.
Thank you also to all the people who took the trouble to reply to my querie.
Mac

If I take off very slowly there is no shudder unless it is a hill start where i have to increase the revs. It sounds like there is something slipping but I do not know what the drive belt is. I thought that there were some kind of plates that act as a kind of clutch. Sorry for being so ignorant abou...

Hi Marcos
No shudder at all in reverse and kick down works well
Mac

Thank's Billy As I have said before I know nothing about automatic's but is there some kind of a clutch on it that could be slipping when I am taking off. I was talking to a guy in work tonight and he thought that there were plates that could be slipping, he said it was somithing like the principle ...

Thank's a lot for your prompt replies folks. I will try to answer in order. Mini Marcos: No the engine light does not come on. I have no idea when the oil was last changed as I only bought the car last month. The engine starts and runs very smoothly but it is very hard on petrol about 20 mpg. Is thi...

Mini Automatic. I have a 1994 35th Anniversary Automatic Mini. There seems to be a problem with the gearbox. When it takes off it makes a shudder and when it changes gear it makes a slight screeching sound. If I start it in first gear and go very gently and change up to second third and then into dr...